1. The EU perspective on poverty maps and their use

2. A case for poverty maps Small deprived areas have difficulty receiving funds Better defining the target areas Indirectly approaching the most vulnerable, e.g. Roma without the ethnic criteria Example: Hungary, 33 poorest micro-regions host 1/3 of the Roma but only 10% of the national population

3. Commission's contribution 1.2 m EUR for this cooperation with the World Bank Pilot study in Bulgaria and Denmark National Statistical Offices's involvement in further development of the maps and their use after are crucial

4. Poverty maps in service of the national Roma integration strategies National strategies: set goals for education, employment, healthcare and housing of the Roma define the geographical scope of the excluded communities foster a dialogue with Roma communities and leaders

5. The spread of poverty Poverty – a characteristic of persons households neighbourhoods areas regions

6. From the policy perspective... If poverty characterises an area, individuals are trapped in a system of problems. Policy attempts to empower the local community by...

7. ... training people and giving them new skills providing public transport, make commuting easier better business environment (IT, transport) services of general interest: schools, hospitals reducing environmental pollution

8. Cohesion Policy 2014-20 Member States are invited to develop strategies to address the needs of the poorest and the excluded groups of society Choice between: geographical approach: areas affected (poverty mapping is necessary) target group approach: low income, migrants, Roma, disabled etc. (poverty maps are not necessary).

9. Reinforced social dimension of new European Social Fund 25% of the Cohesion envelope for the ESF (84bn) 20% of the ESF for promoting social inclusion and fighting poverty ESF investment priority on the integration of marginalized communities, such as Roma simplified financial management procedures and focus on results earmarking for capacity building of NGOs better coordination of various fund to allow for integrated approaches strands of funding

10. Sustainable urban development 5 % of the Regional Development Fund will support sustainable urban development and this may be combined with the European Social Fund Poverty maps to help define deprived urban areas

11. Poverty maps to help improve the targeting Structural Funds More effective targeting of Structural Funds to promote economic, social and territorial cohesion The territorial approaches are not visible enough in the current European Social Fund, the poverty maps could help correct this

12. Thank you for your attention Szilvia.Kalman@ec.europa.eu Bartek.Lessaer@ec.europa.eu DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion