Transcript EU Social Inclusion Process

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal
Opportunities
Walter WOLF
Social protection and inclusion policies
Black Sea Conference on Shared Growth and Regional Integration
Highlights of the 2009
Joint Report on Social
Protection and Social Inclusion
Athens, 24 February 2009
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OVERVIEW
1. EU Social Protection and
Social Inclusion Process
2. Recent data
3. Highlights of the 2009 Joint
Report (as proposed by the
Commission on February 13)
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EU Social Inclusion Process
‘Open Method of Coordination’ (OMC)
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/spsi/the_process_en.htm
• Definition of common Objectives
and agreed indicators
• Reporting to national partners and
to the EU (EC, Council, EP)
• Facilitating mutual learning and
exchange of good practices
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EU social protection and inclusion strategy
Overarching Objectives
•
social cohesion, equality between men and women
and equal opportunities for all through adequate,
accessible, financially sustainable, adaptable and
efficient social protection systems and social
inclusion policies.
•
effective and mutual interaction between the
Lisbon objectives of greater economic growth,
more and better jobs and greater social cohesion,
and with the EU's Sustainable Development
Strategy.
•
good governance, transparency and the
involvement of stakeholders in the design,
implementation and monitoring of policy
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Expenditure on social protection
as % of GDP in the EU in 2005
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Expenditure on social protection
in PPS per capita, 2005
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The 2006 Social Inclusion Objectives
Making a decisive impact on the eradication of poverty and
social exclusion by ensuring:
• access for all to the resources, rights and services
needed for participation in society, addressing exclusion,
and fighting all forms of discrimination
• the active social inclusion of all, both by promoting
participation in the labour market and by fighting poverty
and exclusion
• that social inclusion policies are well coordinated and
involve all levels of government and relevant actors,
including people experiencing poverty, that they are
efficient and effective and mainstreamed into all relevant
public policies
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At-risk-of poverty rate in the EU (%),
total, children and elderly, 2007
35
Elderly
in CY
51%
% of the relevant population
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
EU27 CZ
NL
SK
SE
DK
HU
AT
SI
FR
Total population
FI
LU
MT
BE
DE
CY
PL
Children aged 0-17
IE
PT
EE
LT
RO* UK
EL
ES
IT
LV
People aged 65+
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In work poverty: at-risk-of-poverty rate of
people in employment 18 and over, 2007 (%)
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14
12
%
10
8
6
4
2
0
EU27CZ BE DK MT RO FI NL SI SK AT CY FR HU IE DE SE EE LT UK LU IT LV PT ES PL EL
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Impact of social transfers (excl. pensions) on atrisk-of-poverty rate, total and children 2007 (%)
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
EU27 EL ES IT BG(1)
RO(2)LV CY EE PT LT MT UK PL SK LU DE IE BE SI CZ FR AT NL FI DK HU SE
Total population
Children aged 0-17
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The pensions objectives
• Adequacy
Ensure adequate retirement incomes for all and
access to pensions
• Sustainability
Ensure the financial sustainability of public and private
pension schemes
• Modernisation
Ensure that pension systems are transparent, well
adapted to the needs and aspirations of women
and men and to demographic ageing and structural
change; that people receive the information they
need
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Change in employment rate of
older workers, 55-64, 2001-2007
25
20
15
10
5
0
-5
-10
EU27 RO MT DK PT PL SE EL UK ES
IT
FR CY IE LU SI
Wom en
Men
CZ
FI
BE HU AT NL EE SK DE LT BG LV
Total
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The healthcare and long-term care
objectives
• Access
Ensure access for all to adequate health and longterm care and that the need for care does not lead
to poverty and financial dependency
• Sustainability
Ensure quality in health and long-term care and by
adapting care, including developing preventive
care, to the changing needs and preferences of
society and individuals,
• Quality
Ensure that adequate and high quality health and
long-term care remains affordable and financially
sustainable by promoting a rational use of
resources
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Total health expenditure as a %
of GDP (2006 or latest available)
%
Total health expenditure as % of GDP, 2006
12.0
Public expenditure
Private expenditure
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
ee
ro
lt
cy
pl
lv
cz
sk
lx
ie
bg
fi
hu
uk
mt
es
si
it
el
se
nl
dk
at
pt
be
de
fr
0.0
Source: OECD Health Data 2008 and WHO, HFA-DB
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Highlights of the 2009 Joint Report
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Build on EU Values of solidarity to cushion
the impact of the economic crisis
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Further strengthening of positive mutual
interaction with action for jobs and growth
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Social protection as ‘automatic stabilisers’
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Structural reforms provide indications for
European Economic Recovery Plan
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Highlights of the 2009 Joint Report
The European Social Fund should be
used to its full potential to alleviate
the social impacts of the crisis by
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Supporting rapid re-entry of the
unemployed
Focussing on the most vulnerable
Simplified implementation of the
Structural Funds
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Highlights of the 2009 Joint Report
Comprehensive Active Inclusion
strategies
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Inclusive labour markets
Access to quality services
Adequate minimum income schemes
Vigilance is needed about the ‘new’ risk
groups, such as the young
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Highlights of the 2009 Joint Report
A boost must be given to Member
States efforts to
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Implement comprehensive strategies to
fight child poverty
Tackle homelessness
Address multiple disadvantages of Roma
Promote social inclusion of migrants
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Highlights of the 2009 Joint Report
Long term adequacy and sustainability of the
pension systems
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Continued efforts to reach the target of 50%
employment rate of older workers
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Monitor pension adequacy notably for women
and low wage earners
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Funded scheme designs will need to be
reviewed to cope with risks and to improve
coverage
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Highlights of the 2009 Joint Report
Healthcare, in particular where systems
are under-resourced, need to :
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Improve value for money
Reduce inequalities
Address staff shortages
Establish and strengthen systems of Longterm care
Improve care coordination and support
informal carers
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Ongoing work on the Black Sea Region
Series of Social Protection and Social
Inclusion studies
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/spsi/
enlargement_en.htm#studies
• BG, RO and TR (2003)
• MD + UA (+BY) to be published by late 2009
• AR, AZ and GE about to be launched,
publication foreseen by late 2010
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DG Employment, Social Affairs and
Equal Opportunities
Further Information
DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
‘Social Inclusion’ website
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/
spsi/poverty_social_exclusion_en.htm
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