MERSEYSIDE SOCIAL INCLUSION OBSERVATORY MSIO

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MERSEYSIDE SOCIAL INCLUSION OBSERVATORY (MSIO)
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The Merseyside Social Inclusion Observatory
(MSIO) - based jointly between the Department of
Civic Design at the University of Liverpool and
Expanding Horizons in the city centre - is a
major new development on Merseyside which brings
together a unique partnership of organisations
from the public, private, voluntary and community
sectors to identify better information about, and
understanding of, what leads to social exclusion
and routes away from it.
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By its very nature, MSIO is an innovative,
responsive, interdisciplinary research centre
with a research focus on policy-relevant
research, effective community engagement with
excluded groups and best practice about social
inclusion/exclusion, particularly through the
development of linkages with regeneration-focused
policies, programmes and activities. Through its
work it draws together a broad range of staff
with considerable experience in the fields of
urban and community regeneration, planning policy
and practice, housing development, environmental
crime and socio-economic analysis. MSIO itself
currently has 7 staff members, including
Research, Policy and Community Engagement
specialists, as well as those involved in
effective information collation and dissemination.
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MSIOs work is rapidly expanding, and has
involved working closely with the Government
Office for the North West (GONW), the North West
Regional Development Agency (NWDA), the Greater
Merseyside Learning and Skills Council, local
authorities and other voluntary and community
sector bodies.
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Key activities that MSIO will take forward at a
pan-Merseyside level include
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• ? Social Exclusion A Geodemographic Analysis -
  the use of census and other small area data to
  construct national classifications of residential
  neighbourhoods based on their social, economic
  and demographic characteristics.
• ? Social Inclusion breaking the
  inter-generational cycle an examination of
  inter-generational poverty and disadvantage in
  the Merseyside NRS areas with a particular focus
  on factors which provide early signals of future
  disadvantage.
• ? Identification of neighbourhoods with high
  levels of social exclusion identification of
  the wards/neighbourhoods on Merseyside with the
  highest incidence of social exclusion and causal
  factors.
• ? The Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Population
  - the employment of detailed data from the 2001
  Census to produce a profile of the BME
  population, including housing, labour market, NVQ
  attainment and travel to work/learning patterns
  of the black and minority ethnic population.
• ? Social Inclusion Initiatives in Primary,
  Secondary, Further and Higher Education -
  Measuring Impact and Identifying Good Practice
  a focus on the impact of current and recent
  initiatives intended to promote social inclusion
  in the education system.
• ? Strategic analysis/assessment of the impact of
  specific policy initiatives and programmes such
  as Neighbourhood Renewal/ Housing Market Renewal
  Initiative.
• ? Identification of what works and what doesnt
  best practice social inclusion activities/interven
  tions to be delivered by LSPs across Merseyside
  as part of neighbourhood renewal and other
  integrated programmes.
• ? Identifying a prevention strategy for social
  exclusion and deprivation across Merseyside, by
  analysing the root causes of deprivation,
  identifying actions needed and resources
  available to organisations on Merseyside.
• ? The implications of the Mid Term Evaluation of
  the Objective 1 Programme on Merseyside and
  embedding Social Inclusion.