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Towards Social Integration
Drafting process of the Finnish NAP/incl for
2003 - 2005 10.5.2004 Warsaw, Poland Markus
Seppelin Ministerial adviser Finland
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General remarks

• Aims to follow recommendations concerning the
  structure and content of NAPs
• Close partnership between actors
• Evaluation
• New Government program in June
• Strong ties with budgetary framework for 4 years
  and annual budget
• Based on the principles of the universal social
  protection system with intention to improve it
  further through a range of very specific measures

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Working party 1.3.2002 31.7.2003

• Chair Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
• Secretaries Ministry of Social Affairs and
  Health (2)
• Members and deputy members
• Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (3)
• Ministry of Environment (1)
• Ministry of Labour (1)
• Ministry of Education (1)
• Ministry of Finance (1)
• National Research and Development Centre for
  Welfare and Health (Stakes) (1)
• Finnish Association of Local and Regional
  Authorities (1)
• Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions
  (SAK) (1)
• Ecclesiastical Board of the Evangelical-Lutheran
  Church of Finland (1)
• Employers Confederation of Service Sector
  Industries (PT) (1)
• Federation of Mother and Child Homes and
  Shelters, the Finnish branch of the European
  Anti-Poverty Network (1)
• Finnish Federation for Social Welfare and Health
  (1)
• Statistics Finland (1)

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Meetings

• 15.04.2002 report on the situation organisation
  meeting
• 24.05.2002 drafting the work plan for monitoring,
  follow-up and for the preparation of the next
  plan
• 19.08.2002 discussion on indicators, decision on
  monitoring process discussion on the
  delivered draft paper on Common Objectives and
  Common Outline for the 2003/2005 NAPs/incl
• 23.09.2002 questionnaires for experts,
  organisation of the hearings
• 28.10.2002 overview on the replies of the
  experts, discussion on the new guidelines
• 18.12.2002 summary of the expert views and
  messages from the organised hearings starting
  the preparation of the new plan
• 20.01.2003 the structure of the new plan the
  kick of meeting
• 07.02.2003 links with the drafting of the new
  government programme
• 24.02.2003 proposals for the new government
  programme, drafting the plan, proposals for
  the indicators
• 26.03.2003 drafting the plan, discussion on the
  indicators
• 16.04.2003 drafting the plan
• 16.05.2003 drafting the plan, discussion on the
  choice of the best practices
• 26.05.2003 drafting the plan (chapter by chapter)
• 09.06.2003 drafting the plan
• 16.06.2003 drafting the plan, decision on the
  best practices and indicators

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Role of different actors

• Social partners (Employers, employees)
• NGOs
• Government authorities (ministers, civil
  servants, chair, secretaries of the working
  party)
• Parliament
• Association of Local and Regional Authorities-
  Suomen Kuntaliitto
• Municipalities
• Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland
• Research units

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Hearings during NAP/incl preparation

• Discussion seminar on the Finnish NAP/incl
  2001-2003 in Folkhälsan
• 25.10.2001. Feed-back from the first round.
• Expert evaluations (written replies) 50 experts
  representing different
• sectors were asked, we got 27 replies
• Hearing of NGOs organised by Ministry of Social
  Affairs and Health and Finnish Federation for
  Social Welfare and health 11.11.2002
• Present
• NGOs (13)
• Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (4)
• Other ministries (2)
• Finnish Federation for Social Welfare and Health
  (2)
• Finnish Association of Local and Regional
  Authorities (1)
• Ecclesiastical Board of the Evangelical-Lutheran
  Church of Finland (1)

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Hearings during NAP/incl preparation

• Hearing of Local Governments 27.11.2002 organised
  by Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and
  Association of Finnish Local and Regional
  AuthoritiesPresent
• Finnish Association of Local and Regional
  Authorities (8),
• Local Authorities (7) Helsinki, Hanko,
  Jyväskylä, Turku, Tampere, Nokia
• Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (4),
• Other ministries (2),
• Ecclesiastical Board of the Evangelical-Lutheran
  Church of Finland (1),
• National Research and Development Centre for
  Welfare and Health (Stakes) (1)

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• Kick-off meeting 28.1.2003
• Present
• Minister of Social Affairs and Health,
• Member of Parliament, (1) Ministry of Social
  Affairs and Health (9),
• Other ministries (5),
• Ecclesiastical Board of the Evangelical-Lutheran
  Church of Finland (2),
• Local Authorities (4)
• Helsinki, Hämeenlinna, Jyväskylä, Statistics
  Finland (1),
• Finnish Federation for Social Welfare and Health
  (1),
• NGOs and representatives of EAPN-FIN (7),
  National Research and Development Centre for
  Welfare and Health (Stakes) (2),
• Finnish Association of Local and Regional
  Authorities (2)
• National Seminar on the Development of Social and
  Health Policy 23.4.2003
• National Expert Hugh Frazer, commission
• Markus Seppelin, Ministry of Social Affairs and
  Health
• Marita Ruohonen, EAPN-Fin

