Network of Independent Experts on Social Inclusion

A Network of Independent Experts on Social Inclusion assists the European Commission in monitoring and evaluating the situation with regard to poverty and social exclusion and the policies that are relevant in this respect in the Member States and Accession countries (Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey and Iceland).

To download the current list of experts (as of March 2010), please click here.

Each year, experts provide:

• two reports on their respective countries with regard to a specific subject that is being examined in the context of the EU social inclusion process;

• an independent (non-governmental) assessment of an official policy document (the social inclusion strand of the National Strategy Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion or an official reply to a Social Protection Committee questionnaire on a specific topic).

The Network Core Team produces synthesis reports, bringing together the main results of the analysis across countries.

The reports reflect the views of their authors and these are not necessarily those of either the European Commission or the Member States.

For more information on the Network’s activities, please consult the Operational Guide.