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National Anti Poverty Strategy NAPs

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National Anti Poverty Strategy NAPs

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    1. National Anti Poverty Strategy NAPs/incl 2003-2005 Gerry Mangan Director Office for Social Inclusion

    2. Ireland NAPs/incl 2003-2005 Background & context Main Challenges Key influences Strategic Approach Institutional structures Targets & Indicators - homelessness

    3. Background & Context A period of exceptional economic growth - reflected in sustained growth in GNP, in employment, in participation rates, in public investment etc. - Now a more challenging economic environment - concerns about international economy, unemployment again, inflation, slowdown in public expenditure growth.

    4. Identifying the challenges Maintaining and enhancing competitiveness Maintaining and enhancing employment Improving employability Increased employment participation (women, older workers, lone parents) Increased income support in real terms; supplementary pensions. Increased support for families, caring for children & elderly and reconciling work and family life Improved services - especially health, housing & physical infrastructure. Targeted & integrated support for vulnerable groups Special supports for those in situations of vulnerability and disadvantaged communities.

    5. Review of Progress - under the previous Plan Reductions in unemployment - especially long-term unemployment Increased employment participation rates Improvements in real terms in benefit levels, services and educational attainment Main current concerns: health, housing, homelessness, relative poverty levels, childcare

    6. Key influences Revised National Anti-Poverty Strategy - Building an Inclusive Society (2002) Employment Action Plan Social Partnership Agreement - Sustaining Progress (2003) Government Strategies - National Development Plan, Health, Homelessness, Children, Pensions etc. Consultation Economic context

    7. Consultation Social Inclusion Forum - report published 3 National seminars - (Quality Public Services, Migrants and Ethnic Minorities, Data and Indicators) 4 Regional seminars Written submissions - almost 70 received Report on consultation published as companion volume to NAPs/incl

    8. Strategic Approach The core objective of the NAPs/incl is “to build a fair and inclusive society and ensure that people have the resources and opportunities to live life with dignity and have access to the quality public services that underpin life chances and experiences”.

    9. Strategic Approach Other key objectives are to sustain economic growth and employment. provide levels of income support to those relying on social welfare sufficient to sustain dignity and avoid poverty, while facilitating participation in employment, and to achieve economic independence, if possible; address the specific needs of groups at high risk of poverty including tackling the causes of inter-generational transmission of poverty support disadvantaged communities, and provide high quality public services to all.

    10. Social Partnership – Special Initiatives New agreement reached in 2003 with priorities for attention identified, including a series of special initiatives in the area of social inclusion: Ending Child Poverty Tackling Educational Disadvantage Long-term Unemployed, Vulnerable Workers and those who have been made redundant Care – Children, People with Disabilities and Older People Migration and Interculturalism Housing and accommodation Including Everyone in the Information Society Alcohol/Drug Misuse

    11. Institutional Structures at the National Level Cabinet Committee (chaired by Prime Minister) Senior Officials Group on Social Inclusion Office for Social Inclusion (Based in Ministry of Social and Family Affairs) Social Inclusion Consultative Group (social partners) Social Inclusion Units - in key Departments Combat Poverty Agency NDP Monitoring Cttes.

    12. Office for Social Inclusion Co-ordination of the preparation and implementation of NAPs/incl Monitoring & evaluating progress towards targets & integrated policy development Poverty proofing Developing standards in public service provision Data and Research Communications

    13. At local & regional levels City & County Development Boards (34) Co-ordination of social inclusion activities through Social Inclusion measures Co-ordinating groups. Pilot Social Inclusion Units in 9 local authorities Local Government Anti-Poverty Learning Network Regional Assemblies, NDP Monitoring Committees and cross-cutting Equal Opportunities and Social Inclusion Co-ordinating Committee.

    16. Homelessness - Root Causes Personal, familial and health difficulties Problematic home backgrounds Poor educational attainment Little or no vocational training Often compounded by poverty and disadvantaged areas At risk of alcohol and drugs misuse, falling into crime, suicide

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