Résumé
The European Union adopted in December 2001 a set of common indicators for social inclusion. This paper describes the background to the adoption of the indicators, and the work undertaken as part of the Belgian Presidency. It sets out principles for the construction of social indicators for this purpose, emphasising their role as performance indicators: The concern is with outputs not inputs. The principles apply to single indicators and to the portfolio of indicators as a whole. These principles influence the structure and presentation of indicators. We propose a three-Tier approach: A small number of common lead indicators for the main fields that we believe should be covered, a larger number of (again common) secondary indicators providing greater detail, and a third level of indicators that Member States decide to include. Finally we discuss the process for taking forward the development of indicators for social inclusion.
| langue originale | Anglais |
|---|---|
| Pages (de - à) | 7-27 |
| Nombre de pages | 21 |
| journal | Politica Economica |
| Volume | 18 |
| Numéro de publication | 1 |
| Les DOIs | |
| état | Publié - avr. 2002 |
Une note bibliographique
Funding Information:book was published (Atkinson, Cantillon, Marlier and Nolan, 2002). In the course of writing the report, we benefited from the support of Scientific and Institutional Steering Committees, from the help of members of the Indicators Sub-Group of the Social Protection Committee and from the comments of many individuals, listed in the Preface to our book. We are most grateful to them but absolve them for any responsibility for the contents of the book.
Funding Information:
This study fed into the work of the Indicators Sub-Group of the EU Social Protection Committee (see section 6 below), whose report was accepted by the Employment and Social Affairs Council in December 2001 and a few days later, endorsed by the Laeken European Council. The initial set of 18 commonly agreed and defined social indicators, described in that report, now forms a key basis for EU policy-making in the social area. It is with the background to this agreement that the present paper is concerned.