Joint Report on Social Inclusion

Joint Report on Social Inclusion
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2004
Genre: European Union countries
ISBN:

This report contains the second generation of National Action Plans against poverty and social exclusion which have been prepared by the Member States and constitute a strong political acknowledgement, three years after the Lisbon Summit, of the continuing challenge to ensure social inclusion across the European Union.

Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2008

Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2008
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2008
Genre: European Union countries
ISBN: 9789279088209

This supporting document complements the 2008 Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion with a more detailed account of the work carried out in the framework of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) on social protection and social incusion in 2007.

Governing Social Inclusion

Governing Social Inclusion
Author: Kenneth A. Armstrong
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2010-08-19
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199278377

The Treaty of Amsterdam committed EU member states to tackle social exclusion. This book aims to explore, from an inter-disciplinary perspective, the possibilities and limitations of the attempts by the EU to co-ordinate and 'Europeanize' member states' strategies and policies.

The EU and Social Inclusion

The EU and Social Inclusion
Author: Marlier, Eric
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2009-04-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1847424198

Social cohesion is one of the declared objectives of the European Union. This book analyses the EU Social Inclusion Process, the means by which it hopes to meet this objective, and explores the challenges at local, regional, national and EU levels.

Report on Social Inclusion 2005

Report on Social Inclusion 2005
Author: European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. Unit E2
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2005
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Recoge: 1. Social inclusion - 2. Key trends and priorities - 3. Strategic approaches adopted in the naps - 4. Promoting employment - 5. Social protection systems - 6. Access to housing and basic services - 7. Access to health care - 8. Access to education - 9. Access to other services - 10. Preventing the risks of exclusion - 11. Helping the most vulnerable - 12. Mobilising all relevant bodies - 13. Gender mainstreaming - 14. Role of structural funds - 15. Identification of examples of good practice.

Mainstreaming Ageing

Mainstreaming Ageing
Author: Asghar Zaidi
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 682
Release: 2017-09-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1351920952

The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), adopted at the Second World Assembly on Ageing, is the first international agreement that specifically recognises the potential of older people to contribute to the development of their societies. In monitoring its implementation two key approaches are evident: a qualitative bottom-up participatory approach and an approach that uses quantitative indicators to monitor sustainable progress and policies. With the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, playing a pivotal role in the monitoring of the implementation process, one of its key tasks has been to develop a list of 'indicators of achievement'. This book contains extended and revised versions of policy briefs and background papers that support the implementation monitoring process. The analyses included in these chapters make concrete suggestions towards quantitative indicators, with the aim of assisting national governments in mainstreaming ageing in their policies. The contributors provide an overview of the current situation with respect to population ageing and its consequences and also provide projections for the future. The book also includes the final list of quantitative indicators that arose out of consultations with international experts, related to the four main topics addressed: demography, income and wealth, labour market participation, and social protection and financial sustainability.

Changing European Employment and Welfare Regimes

Changing European Employment and Welfare Regimes
Author: Martin Heidenreich
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2009-05-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1134015437

This book examines how and to what extent the European Employment Strategy and the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) on Social Protection and Social Inclusion have influenced national labour market and social welfare policies. Focusing on the implementation of the OMC in different national environments, this book examines how the proposals and targets of the OMC are interpreted and implemented within the context of existing national employment and welfare regimes. At a theoretical level and on the basis of national case studies, the book considers how OMC objectives, guidelines, targets, and recommendations may reshape the domestic institutional framework, how learning and participation of governmental bodies are organized across different hierarchical levels, and how non-state actors may be involved in the formulation and implementation of national reform plans. The authors conclude that the OMC has contributed significantly to both substantive and procedural reforms, in spite of the many institutional barriers to Europeanization in this policy area. Featuring comparative case studies across a number of European states, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology, political science, public policy, and international relations.

Soft Governance in Hard Politics

Soft Governance in Hard Politics
Author: Sandra Kröger
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2009-01-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3531918109

The present study addresses the governance architecture of the much debated Open Method of Coordination (OMC) in the field of social inclusion and evaluates its implementation in France, Germany and at EU-level. Based on extensive variable-based empirical research, it assesses both the effectiveness and the legitimacy of the OMC and comes to unequivocal conclusions: Due to the resistance of member states and remaining differences in underlying ideas of social justice, anti-poverty policy could not be Europeanised through the OMC which unfolds as a very weak governance architecture. The general framework of negative integration remains unchallenged by this non-binding instrument which, to the contrary of its intention, rather forecloses the possibility of supranational learning. With regard to legitimacy, the OMC supports policy-making in closed, intransparent circles of very weakly or not democratically mandated representatives and therefore does little do decrease the democratic deficit of the EU - however one of its original ambitions.