JIM Process 5 years after signing:,

Achievements & Challenges ahead

Zagreb, 22 May 2012

EUROPEAN COMMISSIONDG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Europe 2020: Social policies

Walter WOLF

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Stock taking of the JIM Process:'Preparing Croatia for participation in EU

Social Policy Coordination'

Key achievements•Comprehensive partnership approach•Broad debates, enhanced transparency•Policy commitments based on empirical evidence and analyses •Improved reporting about policy planning and implementation; •Awareness of the importance of monitoring and evaluation

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Stock taking of the JIM Process

Key achievements continued

Sensitive policy areas were put on the agenda:

•Adequacy of social benefits and social services

•Social inclusion of disadvantaged minorities

•De-centralisation

•De-institutionalisation

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Stock taking of the JIM Process

Key challenges ahead

•Tackling unfinished reforms, such as the social pension, de-centralisation & de-institutionalisation

•Addressing the pre-conditions for quality social services: certification and accreditation•Investing in children in need

•'Active Inclusion': Promoting an inclusive labour market for the young, but also for older workers

•Paying due attention to anti-discrimination policies for the Roma and the Serb minority

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Tools to be considered

• Governmental reports on the social situation and the state of social policies, which could include regional and thematic reportsPresented by the line Ministry (to the Parliament)Debated with all stakeholders relevant for implementionBringing social policies back in the public debate

• EU2020 type national targets setting – slide 6

• National Roma Integration Strategy – slides 7+8

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EU2020Poverty reduction TargetEU level “Lifting 20 million people out of poverty or exclusion by 2020” Based on 3 existing EU social inclusion indicators:

• At-risk-of-poverty rate• severe material deprivation (to be revised by 2015)• people living in jobless households

National level–Member States are free to choose the most

appropriate indicator to set their national target, given national circumstances and priorities

–Member States to show how they will contribute to meeting the EU level target, in dialogue with the Commission

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EU Framework up to 2020 – Access to

• Education: completion of primary school, Early childhood education; reduce number of early school leavers…

• Employment: cut gap between Roma and the rest of the population

• Healthcare: reduce gap in health status

• Housing: close gap in access to (social) housing and public utilities

National Roma Integration Strategies

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• To be in line with the ‘10 Common Basic Principles on Roma Inclusion’

• Member States should set national goals relating to the four areas

• Focus on disadvantaged micro-regions and/or segregated neighbourhoods

• Close cooperation with Roma civil society

• National contact point to be appointed

National Roma Integration Strategies continued

EUROPEAN COMMISSIONDG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Further Information

DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion‘Social Inclusion’ website

http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=751&langId=en