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Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Bulgaria (PDF 220 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Cyprus (PDF 210 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - France ( PDF 438 kB )
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Austria (PDF 517 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries -Czech Republic (PDF 240 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Denmark (PDF 230 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Estonia (PDF 675 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Greece (PDF 306 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Spain (PDF 294 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Finland (PDF 210 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Ireland (PDF 489 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Iceland (PDF 615 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Italy (PDF 233 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Latvia (PDF 257 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Malta (PDF 325 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Netherlands (PDF 214 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Poland (PDF 336 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Sweden (PDF 290 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Slovenia (PDF 278 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Targeting and mainstreaming disability in the 2008-2010 National Strategy Reports for Social Protection and Social Inclusion - PDF 1.209 kB)
Updated edition November 2009 (first edition October 2008)


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - United Kingdom (PDF 5.952 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Slovakia (PDF 5.297 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Norway (PDF 3.209 kB)
Compiled by the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED) - state of affairs up to November 2009


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries - Germany (PDF 5.730 kB)
Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries


Synthesis report on disability mainstreaming in the 2008-2010 National Strategy Reports for Social Protection and Social Inclusion (NSRs) (PDF 471 kB)
Report prepared for the Academic Network of European Disability experts (ANED) October 2008


The implementation of EU social inclusion and social protection strategies in European countries with reference to equality for disabled people (PDF 1462 kB)
Implications for people with disabilities (PwDs) arising from the national policy developments during 2006-2008


Audio presentation Isilda Shima (European Centre, Austria): key points from the country reports on social inclusion policies (mp3 11:49 min)
ANED annual meeting 15 December 2008 Brussels


PowerPoint presentation Isilda Shima (European Centre, Austria): key points from the country reports on social inclusion policies (ppt 200 kB)
ANED annual meeting 15 December 2008 Brussels


Handout presentation Isilda Shima (European Centre, Austria): key points from the country reports on social inclusion policies (pdf 100 kB)
ANED annual meeting 15 December 2008 Brussels


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – United Kingdom (PDF 356 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Slovakia (PDF 224 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Sweden (PDF 260 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Romania (PDF 200 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Portugal (PDF 407 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Poland (PDF 283 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Norway (PDF 200 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Netherlands (PDF 170 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Malta (PDF 272 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Latvia (PDF 272 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Lithuania (PDF 415 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Italy (PDF 178 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Iceland (PDF 346 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Ireland (PDF 355 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Hungary (PDF 223 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – France (PDF 312 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Finland (PDF 224 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Spain (PDF 306 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Greece (PDF 250 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Estonia (PDF 504 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Denmark (PDF 223 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Germany (PDF 270 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Czech Republic (PDF 252 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Cyprus (PDF 192 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Report on the social inclusion and social protection of disabled people in European countries – Austria (PDF 322 kB)
Implementation of the open method of coordination in Social inclusion and social protection and in particular the National Strategic Reports


Terms of Reference – Task 7 – Social inclusion (PDF 76 kB)
Produce a thematic report on the implementation of EU Social Inclusion and Social Protection Strategies in European countries with reference to equality for disabled people


Updated report on social inclusion issues

In preparation for the submission of new National Strategic Reports by the EU Member State governments in 2010, the Targeting and mainstreaming disability in the 2008-2010 National Strategy Reports for Social Protection and Social Inclusion has now been updated. The revised synthesis report shows how European countries targeted or mainstreamed disability issues in their policy plans for 2008-2010. It also highlights some emerging changes during 2009, such as those arising from the financial and economic crisis.

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Trends in social inclusion policies across Europe

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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 organisations

Some useful networks and organisations include:

Reports on Social Protection and Social Inclusion

The following (updated) national reports from November 2009 are available:

AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR HU IE IS IT LT LU LV MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SK SI UK

The synthesis report, based on these 2009 national reports:

Targeting and mainstreaming disability in the 2008-2010 National Strategy Reports for Social Protection and Social Inclusion

National reports from 2008:

AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR HU IE IS IT LT LU LV MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SK SI UK

The synthesis report, based on these 2008 national reports:

Synthesis report on disability mainstreaming in the 2008-2010 National Strategy Reports for Social Protection and Social Inclusion


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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