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 | Trends in social inclusion policies across Europe
 Isilda Shima (European Centre, Austria) summarised key points from the country reports on social inclusion policies.
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 | The social protection and social inclusion of disabled people in European countries
Research Leader: Prof Anne Waldschmidt
(University of Cologne)
Rapporteur: Isilda Shima and Flip Maas (European Centre for Social Welfare
Policy and Research)
Social
inclusion and social protection was a focus topic for ANED reviews in 2008,
reflecting the importance attached to this area by policy makers. This task
contributed to the Open Method of Co-ordination in Social Protection and Social
Inclusion by synthesising evidence and examples from 29 different European
countries. The full report is now available.
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 | Useful networks and organisationsSome useful networks and organisations include:
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 | Reports on Social Protection and Social Inclusion
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 | National strategies and reports
Following
the streamlining of the Open Method of Coordination on Social Protection and
Social Inclusion, Member States are now charged with translating the common
objectives into National Plans.
These plans are submitted to the Commission in the form of a National Report on
Strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion. The key policy documents and the reports
submitted by each country are available online.
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 | EU Strategy on Social Protection and Social Inclusion
One of our
key tasks has been to review the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) in
Social Protection and Social Inclusion, from a disability equality
perspective, and to provide the Commission with useful evidence to support
future policy development. In 2000, the EU launched the Social Inclusion
Process towards eradicating poverty by 2010. The updated Social OMC is
significant for the disability field because it includes key elements of
concern to disability policies.
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