1. Marginalisation & Exclusion network meeting

2. Eurodiaconia: Who are we?
Members in 32 countries
46 organisations
Over actors
Orthodox, Free Churches, Ecumenical
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4. HOW WE WORK praxis identity advocacy 11/18/201811/18/2018
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5. Policy examples Migration EU Mobility Service/Public Procurement
Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD)
Economic Policy
Demographic Change
Social rights
EU mobility:
With regard to the Maltese Presidency’s planned discussions around the Labour Mobility Package, Eurodiaconia and its members would like to call attention to the need for quality employment services and improved coordination between those responsible for the health and social wellbeing of EU mobile citizens. In this context, Eurodiaconia welcomes the Presidency’s intention to initiate discussions on the revision of the Regulation on coordination of social security systems. When addressing these issues, Eurodiaconia encourages the Maltese Presidency to:
Call on Member States to ensure that public employment services have the capacity and knowledge to provide quality services to EU job seekers.
Call on Member States to ensure, in the context of the revision of the Regulation on the coordination of social security systems, improved portability of social protection schemes and, particularly in the context of ageing populations, long-term care benefits.
Call on Member States to address, in the context of the revision of the Regulation on the coordination of social security systems, the situation of destitute EU mobile citizens that are not self-sufficient, and to guarantee that they have at least access to emergency accommodation and support.
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6. Supervisory board
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7. Team
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8. Investing in children, breaking the cycle of poverty: the EU context

9. What’s coming up? The context of child poverty The political response
Focus on the EU recommendation
What is ED doing?
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10. The context of child poverty
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11. The context of child poverty
2015 Eurostat: 26.9% children EU-28 AROPE
2010 to 2015 AROPE children rose in 12 EU Member States
compared with 24.7 % of adults (18–64) and 17.4 % of the elderly
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12. Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Data extracted in November 2016
The largest increases in the AROPE since 2010, with 4 percentage points (pp) or more were observed in Greece (9.1 pp), Cyprus (7.1 pp) and Italy (4.0 pp). Decreases were recorded in 16 EU Member States, with major falls recorded in Latvia (– 10.9 pp) as well as Bulgaria (– 6.1 pp) and Poland (– 4.2 pp).
Regarding the overall situation in 2015 (see Infographic 1), the share of children living in a household at risk of poverty or social exclusion ranged from around 14 % in Sweden, to 46.8% in Romania; the EU-28 rate was 26.9 %.
Figure 1: Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion, 2010 and 2015 (% of total population)

13. Inter-generational transmission
Key factors
Type of households (single, large families)
Jobless households
Level of parents education
Migrant background
Inter-generational transmission
-Factors influencing the risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) were:
The types of household: single parents with dependent children (47.8 %) and single persons (32.9 %) and two adults with three or more dependent children (31.7 %) had the highest AROPE rates.
Monetary poverty: 78.2 % of the population aged 0–59, living in very low work intensity households with dependent children were at risk of poverty.
Level of education: 52.3 % of children whose parents’ highest level of education was low were at risk of poverty compared with 8.1 % of children whose parents’ highest level of education was high.
Migrant background: children with a migrant background were at a greater risk of poverty than children whose parents were native born.
Living conditions: 17.0 % of single-parent households were severely materially deprived compared with 9.0 % of all households with dependent children
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14. The political response
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15. A major policy concern Addressing children specifically
“Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage’’ (2013/112/EU)
Six recent Council presidencies (Belgium in 2010, Hungary in 2011, Cyprus in 2012, Ireland in 2013, Greece in 2014 and the Netherlands in 2016),
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16. Facilitate exchange European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC)
Monitoring policies and practices
Mutual learning
Specific initiatives e.g.
Study on the effective use of early childhood education and care in preventing early school leaving
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17. Mainstreaming – broad scope
Europe 2020 poverty target
Urban agenda (desegregation)
Communication on national strategies for Roma integration (2011, 2016)
The EU Renewed Action Plan on Return
Funding
ESF
FEAD
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18. Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage’’
part of the EU Social Investment Package
Step forward in terms of EC commitment to addressing child poverty in Europe
Calls on MS to develop integrated strategies and exchange better practice based on three pillars:
access to adequate resources
access to affordable quality services
children’s right to participate
EU Social investment package
Aims to help Member States use their social budgets more efficiently and more effectively
Promotes best practices and provides guidance on social investment
Integrated pillars:
Increase the sustainability and adequacy of budgets for social policies
Pursue activating and enabling policies and provide adequate livelihoods
Invest across the life course, starting with children and youth
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19. “Preventing the transmission of disadvantage across generations is a crucial investment in Europe’s future, as well as a direct contribution to the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, with long-term benefits for children, the economy and society as a whole”
(EC Recommendation Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage)
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20. EC Recommendation ‘’Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage’’ (2013/112/EU)
Strong Points:
Recognition of children as rights-holders
Multidisciplinary aim in promoting child wellbeing
Focus on the need for a long-term approach to “sustained investment in children and families”
Calls to facilitate the integration of Roma and children with an immigrant background
Encourages the strengthening of cooperation between public authorities and civil society
Access to high quality, inclusive early childhood education and care included in “Affordable quality services”
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21. EC Recommendation ‘’Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage’’ (2013/112/EU)
Shortcomings:
Not binding character
Fails to address the need to support parents in balancing their work and family roles
Insufficient political efforts and financial investment to reach out to children from the most unprivileged backgrounds
Fails to set concrete goals and a timeline for implementation
To stress: The Recommendation can only be implemented if actions are taken at national level.
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22. What is eurodiaconia doing?
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23. Eurodiaconia’s policy work
Contributed to the adoption of the Recommendation
Part of EU alliance for investing in children
Monitor its implementation (2017 report)
Identifies effective policies and practices
Child wellbeing is mainstreamed in all policy work
equality and non discrimination
integrated approach to child wellbeing
tailor-made approach
unbiased advocacy
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24. What’s coming up? European Pillar of Social Rights 24/04
Staff working document
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25. What can you do?
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26. What can you do?
Participate to monitoring the implementation of the Recommendation at national and local level
Make the best use of EU Structural and Investment Funds for combating child poverty
Networks and organisations at local level: link your work to existing EU instruments
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