Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion

Survey Report

Publication: Report
Citation: Srebotnjak, Tanja et al. 2013: Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion. Survey Report. Ecologic Institute, Berlin.

The Committee of the Regions (CoR) conducted a survey to assess the "Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion", a flagship initiative of the Europe 2020 Strategy between February and May 2013. The survey summarized in this report seeks to assess the effects and improvements achieved by the "Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion" (EPAPSA) from the perspective of local and regional authorities. The survey report is available for download.

More than 80 million people in the EU are facing the risks and adverse effects of poverty.

Language: English
Authorship: Assoc. Prof. Tanja Srebotnjak, PhD

Beáta Welk Vargová

Cathy Schechter

Franziska Lehmann

Johanna von Toggenburg

Chiara Mazzetti

Naike Alberti

Ana- Luiza Holub
Funding: European Union, Committee of the Regions (CoR), International
Published by: Publications Office of the European Union (Publications Office), International
Year: 2013
Dimension: 63 pp.
ISBN: 978-92-895-0731-8
DOI: 10.2863/32572
Table of contents: Click to show full table of contents

1 Basic Information

2 Overview of Key Issues in the Field
2.1 Policy History and Context
2.2 Indicators to measure Poverty and Social Exclusion
2.3 Recent Policy Developments and their Relation to Poverty Levels
2.4 Progress to achieving the EU 2020 Headline Target on Poverty and Social Exclusion

3 Policy challenges and responses at regional and local level
3.1 General Findings
3.2 Specific Findings

4 Relevance of the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion (EPAPSE) for the respondent’s city or region
4.1 General Findings
4.2 Specific Findings

5 Relevance of country policies to respondent’s city or region
5.1 General Findings
5.2 Specific Findings

6 Policy and funding issues
6.1 General Findings
6.2 Specific Findings

7 Conclusions

8 Annex I – List of Respondents
9 Annex II – List of Local/Regional Initiatives reported in contributions
Keywords: Governance