Bill Edgar (Dundee University) Matt Harrison (RIS) Volker Busch-Geertsema (GISS) European Commission MPHASIS Mutual Progress on Homelessness through Advancing and Strengthening Information Systems Dissemination Strand Budapest, March 14 th 2008 European Commission

Outline of Dissemination Focus is on Policy development at a National level  This strand aims to take the recommendations from the Measuring Homelessness report and achieve policy change at a national level Translated summary of Measuring Homelessness report National Meetings Follow-up action  Homelessness Monitoring Strategies

European Commission Measuring Homelessness report The Measuring Homelessness report is already available from the EC website in English in both a full and executive summary version. An expanded summary (about 40 pages) has been prepared This is to be translated into national languages All translated reports to be available from the Mphasis website There is also a small budget for printing copies of the translated report

European Commission National Meetings National meetings to take place in each country (20 in all) Each meeting to be arranged by the national coordinator, and assisted by 2 members of the project research team These have to be phased from June 2008 to April 2009 for timetabling reasons Funding for 12 people to attend each meeting. It may be possible to add more (unfunded) attendees However these are to be working meetings not conferences Some countries may need to carry our pre-meeting work to establish the national. Where possible, national meetings to be co-ordinated with research strand.

European Commission Follow-up action The national meetings are to be a starting point for action, not an end point. The aim is for progress to be made towards the recommendations at a national level in the Measuring Homelessness report Follow-up action to be co-ordinated or monitored by national representatives However much of the work will need to be the responsibility of different people. Feedback on progress to end of project seminar in September 2009

European Commission Outcomes expected Progress in adopting a harmonised definition of homelessness and core variables Progress in establishing service provider databases Progress towards agreement between key stakeholders on action to be taken to improve data collection from service about homeless people and time-scale for this. Statement of actions and/or progress made during the implementation of Mphasis and of identified plans of action (to be included in the final conference documentation or in the final project report).