1. STRATEGIES FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION AND SOCIAL INCLUSION
2012
STRATEGIES FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION AND SOCIAL INCLUSION
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2. OVERARCHING OBJECTIVES OF OMC:
To promote:
Social cohesion, equality between men and women and equal opportunities through adequate, accessible, financially sustainable, adaptable and efficient social protection systems and inclusion policies
Effective and mutual interaction between the Europe 2020 Strategy objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, taking full account of the relevant social provisions of the Lisbon Treaty
Good governance, transparency and involvement of stakeholders in design, implementation and monitoring of policy
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3. NATIONAL STRATEGIC REPORTS:
Translating EU common objectives into National Plans for:
Social Inclusion
Pensions
Health and Long-Term Care
Plans usually cover a 3 year period
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4. Malta’s Previous NAP Cycles
Joint Inclusion Memorandum (2003)
National Action Plan on Poverty and Social Exclusion ( )
National Report on Strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion ( )
National Report on Strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion ( )
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2012: NSR STRUCTURE
New EU Guidelines for 2012 NSR
Covers 1 year period
Be coherent to 2012 National Reform Programmes
Cover 3 strands of Social OMC
Set out concrete measures taken or to be taken in 2011 and 2012
Approximately 10 pages
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2012: NSR Time-line
Practical Arrangements
Submission at the same time of the National Reform Programmes
Deadline: mid-April 2012
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2012: Key challenges
Increasing the overall employment rate, particularly through the inclusion of women and vulnerable groups
Pursuing the commitment to reduce early school leaving and educational underachievement;
Promoting greater availability of adequate and affordable housing;
Combating the intergenerational transmission of poverty and social exclusion;
Promoting equality and diversity;
Reforming the social protection system to ensure its sustainability, adequacy and comprehensiveness;
Improving access, quality and adequacy of health and long-term care.
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Priority objectives
Social Inclusion:
Advancement of i) children and young persons’ well-being, ii) active inclusion, iii) active ageing and iv) equality of opportunities.
Pensions:
Sustain reform and strengthen further the i) adequacy and ii) sustainability of pensions
Health and long-term care:
Improvement of i) access, ii) quality, iii) adequacy and iv) sustainability of services.
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9. Macro economic strategy
Convergence with Malta’s overall macro economic strategy, aimed at:
Ensuring stability and financial sustainability,
Developing economic activity by attracting investment and creating more and better jobs
Sustaining investment in infrastructure, the energy sector and the environment.
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10. Poverty and social exclusion
In its contribution to the Europe 2020 Strategy poverty reduction headline target, Malta in agreement with the Commission established a national target of lifting around 6,560 people out of risk of poverty and social exclusion by 2020
Specific focus on those who experience consistent poverty by being both:
at risk of poverty
materially deprived
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11. Malta: Poverty situation
Total Population – At risk of poverty rate (2010)
M: 15.5% EU: 16.4%
In line with trend experienced in other EU Member States, children, elderly people and other vulnerable groups, particularly those unemployed or living in jobless households have a higher risk of poverty
Children: M 20.4% (EU: 20.5%)
Elderly: M 18.8% (EU: 15.9%)
Population in Jobless Households: M 7.5% (EU: 10.5%)
(People aged 18-59)
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12. KEY VULNERABLE GROUPS:
Comprehensive social inclusion strategy for all but specific focus on:
Children and young people
Older persons
People living in jobless households
Relating priority attention to these target populations is seen to relate an effective and sustainable social inclusion strategy, by focusing on the most vulnerable and relating wider and long term effect on social cohesion in general.
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13. CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Priority policy objective will be addressed through measures that advance children and young persons:
personal development
well-being
rights, interests and responsibilities
The publication of a National Children Policy
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14. CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Personal development
Continuation of the reform in the educational system
Construction and modernisation of educational institutions
Promotion of further and higher education and life-long learning
Promotion of inclusive education
Promotion of science and technology education
Improving Research and Mobility in Education and Training
Strengthening the sustainability of private schools
Consolidation of measures that enhance informal learning, active citizenship, and engagement in sports and creativity
Consolidation of a range of services, schemes and measures to increase youth employment
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15. CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Well-being
Improving psychological services
Creating better conditions for families
Protection of Children
Rights, Interests and Responsibilities
Community mobilisation and awareness on Children’s and Young people’s rights
A review of the Juvenile Justice System
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ELDERLY PEOPLE
Priority policy objective will be addressed through measures that:
Promote active ageing and extend healthy life expectancy and quality of life, through enabling sustained participation in social, economic, cultural, and civic affairs.
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ELDERLY PEOPLE
Old Age Security
Provision of adequate income support
Health and Well-being
Consolidating and expanding institutional long-term care
Assisting dementia patients
Active Participation in Society
Consolidating and expanding independent living
Promoting the employability prospects of older workers
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JOBLESS HOUSEHOLDS
Priority policy objective will be addressed through a pro-active inclusion aimed at strengthening the potential of citizens to lead them towards greater self-actualisation, autonomy and empowerment through:
adequate income support
inclusive labour market
quality social services
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19. Policy Development and EU Affairs Directorate MJDF
JOBLESS HOUSEHOLDS
Adequate income support
Undertaking a review of the social security system
Undertaking a review of the taxation system
Access to inclusive labour markets
Investing in the creative economy
Increasing investment in human capital
Investing in small and medium enterprises
Promoting inclusive Labour Markets
Incentivising activism
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JOBLESS HOUSEHOLDS
Access to quality social services
Enhance work life balance and consolidate family friendly measures
Enhance affordability of social services
Promote affordable and adequate housing
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21. OTHER VULNERABLE GROUPS
Apart from children, elderly and people living in jobless households, other vulnerable groups will be addressed by the strategy such as persons with:
Mental health difficulties
Disability
Different sexual orientations
Different life-styles
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22. OTHER VULNERABLE GROUPS
Promoting the social inclusion prospects of vulnerable groups
Combating mental health difficulties
Extending and improving quality of services for persons with a disability
Combating Discrimination and promoting equality
Amending and Enacting legislation to promote diversity and combat discrimination
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23. OTHER VULNERABLE GROUPS
Mainstreaming social inclusion and anti-discrimination issues
Promoting good governance and involvement through sustained investment in the voluntary Sector
Better coordination between macro and micro-economic policies and synergy with the other headline targets, and wider context of the Europe 2020 Strategy.
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24. Adequate and sustainable pensions
Malta’s strategy for modernising its pension system and ensuring its adequacy and sustainability is presented in its National Reform Programme
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25. Health and long-term care
Malta’s Health and long-term care strategy is addressed at improving
Access
Quality
Adequacy
Sustainability of services.
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Accessibility
Enhancing access to information on health services
Enhancing access to health and long term care services and new treatments
Consolidating pharmaceutical provision
Ensuring equity in access
Construction and modernization of medical institutions
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Quality
Enhancing Community based responses
Consolidating quality in Long term care services
Developing Health care standards
Ensuring Patient Safety
Upgrading Healthcare facilities
Combating cancer
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28. Adequacy and Sustainability
Enhancing Disease Prevention and Health Promotion through
Improving Long Term Care services
Consolidating Governance
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29. Policy Development and EU Affairs Directorate MJDF
We appreciate your attendance at this meeting and look forward to hearing from you.
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Thank You
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