Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 1 European Commission Bureau of European Policy Advisers and Joint Research Centre Marcel Canoy, Frédéric Lerais, Massimiliano Mascherini, Andrea Saltelli, Daniele Vidoni The importance of social reality for Europe - an application to civil participation
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 2 Happiness indicators (Eurobarometer) Apparent happiness throughout Europe
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 3 Objective indicators Health, longevity Education Employment Poverty
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 4 Good social outcomes Longer life expectancy from 43.5 to 75.4 for men; from 46.0 to 81.4 for women Access to educational opportunities Upper secondary: from 57% of the year olds to 77% of year olds
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 5 Old times/new times
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 6 Old times/new times
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 7 Old times/new times
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 8 Paradigm shifts in the debate Old Disjoint social and economic pillars Social models based on male breadwinners Subsidiarity New Social performance input to economic performance Disappointing social performance, new social risks, trends aggravate Shared responsibilities
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 9 Social performance input to economic performance New challenges for growth require social performance as input Labour participation Quality of education Creation of social capital Innovation
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 10 Social performance Bad news in key areas child poverty education (tertiary, dropouts) fertility obesity, alcoholism and mental illness two tier labour markets prospects for low skilled men rise of consumer debt social exclusion integration of migrants low participation in traditional politics
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 11 Children’s well-being (Unicef) Rate of poverty Child poverty rate 2005 and changes in the nineties
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 12 Education (Eurostat, DG EAC) Share of Early School Leavers by Gender Females
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 13 Youth Unemployment rate (Eurostat)
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 14 Shared responsibilities All stakeholders important, including non-profit organizations But not for the ‘usual’ reasons Coherence across policy fields and layers needed
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 15 Citizenship indicators (source JRC report) Heterogeneity of participation in Europe
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 16 Distribution of engagement in Europe JRC and European Social Survey 2002 No engagement Full engagement
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 17 o Different modes of social participation in Europe o Different impact of income and gender o The countries that do well are also country where participation is high Nordic countries for instance o Participation is needed for the acceptance and development of modern social policies Participation for the future of Europe
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 18 o In many areas there is need for a bigger role of stakeholders When countries register high level of participation, they also have confidence in policies; Measures regarding health as an example; Participation for the future of Europe
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 19 o Engagement correlated with trust o Participating people perceive world more positively The greater the participation the higher the trust in others ; Trust in politicians is related to engagement ; Fully engaged more satisfied with democracy o Trust diverges wildly across Europe Importance of trust
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 20 Trust and engagement JRC and European Social Survey 2002
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 21 Conclusion
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 22 Websites To know more Site of BEPA dex_en.htm Site of CRELL
Social performance for the EU BEPA-JRC 23 EU event Site of the conference: Beyond GDP (November)