1. EU SURVEY ON HEALTH AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION: SCENARIOS FOR IMPLEMENTATION
AGENDA POINT 2.4
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2. Structure of the presentation
Background
Indicators to be produced
Short-medium term strategy ( )
Long term strategy (from 2014)
Conclusion
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3. 1. Background Policy needs European Disability Action Plan (2003-2010)
Compliance with UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Need for regular data
Two contradictory decisions
ESS Committee (19 November 2009): agreed to develop an EP and Council Regulation for a 2012 ESHSI
DSS (March 2010): disagreed on an implementation in 2012 (time constraints and budgetary problems)
Eurostat to investigate alternative options
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4. 2. Indicators to be produced by ESHSI
People classified as disabled:
People facing barriers to participation in any of the ten life activity domains from ICF, associated
With a health condition or basic activity limitation
Information not available in the three existing social surveys with disability information:
EU-SILC
LFS ad-hoc modules
EHIS
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5. 3. Short-medium term strategy (2011-2013)
Annual SILC survey
2011: LFS ad-hoc module on the employment of disabled people
2012: ESHSI (European Survey on Health and Social Integration)
Implemented partly outside the ESS
Covering 12 sections: core variables, health, 10 life activity domains
Based on representative general population samples at national level, possibly with oversampling of 15-24
Flexible implementation if within ESS (mode of data collection, collection unit, fieldwork period)
Fieldwork: 2nd semester of 2012
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6. 4. Long term (from 2014) – first priority
Option 1
Option 2
2014
EHIS (4 modules)
EHIS (4 modules + light ESHSI)
2017
ESHSI
2019
2022
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7. 4. Long term (from 2014) – second priority
LFS ad-hoc module 2011 on employment of disabled people: repeated every 5 years with adaptation to users’ needs (next implementation in 2016) or
ESHSI with good employment component but no repetition of the LFS ad-hoc module (priority of the PHWG)
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8. 4. Conclusion The DSS are asked to give their views on:
This two-stage approach;
The proposals for long term (from 2014):
Implementation of ESHSI and EHIS as independent or as combined surveys
The continuation/discontinuation of an LFS ad-hoc module on employment of disabled people every five years
The main element for preparing the 2nd round is represented by the workshop that will be organised by the Robert Koch Institute in Germany, most probably in May 2010.
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9. 4. Conclusion
2012: EHSI partly outside ESS (call for tender and proposals)
2014: EHIS as a separate survey (without a module on social integration) :
Evaluation of the results of the 2011 ad-hoc module on employment of disabled people
Evaluation of the results of the 2012 EHSI survey
Development of the survey component of the modernisation strategy
 on this basis, decision on the strategy for the EHSI and LFS ad-hoc modules
The main element for preparing the 2nd round is represented by the workshop that will be organised by the Robert Koch Institute in Germany, most probably in May 2010.
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