Title: Hungarian participation in the EU social inclusion process: The National Action Plan on Social Inclu
1Hungarian participation in the EU social
inclusion processThe National Action Plan on
Social Inclusion
April 3, 2006 István Sziklai
Ministry of Youth, Family, Social Affairs and
Equal Opportunities, Unit of Co-ordination for
Development
2Milestones in eradication of poverty
- Lisbon European Council declares goal by 2010
(March, 2000) - Nice European Council launches the Open Method
of Co-ordination OMC (December, 2000) - OMC is a flexible method of policy coordination
and was introduced in the field of employment in
1997.
3Key target of decreasing poverty
Current level
Goal by 2010
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45 elements of the OMC
- National Action Plans on Social Inclusion
- Common Objectives
- Common Indicators (Laeken Indicators)
- Joint Reports on Social Inclusion
- Community Action Programme to Combat Social
Exclusion
5Common Objectives
- Facilitating employment and providing
- access for all to resources, rights,
- goods and services
- Fighting against the risks of social
- exclusion
- Supporting the most vulnerable
- Involving all actors
6Key factors facilitating the implementation of
the NAPs
- Improving the understanding of social exclusion
and poverty with the help of comparable
indicators - Organising exchanges on policies which are
promoting mutual learning - Developing the capacity of actors involved
7Main elements of Community Action
- Common understanding
- Exchanges on policies
- Transnational Exchange Programme
- Peer review process
- Independent Experts
- Awareness raising on the social inclusion OMC
- Capability building of non-governmental actors
8Hungarian National Action Plan on social inclusion
- EU decided to include the candidate countries
into the social inclusion OMC (early 2002) - National seminar was organized (July 2002)
- Drafting of the Joint Memorandum on Social
Inclusion (or JIM) - Hungarian NAP/ incl (July 2004)
9Key priorities identified by the Hungarian JIM
- Facilitating participation in employment for
inactive and socially disadvantaged people - Human resource development by training
opportunities and inclusive education for
socially disadvantaged children - Modernising the social protection systems
- Accessible social and health care services,
education, etc. for all - Adequate and affordable housing
- Decreasing territorial differences
- Special attention to the most vulnerable groups
(e.g. Roma people, people with disabilities
children in poverty, psychiatric patients and
addicts, homeless people) - Co-ordinating the various policy domains
- Strengthening and involving the civil society
- Producing internationally comprehensive data on
poverty.
10The 5 chapters of the NAP
- Situation analysis based on the Laeken indicators
but also on national indicators - Strategic objectives on social inclusion
- Policy measures for 2004-2006
- Institutional arrangements
- Good practices
- Statistical annex
11Strategic objectives of the NAP
- Promoting employment
- Accessible public services for all
- Decreasing poverty, especially long-term and deep
poverty - Investment in the future the well-being of
children - Mainstreaming the fight against social exclusion
121. Promoting employment
- Employment-friendly economic environment
- Active labour market measures
- Training and lifelong learning
- Facilitating female employment and reconciliation
of work and family life - Community-based social services that promotes the
re-integration of unemployed people
132. Accessible public services
- Accessible public services
- - Modernising the social provision system
- - Affirmative education
- - Overcoming health disparities
- - Integrative culture and sports
- - Information society fight against digital
- divide
- - Accessible justice
- Reducing regional inequalities
- Physical accessibility of public services
- Fight against discriminatory practices
143. Reducing long-term and deep poverty
- Incentive and targeted social assistance
- - Revision of social law
- - Improving the eligibility criteria
- - Increasing the level of some benefits
for the most in need - Secure housing
- - Reducing over-indebtedness
- - Eliminating slums
- Reducing homelessness
154. Investment in the future the well-being of
children
- Better targeting of benefits in-cash and in-kind
- Improving child care services
- Fostering of childrens rights
- Targeted programmes for disadvantaged children
and youth
165. Mainstreaming the fight against poverty and
social exclusion
- Coordinated and mainstreamed approach
- For the Roma
- For people living with disabilities
- Equality between men and women
- Activation and dignity for the elderly
17Key targets in the Hungarian NAP/incl
- Employment rate Overall 59 in 2006 and 63 in
2010 (EU 70) - Male 64.5 in 2006 and 69 in 2010
- Female 53 in 2006 and 57 in 2010 (EU 60)
- 55 33 in 2006 and 37 in 2010 (EU 50).
- Lifelong learning 10 in 2010 (12.5).
- 22-year-olds with upper-secondary education
level 88 in 2006. - Integrated education for Roma children in 270
schools by 2006. - Number of places in day-care for children under
3 by 10 by 2007. - Capacity of home care support by 10 by 2006
- Reducing premature mortality in the most
disadvantaged regions by 10 by 2006 - Increasing PC use 50 in 2006. Internet use
40 in 2006. - Significantly reducing over-indebtedness by 2006.
- Increasing rental housing to 15 of all homes
within 15 years. - Reducing the number of homeless people living on
the street. - Decreasing child poverty by 2006 by expanding
benefits - Significantly reducing the social exclusion of
the Roma. - Continuing physical and communicational
accessibility.
18Challenges for Hungary
- Evaluation of the NAPs by the European
- Commission (autumn 2004)
- The fight against poverty should get higher
national priority with more resources, better
co-operation among the relevant bodies and better
involvement of the civil society - Improvement should be reached in target setting
and monitoring of policies - A higher priority should be given to the issue of
inactivity within social inclusion policies
19Current developments
- EU has recently introduced the OMC in two other
fields as well - Adequate and sustainable pensions
- Health care and long-term care for the elderly
- National Pension Strategic Report was elaborated
in each country - Social inclusion, pensions, health and long-term
care will be merged and handled unified - Member states have to prepare common strategic
report by September 2006 on these areas - This is going to be the National Strategy Report
on Social Protection and Social Inclusion
20Highlights of the experiences of the social
inclusion OMC
- Gives opportunity to international exchange of
experience - Growing commitment in reducing poverty
- Priorities of social policy are shifted from
passive assistance to activisation - Dialogue about the whole social benefit system
- More attention is paid to methodological
questions - Social policy is more and more considered as a
productive sector - Coordinated, complex and intersectoral programmes
and approaches are spreading - Social aspects have influence on the global
development plans
21Thank You for Your attention!
Contact information
sziklai.istvan_at_icsszem.hu
- vajda.gyorgyi_at_icsszem.hu
www.icsszem.hu