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Home2021 SPC annual review of the social protection performance monitor (SPPM) and developments in social protection policies
Report on key social challenges and key messages
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The widespread positive developments in the social situation up until early 2020 were interrupted and then put into reverse by the crisis resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak and the related containment measures adopted by the Member States to fight the pandemic and protect the lives and livelihoods of their citizens. The report of the Social Protection Committee provides an overview of the impact of the decisive action taken by Member States to protect employment, income and access to services. It highlights that social protection systems were the main stabilisation factor in supporting household incomes, as social benefits, including short time working schemes, played a major role in mitigating the overall drop in household incomes in 2020. Access to social protection systems was often temporarily eased in order to increase the effectiveness of the systems in protecting those who lost their job or income. Although the overall situation has been improving over 2021 as the EU recovers from the crisis, there remains a need to address the longer-term socio-economic impacts of the pandemic. Despite the mitigating role played by the social protection systems, the current crisis has affected more strongly the vulnerable and social protection systems are expected to remain under pressure in the short and medium term. To rebuild from the crisis and prepare better for future emergencies, Member States should continue to prioritise measures to combat poverty and social exclusion, to address rising income inequalities, as well as to enhance the resilience of social protection systems. Furthermore, national responses should continue to focus on the situation of the vulnerable and include mechanisms to support them. The European Pillar of Social Rights should continue to guide Member States’ reform efforts and its principles should continue to be systematically implemented.
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- Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (European Commission)
- Themes: Social policy
- Subject: activity report , civil society , coronavirus disease , economic recession , marginalisation , poverty , social indicator , social partners , social policy , social security , social situation , unemployment
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| ISSN 2315-1552 | ISBN 978-92-76-43539-6 | DOI 10.2767/606395 | Catalogue number KE-BG-21-001-EN-N |
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