The context and objectives of the project

István György Tóth and Terry Ward

 

 

Child poverty and child well-being: better monitoring for better policies

Brussels, 26 November 2009

The „Study on child poverty” project

Commissioned by: DG Employment of the European Commission, Unit E2

Consortium: Tárki Social Research Institute Budapest Applica sprl Brussels

Steering Committe:

Terry Ward (chair) ApplicaMichael F. Förster OECDHugh Frazer National Univ. of IrelandPetra Hoelscher UNICEFEric Marlier CEPS/INSTEADHolly Sutherland University of EssexIstván György Tóth TÁRKI

The „Study on child poverty” project: contents

Task 1. „An in-depth empirical analysis of child poverty and the related key challenges for each Member State, starting from the analytical framework developed up by the EU Task-Force report.”

Task 2. „An assessment of the effectiveness of policies for combating child poverty and promoting social inclusion among children and the identification of policy mixes that seem to be most effective in tackling the specific factors underlying child poverty.”

Task 3. „The formulation of recommendations for a limited set of indicators and breakdowns that are most relevant from a child perspective and best reflect the multidimensional nature of child poverty and well-being in the European Union.”

Starting point: Related projects:

How does this project add to the process?

Surveys most recent data on child poverty and well-being in the EUIdentifies key challenges in Member StatesProvides a detailed framework for identifying the combination of policies most likely to reduce child poverty and social exclusionPresents policy overviews for each EU27 countries and case studies for 11 Member StatesContributes to developing tools to monitor child poverty and child well-beingIt aims at filling in the Social OMC „reserved slot” for child well being indicator(s)Provides recommendations for improving data infrastructure

The sessions of the conference

 9.30-10.15 Session 1: Identifying the main factors of child poverty and

social exclusion for policy making: combining international benchmarking and country level analysis

10.45-13:00 Session 2: Policies that work in combating child poverty and social exclusion in the Member States 10.45-12.15 Part 1 Policy responses to key challenges (crisis):

country case studies (UK, Finland, France and Poland) 12.15-13:00 Part 2 Effective policy mixes (income support, access to labour

market of parents, enabling services) and target setting at the level of Member States

14.00-15.30 Session 3: EU indicators of child well-being

15.45-16.45 Round table on Child poverty and well-being in the EU and the way forward 16.45-17.00 Closing remarks