Interaction of social, economic and employment policies
Mutually supportive interaction between economic, social and employment policies is of key importance to achieving the strategic objective of sustaining economic growth in Europe with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion.
Higher rates of growth and employment are necessary conditions for maintaining wide ranging social policies. Higher growth, however, cannot be assumed to lead automatically to greater social cohesion. Effective systems of social protection and social inclusion policies are necessary to ensure that growth and more jobs benefit all members of society, including the poorest and those most detached from the labour market.
At the same time, the effect of systems of social protection and social inclusion policies in reducing poverty and exclusion can help achieve more jobs and increased economic growth.
Ensuring that economic, social and employment policies interact beneficially with each other is one of the three overarching objectives of the Open Method of co-ordination for social protection and social inclusion.
For more information, see:
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/spsi/docs/social_protection_commitee/2007/spc_en.pdf
On the topic
Peer Reviews
Policy Assessments
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In-work poverty and labour market segmentation in the EU
- Until now in-work poverty and labour market segmentation have not received sufficient attention in the EU’s efforts to tackle poverty and social exclusion. However, given that the 17 million working poor in the EU represent about 15% of the new Europe 2020 social inclusion target, this is likely to become a more important issue in the future. The analysis of in-work poverty and labour market segmentation presented here is a first step to fill this gap and to suggest how progress can be made on this issue. It is also intended as a contribution to the monitoring of the EU “Active Inclusion” process, which was launched at the end of 2008 and which is a crucial part of the EU’s efforts to tackle poverty and social exclusion.
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Social impact of the crisis and developments in the light of fiscal consolidation measures
- This short report was produced in the context of the European Union's work on social inclusion issues. It focuses on the social impact of the crisis and developments in the light of fiscal consolidation measures in the 27 EU countries. It summarises the main findings from an analysis of country reports prepared by members of the EU Network of Independent Experts on Social Inclusion in the Autumn 2010 in their respective countries. Drawing on both the independent experts' country analyses and the Network Core Team's overall assessment, it also puts forward a series of suggestions for monitoring and strengthening the social inclusion dimension of fiscal consolidation measures at both national and EU levels.
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Building a stronger EU Social Inclusion Process
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Assessment of the 2008-2010 National Reform Programmes for Growth and Jobs from a social inclusion perspective: The extent of synergies between growth and jobs policies and social inclusion policies
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“Feeding in” and “feeding out”: The extent of synergies between growth and jobs policies and social inclusion policies across the EU
Other documents
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Estonia 2008
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Ireland 2008
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Italy 2008
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Portugal 2008
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Romania 2008
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Slovenia 2008
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Belgium 2008
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Netherlands 2008
