Active inclusion of people excluded from the labour market Commission Recommendation

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Active inclusion of people excluded from the
labour market Commission Recommendation
Michele Calandrino policy analyst Inclusion,
Social Policy Aspects of Migration, Streamlining
of Social Policies EMPL E/2 DG Employment,
Social Affairs Equal Opportunities, European
Commission 17 December 2008 COFACE
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The active inclusion approach

• Objective facilitate the integration into
  sustainable, quality employment of those who can
  work and provide resources which are sufficient
  to live in dignity, together with support for
  social participation, for those who cannot.
• Strategy
• Adequate income support
• Inclusive labour markets
• 3)Access to quality services
• Key steps
• Council Recommendation 92/441/EEC
• COM(2006) 44 and COM(2007) 620 a two-stage
  consultation
• C(2008) 5737 and COM(2008) 639
• Council conclusions 17 December 2008

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EU action

• To deepen the Open Method of Coordination in this
  area through common principles and practical
  guidelines and their subsequent monitoring and
  evaluation,
• Policy tools legislation the Open Method of
  Coordination social dialogue financial
  instruments.
• Open Method of Coordination
• The OMC is an essential tool in promoting best
  practices and ensuring the continuous monitoring
  of objectives at EU level. The OMC will continue,
  on the basis of common principles, to monitor and
  evaluate all aspects of the active inclusion
  approach. The specific modalities will be agreed
  in the Social Protection Committee.

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Common principles on active inclusion

• Horizontal coordination comprehensive policy
  design and integrated implementation
• Vertical coordination policy coordination
  between levels of government and active
  participation of all other relevant stakeholders
• Principles common to all three strands
• (a) support the implementation of fundamental
  rights
• (b) promote gender equality and equal
  opportunities for all
• (c) consider the complexities of multiple
  disadvantages and the specific situations and
  needs of the various vulnerable groups
• (d) take due account of local and regional
  circumstances and improve territorial cohesion
• (e) be consistent with a lifecycle approach to
  social and employment policies so they can
  support intergenerational solidarity and break
  the intergenerational transmission of poverty.

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Adequate income support

• Recognise the individual's basic right to
  resources and social assistance sufficient to
  lead a life that is compatible with human dignity
  as part of a comprehensive, consistent drive to
  combat social exclusion.
• Combined with
• - active availability for work or for vocational
  training with a view to obtaining work in the
  case of persons whose conditions permit such
  active availability, or be subject, where
  appropriate, to economic and social integration
  measures in the case of other persons
• - policies deemed necessary, at national level,
  for the economic and social integration of those
  concerned.

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Inclusive labour markets

• Address the needs of people excluded from the
  labour market in order to facilitate their
  progressive reintegration into society and into
  the labour market and to enhance their
  employability
• Take the necessary measures to promote inclusive
  labour markets in order to ensure access to
  employment is an opportunity open for all
• Promote quality jobs, including pay and benefits,
  working conditions, health and safety, access to
  lifelong learning and career prospects, in
  particular with a view to preventing in-work
  poverty
• Tackle labour market segmentation by promoting
  job retention and advancement.
• Practical guidelines investment in human
  capital active and preventive labour market
  measures financial incentives demand side
  policies in-work support.

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Access to quality services

• Territorial availability, physical
  accessibility, affordability
• Solidarity, equal opportunities for service
  users and employees, and due account for
  diversity of users
• Investment in human capital, working conditions,
  and adequate physical infrastructure
• Comprehensive and coordinated services,
  conceived and delivered in an integrated manner
• users' involvement and personalised approaches
  to meet the multiple needs of people as
  individuals
• - Monitoring and performance evaluation and
  sharing of best practice.

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Active inclusion guidelines

• Guarantee the relevant resources and benefits
  role of Structural Funds
• The challenging triangle work incentives,
  poverty alleviation and sustainable budgetary
  costs
• Ensure information of rights and support
  available
• Simplify administrative procedures
• Organise machinery for appeals
• Monitoring and evaluation under the Social OMC.

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A supporting EU framework

• Social dialogue The Commission will examine with
  the social partners how they might further
  develop autonomous initiatives to enhance the
  synergies with the other policy strands and
  actors in the active inclusion approach
• EU Financial Instruments The Commission will
  encourage use of the provisions of the new ESF
  regulation to support active inclusion measures
• Network of Local Authorities Observatories The
  Commission will support in the framework of the
  PROGRESS programme, its establishment in
  partnership with service providers and NGOs, to
  monitor and promote best practices, especially in
  relation to access to quality services.

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Active inclusion a tool for fighting family
poverty

• Horizontal principles fundamental rights,
  gender equality, specific situation and needs of
  vulnerable groups, lifecycle approach and
  intergenerational solidarity.
• Minimum income the determination of resources
  should take into account the different types
  sizes of the household the amounts should be
  adjusted or supplemented to meet specific needs.
  The right is auxiliary in relation to other
  social rights. conditionality and family
  situation?
• Inclusive labour markets address the needs of
  people, equal opportunities, promote quality jobs
  and job retention and advancement jobless
  households and lone parents
• Access to quality services refer to social
  assistance services, child care, long-term care
  and health services. social services vs.
  informal care

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