The EU's approach to combating poverty and social exclusion: Ensuring a stronger approach in the future by learning from the strengths and weaknesses of the current approach

Hugh Frazer, Eric Marlier

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Résumé

Since 2000, the European Union (EU) and the European Commission have been
cooperating in the field of social policy on the basis of the so-called »Open Method of Coordination« (OMC). This has provided the framework in which efforts to tackle poverty and social exclusion in the EU have been implemented. EU cooperation and coordination in the social area have developed significantly over the last 10 years and now cover three main policy areas or »strands« : social inclusion (formally launched at the March 2000 Lisbon European Council as the OMC on poverty and social exclusion 2), pensions (launched in 2001) and healthcare and long-term care (2004). There are also information exchanges in the field of »making work pay«. Since 2006, the three EU social »processes« that were progressively implemented under the OMC (one process for each main strand) have been streamlined into one integrated» Social OMC« built around 12 commonly agreed EU objectives : three for each main strand as well as three »overarching« objectives which address horizontal issues that cut across them.3 The Social OMC is coordinated by the EU Social Protection Committee
(SPC), which consists of officials from mainly Employment and Social Affairs
Ministries in each Member State as well as representatives of the European Commission. The SPC reports to the EU »Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs« (EPSCO) Council of Ministers.
langue originaleAnglais
Pages (de - à)34-51
Nombre de pages18
journalKurswechsel
Volume2010
Numéro de publication3
étatPublié - 1 janv. 2010

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