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National Strategies for Social Inclusion & Having Your Say Programme Barbara Walshe 21 th September 2006. Overview. Who are we? National Strategies on Social Inclusion What do they mean? Having your Say Programme How can we have ‘our say’. Combat Poverty Agency.

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  1. National Strategies for Social Inclusion &Having Your Say ProgrammeBarbara Walshe21th September 2006

  2. Overview • Who are we? • National Strategies on Social Inclusion • What do they mean? • Having your Say Programme • How can we have ‘our say’

  3. Combat Poverty Agency AIM: Working for a Poverty-free Ireland Mission: We are a state advisory agency developing and promoting evidence-based proposals and measure to combat poverty in Ireland 4 general functions: • Policy advice • Project support and innovation • Research • Public education

  4. National Strategies Social Partnership National Development Plan North/South Social Inclusion National Action Plan Against Poverty and Social Exclusion National Strategic Reference Framework EU

  5. Timing of Strategies

  6. NAPS/Social Inclusion Structures Cabinet Committee on Social Inclusion Management Group Of Assistant Secretaries Senior Officials Group On Social Inclusion Social Exclusion Programme Management committee EU Social Protection Committee Office for Social Inclusion NESF Social Inclusion Forum Social Inclusion Consultative Group Combat Poverty Agency Government Departments (liaison Officers) Technical Advisory Group (Data) Local Government

  7. Social Partnership • 10 year strategy • 3 year review • Lifecycle Approach • New Policy perspective (Economic and Social) • Based The Development Welfare State Report • National Economic Social Council 2005 (NESC)

  8. Some Positives • Mainstream approach to social inclusion • Specifics in social welfare rates, housing primary care, education &training, childcare • Green Paper on pensions • Reinforcing the role of Community/Voluntary sector • Implementation Framework

  9. Some positives (Contd) • Integration of services for children at local level • Local Social inclusion • Integrating delivery through CDBs & SIMs • Extension of Pilot Social Inclusion units • Resourcing of C/V Sector in Local Partnerships • Implementation framework co-ordinated by Office for Social Inclusion

  10. National Development Plan 2007-2013 Four Key Priorities • Economic and Social Infrastructure • Enterprise Development • Human Capital • Social Inclusion Four horizontal themes • Regional Development building on the NSS • North/South co-operation • The rural economy • The promotion of social inclusion

  11. NDP Implementation • Investment in childcare, health, education, employment and Housing • Overall responsibility-Dept Finance • Programmes managed by government departments, regional authorities and state agencies • Social Inclusion reporting and monitoring to be managed by the Office for Social Inclusion

  12. Why Having Your Say Programme? • United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development 1986 • National Action Plan against Poverty and Social Exclusion (NAP/Incl) 2006/2008 • European year of Citizenship through Education (2005) • White Paper Supporting Voluntary Activity (2000) • Social Partnership (National and Local) • Task Force on Active Citizenship (2006)

  13. Having Your Say Programme AIM • To strengthen the policy voices and practices of people and communities living in poverty Objectives • To promote the right of people in poverty to influence and participate in public policy • Develop policy skills and capacity • To work in partnership with policy makers to increase their understanding • To strengthen the integration of anti-poverty practice into policy advice role of Combat Poverty

  14. Having Your Say (Continued) • 3 Year Programme (2005-2007) • Policy Focused • On-going Evaluation Outcomes • Greater evidence of participation in policy –making • Greater capacity evident to influence policy • Greater mutual understanding between public officials and C/V sector about the ‘right to participate’

  15. Having Your Say Programme • Annual Conference 17th October 2006 • Policy Learning Initiative Research • Community Development Courses: Social Policy content in Third Level education • Community Development : (Informal) Training • Policy Skills Workshops in Border region (2006) • 2 Train the Trainers event (2006/07 • Modules on Poverty for Civil Service Training units (2007) • Getting to Grips with Budget

  16. Having Your Say Programme Publications/Guides • Community Development and Public Policy • Integrating policy into work planning • Community Development and Health • Community Development: Current issues and Challenges • Directory of Student Learning Opportunities in Community Development Education in Ireland by Ralaheen Ltd • The Role of Community Development in Tackling Poverty, A Literature Review by Brian Motherway • National Conference Community Voices, People and Poverty 17th October 2006-National Conference • Having Your Say, Strengthening the Policy Voices and Practices of People in Poverty, September 2005. Guides • Guides to Policy Spaces within: Local Government, Budget, Social Welfare, • Guides for Public Officials to the Community/Voluntary Sector • On-line Guides ‘How to do’ Policy Submission, Building relationships with decision-makers, Joint Oireachtas Committee • Understanding Economics and Poverty

  17. What’s Happening now? • 2nd Annual Conference (17th October, Croke Park, UN Day for the eradication of poverty) Community Voices: Poverty and Policy • Launch of Research on Policy Learning Initiative • Launch of Publications, Guides, Web-based resources • (Russian and French) • Links to Community Media • Issues and Challenges for Community Development in 2006 (Anna Lee)

  18. Who is Having Your Say for? • Community Development Projects • Family Resource Centres • Local Development Social inclusion Programme • Anti-Poverty Groups

  19. More information….. Annual Conference (17th October 2006) Policy Learning Initiative Publications Events Website www.combatpoverty.ie/havingyoursay More information Joan.OFlynn@combatpoverty.ie (01) 6026618 Barbara.Walshe@combatpoverty.ie (01)6026615 Paula.fitzpatrick@combatpoverty.ie (01)6026629

  20. What is Policy? • Policy-Making is a process whereby the government and the authorities reach decisions, set out priorities, satisfy competing interest groups and lay down the underlying approaches to their work

  21. Irish Policy System Shaped by many influences: • EU & United Nations • Dail & Courts • Media • Social Partnership at national and local level • Organisations and individuals

  22. What’s wrong? • What is our Issue? • What causes the problem? • What can we do? (The Strategy) • What is going to happen? • What did Happen? • Did it work?

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