This report investigates alternatives to the current targets related to early childhood education and care (ECEC), in particular by looking at socio-economic differences in the level of ECEC attendance in EU Member States. Using data from the EU Survey on income and living conditions (EU-SILC), ...
In March 2017, the European Union (EU) adopted a new indicator of ‘material and social deprivation’. This measure was developed by Guio et al (2012) and covers the entire population of the 28 EU Member States. It includes 13 deprivation items and replaces the 9-item ‘standard’ material deprivati...
Since the adoption of the Europe 2020 social inclusion target, the population at risk of poverty or social exclusion has not decreased sufficiently to meet the target in EU countries. It is therefore important to evaluate the role and effectiveness of the policies adopted to combat income povert...
Migration is one of the biggest challenges Europe is currently facing. In the last five years, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR, the number of people fleeing war, famine and poverty has rocketed. At the end of 2015, it reported 65.3 million displaced people worldwide – half o...
Victims of violent crime have various rights, including to protection and to access justice. But how are these rights playing out in practice? Are victims of violent crime properly seen, informed, empowered and heard? Do they tend to feel that justice has been done? Our four-part report series t...
Belgium introduced the ‘Housing First’ (HF) model in eight cities to support homeless people with special needs: homeless people move into permanent housing as quickly as possible, and receive intensive social support in their homes whenever needed. The setting of HF within Belgium’s governmenta...
The attached Country Profiles sheets provide for all Member States a snapshot of progress towards the national 2020 poverty and social exclusion target, trends in the main social indicators for each country, and the main, priority social challenges and good social outcomes identified for each co...
The issues related to children with disabilities have been largely absent from EU policy development and implementation and not much is documented with regards to the lives of children with disabilities and their families. The FSCG Country and PA Reports describe the life situation of children w...
Energy poverty – often understood as a situation where a household cannot meet its domestic energy needs – is subject to increasing policy attention within the European Union (EU). Alleviating energy poverty is a key precondition for achieving just transitions towards sustainability. The EU Ener...
This memo presents trends and risks for single parents across the European Union, and provides an overview of existing support mechanisms. We also highlight examples of practices supporting single parents in some Member States. The memo focuses on single-parent households as this type of familie...
