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Social Care in the European Social Care in the European Union – Emergence of a new Union – Emergence of a new social state or social service social state or social service

as production of as production of commoditiescommodities

© European Social, Organisational and Science Consultancy, Aghabullogue, IrelandNovember 2002 – www.esosc.org

Services of General Interest –Services of General Interest –betweenbetween

marketisation and socialisationmarketisation and socialisation

Now, many debates are taking place in defined tracks

Defined interests and orientations

Defined competencies

Defined information flows





Persistence of the “old world“ – widely and unsystematically spread information National Tax Policies EU-regulations on public procurement Debate on sustainability




On the way to the “free market economy“ of the social – services of general interest in the European Union?




Services of General InterestCommunication of

the European CommissionCOM-DOC (2000) 580




Challenged – local politics and policiesof welfare associations

Political claims that are important on the local level• developed,• presented to the public,• contested• and implemented



Five areas which are higly relevant and Five areas which are higly relevant and explosiveexplosive

Self-underdstanding of welfare Self-underdstanding of welfare associations in regard of social policyassociations in regard of social policy

competitioncompetition Debate on qualityDebate on quality Debate on Managament issuesDebate on Managament issues Matters of strategy of European Matters of strategy of European

IntegrationIntegration© European Social, Organisational and Science Consultancy, Aghabullogue, Ireland

November 2002 – www.esosc.org




Welfare associations – on terminology

• context of social economy• international comparability




Thesis

FirstWe have to be aware ofpolitics of liberalisation




SecondWe have to work on new challanges

and tasks in connection with management of social services




ThirdWe should not claim to be

“better competitors“




FourthQuality in connection with social

services cannot be measured in terms of the market



In the beginning was the wordIn the beginning was the word

E E asas Europaean Europaean

C C asas Community Community

E E asas Econokmy Econokmy





Fundamental freedoms* Freedom of capital* Freedom of goods* Freedom of services* Freedom of movement




Social policy

Securing freedom of workers and securing that comparative

disadvantages in regard of competition are not taking place



Summit in Paris 1972Summit in Paris 1972

Orientation on freedom of Orientation on freedom of movementmovement

Enhancing existing rights on Enhancing existing rights on additional groupsadditional groups

““Politics of programmes“Politics of programmes“





Services of general interests

I servizi d'interesse generale in EuropaLes services d'intérêt generalDiensten van algemeen belangForsyningspligtydelser Daseinsvorsorge




Services of General Interest - This term covers market and non-market services

which the public authorities class asbeing of general interest and subject to

specific public service obligations.




Between WHAT is offered and HOW is an offer

provided




Exceptions• Non-economic activities• Without impact on trade• de minimis• Special permit I• Special permit II




xyzExceptionsHowever, under settled case-law, the

criterion of tradebeing affected is only met if the recipient

undertaking carries on an economicactivity involving trade between Member

States.




More generally, according to the case law of the European Court of Justice, manyactivities conducted by organisations

performing largely social functions, whichare not profit-oriented and which are not

meant to engage in industrial orcommercial activity, will normally be

excluded from the Communitycompetition and internal market rules.




Public Procurementa contracting authority can require references concerning tenderers' experience and know-

how. It may, for example, verify the composition and management of the personnel of the

enterprise, its technical equipment and ist quality control system, in order to ensure that it

has the capability, in terms of staff qualifications and resources, to properly

perform the contract.



ScenariosScenarios

** Strict strategy of liberalisationStrict strategy of liberalisation

** Modest strategy of liberalisationModest strategy of liberalisation

** Corporate responsibilityCorporate responsibility

** Social Responsibility and social qualitySocial Responsibility and social quality




** Policy – Area: The meatPolicy – Area: The meat

** Polity – Institutions and institutional Polity – Institutions and institutional settings: The skeletonsettings: The skeleton

** Politics – Process: The muscular Politics – Process: The muscular system and the nervous systemsystem and the nervous system





Considerations and Negotiations around services of general interest between cattle market and rallting

bones




Necessity to choose the way for a European social modell




Liberal welfare or free market -

Freedom for social action or freedom of space for

movement




Self-understanding* Avantgarde* Advocacy* Value guardians* Service Providers



The Three AThe Three A

A – AgentsA – Agents

A – Arena A – Arena





Services of General Interest - This term covers market and non-market services which

the public authorities class asbeing of general interest and subject to

specific public service obligations.



The Three AThe Three A

A – AgentsA – Agents

A – Arena A – Arena

A - AgendaA - Agenda





On Serving and Performing IDimensions of service provision• oriented on the person versus oriented on the pertinent• direct versus indirect service provision• demand by private households versus industrial

demand• professional versus lay services• provision by private or public providers• “Direct purchase” by the beneficent or purchase by

third parties




On serving and performing IIThe definition of services, related to• the immediate matter of provision of services• the professional provision of services• the organisational dimension of service provision• the statutory system of service provision




Systemic- concerned with Systemic- concerned with politics of welfarepolitics of welfare

Perspective of social policyPerspective of social policy

Structural – institutionalStructural – institutional Dimension of competitionDimension of competition

Interactiv-qualification Interactiv-qualification relatedrelated

Debate of qualityDebate of quality

Vocational- qualification Vocational- qualification relatedrelated

Debate of management Debate of management issuesissues

Systemic – concerned with Systemic – concerned with politics of welfarepolitics of welfare

Strategy of European Strategy of European IntegrationIntegration

Dimensions of the Areas being highly explo-definition of services sive in term of social policy




Call for the development of a Green Paper on services of general Iinterest

* Initiating a debate* Beginning to elaborate a report, that has to be

submitted end of the year 2002 by the Commission with the aim to assess the meaning of a framework regulation on services of general interest

* Contribution to the debate on the future of Europe




Internal Market Liberalisation, opening of markets, meaning of the form of ownership (public – private), definition of rights

Internal Market Internal Market – harmonisation, concession of SGI

Competition Antitrust legislationCompetition State Aid, finding of public service

requirementEmployment and

Social AffarisSocial services, distinction economic services - non-economic

services




Regional development Local services, intra-EU exchanges, "de minimis" rule, subsidiarity

Enterprise Universal services

Energy and transport Quality norms, Access regulation for network services

Consumers Right of consumers-users

Energy and transport Regulating authorities, mechanisms of price control

Economy and Finances

Performance Evaluation




The Pickwickier



NoticeThe Gamekeeper has order

to schoot all dogs foundin this inclusre


Robin Hood




Or ???



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