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The Platform of European Social NGOs

The Platform of European Social NGOs. Making sense of Social Investment Presentation by Michel Mercadié member of Social Platform’s Management Committee NET4SOCIETY International Conference on Achieving Impact - Athens, February 26, 2014. Who is Social Platform.

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The Platform of European Social NGOs

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  1. The Platform of European Social NGOs Making sense of Social Investment Presentation by Michel Mercadié member of Social Platform’s Management Committee NET4SOCIETY International Conference on Achieving Impact - Athens, February 26, 2014

  2. Who is Social Platform • Largest civil society alliance fighting for social justice and participatory democracy in Europe • 47 pan-European networks of NGOs • Campaigning to ensure that • EU policies are developed in partnership with the people they affect, • respecting fundamental rights, • promoting solidarity, and • improving lives • Our members represent 2851 national organisations

  3. Social Investment Package (SIP) • February 20, 2013: Framework Communication + additional documents • EC: social investment to strengthen people’s capacities • alongside social protection and stabilisation of the economy • “simple, targeted and conditional social investment” • Guidance to member states: • Increasing sustainability and adequacy of social systems • Activating and enabling policies • Investment throughout the individual's life • use of EU Funds and the ESF in particular as source of social investment • Link to the Europe 2020 social targets and European Semester • Roadmap for implementation

  4. Social Platform assessment of the SIP • SI = provision and use of finance to generate social and economic returns • address emerging social risks + unmet needs for the well-being of people and socially cohesive societies • Positive: • Social spending is not cost BUT investment • Opportunity: re-balancing social and economic policies • Concerns: • Fundamental rights approach • effectiveness and efficiency • Conditionality • Limited Resources EU Funds – national budgets

  5. How to implement the SIP • Full implementation of social investment • Role of the State as social investor • Involvement of relevant stakeholders at all levels, in design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation • Translation into concrete policies (CSRs) • Creation of quality employment • Follow-up of the implementation

  6. Our contact information De Meeûssquared 18 B-1050 Brussels Belgium T +32 2 511 37 14 platform@socialplatform.org www.socialplatform.org Facebook: facebook.com/socialplatform Twitter: @social_platform

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