About the baby and the bathwater: assessing the European platform against poverty
Sabato, Sebastiano ; Vanhercke, Bart
European Trade Union Institute, Brussels
ETUI - Brussels
2014
35 p.
EU policy ; poverty ; social exclusion ; social policy ; Europe 2020
Working Paper
2014.09
Social policy
English
Bibliogr.
1994-4446
02.01-64743
" This Working Paper provides a qualitative assessment of one of Europe 2020's flagship initiatives: the 'European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion' (EPAP).
The paper argues that a transformed EPAP has the potential to provide strong added value for the EU's toolbox in the fight against poverty. Rather than throwing out the baby with the bathwater, the mid-term review of the Europe 2020 Strategy should be used as a window of opportunity to revamp this tool by addressing its weaknesses. The authors propose three complementary scenarios for boosting, step by step, the effectiveness of the Platform. ."
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