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Anne Degrand-GuillaudEuropean Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
REALM28 February 2012
EUROPA 2020 – Flagship initiative “The European Platform against Poverty
and Social Exclusion”
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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 actions4. Member State assessment
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Europe 2020: 5 EU targetsBy 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 povertySupported by 7 Flagship Initiatives
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Europe 2020: 7 flagship initiatives to make Long term-targets more operational
Smart GrowthSmart Growth Sustainable Sustainable GrowthGrowth
Inclusive GrowthInclusive Growth
Innovation« Innovation Union »
Climate, energy and mobility
« Resource efficient Europe »
Employment and skills
« An agenda for new skills and jobs”
Education« Youth on the
move »
Competitiveness« An industrial policy for the
globalisation era »
Fighting poverty« European platform against poverty »
Digital society« A digital agenda
for Europe »
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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)
Source: EU-SILC (2009)Low work intensity: 34 mio
At risk of poverty or social exclusion: 114 mio
At risk of poverty: 80 mio
Severe material deprivation: 40 mio
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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).
Source: Eurostat (November 2011)
05
101520253035404550
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
%
All Children (less than 18 years) Elderly (65+) Employed Unemployed
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40 million face severe material deprivation
Source: Eurostat 2009
Severely materially deprived persons; Percentage of total population, 2009People 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.
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34 million live in jobless households
Source: Eurostat
Persons living in households with very low work intensity, 2009People aged 0-59 living in households where adults work less than 20% of their total work potential during the past
year.
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• 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
What is the Commission doing?
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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 1. 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 strategyhttp://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 movehttp://ec.europa.eu/education/yom/com_en.pdf
Social Europehttp://www.facebook.com/#!/socialeurope
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Thank you for your attention