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• Political process
• Handling by the Executive Board of the Ministry
  of Social Affairs and Health 10.6.2003
• Handling by the Executive Board chaired by the
  Ministers of the Ministry of Social Affairs and
  Health 11.6.2003
• Handling by the Committee for EU Affairs of the
  Government 2.7.2003
• Handling by the Cabinet Committee for EU Affairs
  of the Government 3.7.2003
• Handling by the Grand Committee of the Parliament
  11.7.2003
• Communication on the matter by Social Affairs and
  Health Committee of the Parliament 4.8.2003
• Hearing of experts by the Employment and Equality
  Committee of the Parliament 25.9.2003

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NAPs/incl 2003/05 Structure

• Major Trends and Challenges
• Review of Progress during the 2002/03 NAPs/incl
• Strategic Approach, Main Objectives and Key
  Targets
• Policy measures
• Institutional Arrangements
• Best Practices

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Evaluation of the previous plan

• Implementation of measures mentioned in the
  previous Plan
• General evaluation of implementation based on
  statistics and opinions of managers and
  professionals working in the field
• Expert evaluation of the plan (based on a
  questionnaire sent out by the ministry)
• Hearings organized for NGOs and local authorities
  

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National strategy

• Preserving the basic structure of social policy
  based on universal public services and social
  income transfers
• Maintaining the low number of people at risk of
  poverty and social exclusion in Finland
• Increasing the overall employment rate
• More attention to the most vulnerable groups
  (targeted measures)
• Coordination of activities of different actors

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Strategic goals in various policy sectors

• Income support
• reduce need for income support
• provide sufficient minimum benefits and a
  reasonable guarantee of a living
• ensure comprehensive insurance coverage
• reduce poverty among families with children and
  prevent inheritance of social exclusion
• make health care client charges reasonable and
  increase the transparency of the charge system

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Developing the service system

• reduce differences in health between population
  groups
• improve availability and quality of services
• reduce public-health impact of alcohol
  consumption
• improve the potential of the elderly to live and
  cope at home
• improve the disableds potential for social
  participation

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Employment and employment policy

• reduce long-term unemployment and structural
  unemployment
• increase the work participation rate in various
  age groups
• increase the working life participation of time
  at work by at least 2 to 3 years by 2010
• increase the incentives for work in social
  protection

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Housing policy

• balance supply of and demand for reasonably
  priced housing in growth centres
• preserve the social balance in housing areas
  while diversifying their resident structure
• reduce homelessness

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Education policy

• strengthen components in pupil counselling
  services that help prevent social exclusion
• make the transition from comprehensive school to
  vocational education more efficient and flexible
• reduce the number of dropouts from education and
  training

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Main national means to combat social exclusion
and poverty

• Totally about 40 measures for implementing
  strategies and goals
• National Health Project and Health 2015 programme
• National Development Project for the Social
  Welfare Field
• Reforming the employment policy system
• Programmes for reducing homelessness
• Implementing The National Alcohol Programme
• Early intervention in childrens and young
  peoples problems

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Best practices

• Citizens welfare networks (HYVE)
• Cooperation model for the prevention of social
  exclusion, Jyväskylä
• The Turku model for promoting the welfare of
  children and young people
• East Helsinki local working model for preventing
  social exclusion
• HARAVA

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Indicators used in the Finnish 2nd NAP/incl

• Starting point same as on the 1st round
  dimensions of poverty and social exclusion
• 1. Economic exclusion
• 2. Health problems
• 3. Exclusion from the labour market
• 4. Exclusion from the housing market
• 5. Exclusion from education
• 6. Other exclusion
• (children placed out of their own home,
  prisoners, crime, suicides, alcohol-related
  deaths, drugs etc.)

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Indicators used in the Finnish 2nd NAP

• Mostly the same indicators as on the 1st round,
  some new ones
• Most of the 18 Laeken indicators included 25
  national third-level indicators
• When possible the indicators have been divided
  between men/women
• A full time series of 1990-2001/2002
• A new table of the main poverty and social
  exclusion indicators by region
• Most indicators are output related, but there is
  a list of measures implemented in each of the 6
  dimensions of poverty and social exclusion
• Only some quantified targets (homelessness)

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NAP/incl positive elements

• Strengthened cross-sectoral and
  multi-professional preparation
• Increased visibility of poverty and social
  exclusion issues
• Promote political co-operation between different
  administrative levels
• Establishes a new forum where new formulations
  of problems and priorities can be discussed
• Creates a more systematic approach with
  possibilities of cross-country comparisons and
  evaluations

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NAP/incl questionable elements

• Partly parallel with national processes / doubled
  work
• Administratively burdensome
• Incompatibility with national processes, f. ex.
  budgetary process
• Legal uncertainty - the role of commission ?
• Role of various partners what ?
• Relationship between the process and the outcome
• Real effects?