Transcript REALM 28 February 2012 EUROPA 2020 – Flagship initiative “The European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion” Anne Degrand-Guillaud European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and.

REALM
28 February 2012
EUROPA 2020 – Flagship initiative
“The European Platform against Poverty
and Social Exclusion”
Anne Degrand-Guillaud
European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Europe 2020: Employment and Social
Dimension
1. The EU wants to become a smart,
sustainable and inclusive economy
delivering high levels of employment,
productivity and social cohesion.
2. EU 2020 targets and process to get
there
3. Flagships and concrete actions
4. Member State assessment
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Europe 2020: 5 EU targets
By 2020:
• 75 % employment rate (% of population aged 20-64
years)
• 3% investment in R&D (% of EU’s GDP)
• “20/20/20” climate/energy targets met (incl. 30%
emissions reduction if conditions are right)
• < 10% early school leavers & min. 40% hold tertiary
degree
• 20 million less people should be at risk of poverty
Supported by 7 Flagship Initiatives
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Europe 2020: 7 flagship initiatives to
make Long term-targets more operational
Smart Growth
Innovation
« Innovation Union »
Education
« Youth on the
move »
Digital society
« A digital agenda
for Europe »
Sustainable
Growth
Inclusive Growth
Climate, energy
Employment and
and mobility
skills
« Resource efficient
« An agenda for
Europe »
new skills and jobs”
Competitiveness
Fighting poverty
« An industrial
« European platform
policy for the
against poverty »
globalisation era »
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Impact of the crisis
• 23 million people unemployed in the EU today
• Economic recovery has come to a standstill,
• Rising polarisation between MS
• GDP likely to stagnate in the coming year, overall growth in
the EU is forecast to be as low as 0.6% for 2012.
• Unemployment levels are likely to remain high at around
10% in 2012 and into 2013
• Doubts over government debt and the financial sector
• Certain groups severely hit: young adults, single parents,
Roma, migrants.
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Impact of the crisis –
unemployment rates, Nov. 2011
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Impact of the crisis – young people
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What is the Commission doing?
• Youth on the Move: move for a degree, new
job, training, own business; 400 000 young
people to benefit from EU mobility programmes
in 2011;
• European youth portal: advice and
opportunities for young Europeans;
• EURES: information on jobs and learning
opportunities;
• Europass CV and other practical tools for those
who want to move;
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Fighting poverty
“The European Platform against
Poverty and Social Exclusion”
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Why a target on poverty
in Europe 2020?
• 1 in 6 Europeans is at risk of poverty
• Most vulnerable hit hardest by the crisis
• Poverty and social exclusion already
major concern in Europe beforehand
• European citizens are concerned about
the social dimension of Europe.
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Challenges and priorities of the
flagship on poverty
• Multiple dimensions of poverty  action across the
whole policy spectrum
• Address needs of groups particularly at risk, tackle
severe exclusion and new vulnerabilities
• Break the cycle of disadvantage and step up
prevention efforts
• Do better and more efficiently in times of budget
constraints
• Strong focus on prevention, innovation, going
beyond “traditional” social inclusion policies and
making best use of EU funds
 A framework for action, building on 10 years of
cooperation and finding new, participative approaches
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People at risk of poverty or
social exclusion (2009)
At risk of poverty or social exclusion: 114 mio
At risk of poverty: 80 mio
Severe material
deprivation: 40 mio
Low work intensity: 34 mio
Source: EU-SILC (2009)
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80 million at risk of poverty:
1 in 6 Europeans
At-risk-of-poverty rate: total, by age and by employment status; EU-27
The risk of poverty threshold is set at 60 % of the national median equivalised disposable income
(after social transfers).
%
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2005
All
2006
2007
Children (less than 18 years)
2008
Elderly (65+)
2010
2009
Employed
Unemployed
Source: Eurostat (November 2011)
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40 million face severe material
deprivation
Severely materially deprived persons; Percentage of total population, 2009
People are considered « severely materially deprived" if they experience at least 4 out of 9 deprivations: people cannot
afford i) to pay their rent or utility bills, ii) keep their home adequately warm, iii) face unexpected expenses, iv) eat meat,
fish, or a protein equivalent every second day, v) a week of holiday away from home once a year, vi) a car, vii) a washing
machine, viii) a colour tv, or ix) a telephone.
Source: Eurostat 2009
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34 million live in jobless
households
Persons living in households with very low work intensity, 2009
People aged 0-59 living in households where adults work less than 20% of their total work potential during the past year.
Source: Eurostat
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What is the Commission doing?
• Continued work within Europe 2020:
Assessment progress at EU level in the
Annual Growth Survey 2012
MS monitoring and Country-specific
Recommendations in June 2012
Benchmarking, awareness raising, policy
innovation and experimentation
 Implementation reviewed in 2014
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First European Semester 2012:
Additional efforts are required for reaching the targets in
the area of employment and poverty:
– EU GDP growth for 2012 remains modest (+0.6%);
– Unemployment >9%, staying high in 2012;
– Fiscal consolidation affecting social expenditure
– Low progress on the poverty reduction targets (12 million
by 2020)
– The trends highlight a growing risk of poverty and
marginalisation unless active measures are taken to
counter them
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Five areas for action
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Delivering action across the policy spectrum
2.
Making EU funds deliver on the social inclusion and
social cohesion objectives
3.
Developing an evidence-based approach to social
innovation and reforms
4.
Promoting a partnership approach and the social
economy
5.
Stepping up policy coordination between the Member
States
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Example of concrete actions (1)
• Enhancing access to employment and active
inclusion of vulnerable groups:
– Communication on active inclusion, 2012
• Making social protection and services more
responsive to new social needs:
– White paper on Pensions, 2011
– Further develop quality framework on social services (sectoral
approach on homelessness)
– Follow-up to communication on health inequalities
• Breaking the cycle of disadvantage:
– Recommendation on early school leaving, 2011
– Recommendation on child poverty, 2012
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Example of concrete actions (2)
• Strengthening existing partnerships and
involving new actors (social partners,
regional/local authorities, NGOs…):
– Voluntary guidelines on stakeholders’ involvement
and participation of people experiencing poverty
– Regular dialogue on thematic priorities
• Harnessing the potential of the social
economy:
– Improving legal structures (e.g. foundations)
– Social Business Initiative (2011) to support socially
innovative corporate projects (Single Market Act)
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Europe 2020 strategy
http://ec.europa.eu/eu2020
European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=961&langId=en
Youth on the move
http://ec.europa.eu/education/yom/com_en.pdf
Social Europe
http://www.facebook.com/#!/socialeurope
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Thank you for your attention
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