Holistic Approach Towards Social Activation Pilot Project – ESF Founding Jana Lovšin MLFSA

Axis 9 – Social Inclusion 3 specific goals: Establishing a model/system SA Empowernement of target categories to get closer to labour market Preventive policies for social exclusion and decreasing inequalities in health

Axis 9 – Social Inclusion MoLFSA: Intergenerational centres Roma centres From education to labour market for disabled young people Program for project learning for young people – PUM SA Alcoholism prevention program – MoH Health literacy - MoH Social Integration of people from former YU – MoC Programs for young people with development challenges - MoE

Embeding SA into OP and ESF Initial idea: Shift from passive towards active approach within social policies SA should be covered with ESF founds Challenge: Difference between experts in social field and experts on ESF rules ► what is the aim of enrolment into SA program and what should be a result Results: SA is part of ESF – 10 m for establishing the system and 30 m for SA programmes, 0.5 m for IT support

NEW PILOT PROJECT- SOCIAL ACTIVATION 3 PILLARS OF THE PROJECT: 1. Development of accessible and quality programs of social activation for individuals most distant from the labour market and not being capable to enrol to the ALPM programs due to their specific needs and deficits; 2. Introducing network of coordinators for social activation on regional and local level to work with socially excluded people and development and promotion of better (improved) collaboration between SWC and Labour offices; 3. Development of IT system to provide effective support of the „social activation“ approach;

Establishing System of SA Reason for new system: - connecting gap between - CSW and ESS - people in need of SA – who‘s responsibility ► establishing SEP – 16 RMU ► establishing Project Unit – 48 KSA ► cooperation with local community, CSW and ESS ► individual work with person – concluding personal agreement ► Role of inter-insitutional commissions (2012)

2. Development of SA programmes ► target group ► contractors ► activities ► Duration of programs – short – long – hybrid programmes ► special programmes for women from foreign cultural background

Achivments - midterm 25 long project SA (50 programmes) 29 short SA programmes (7 projects) 13 hybrid programmes SA More as 1100 persons included Midterm evaluation

Key issues which to be answered during the pilot project are: How to design and provide the widest possible range of tailor-made programs which will have an effective exit; How to provide the right balance between income support and the provision of services; How to balance the aspect of empowerment and conditionality in relation of positive image in (general and expert) public.

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