Executive Summary 3
Mirjam van Reisen, Social Watch Coordinating Committee for Europe
Thematic Reports
Social Exclusion in Europe
State of Play of Social Inclusion Policies at the European Level 8
Fintan Farrell, European Anti-Poverty Network
Labour Market Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis and Policy Responses in Europe 11
Janine Leschke and Andrew Watt, European Trade Union Institute
Access to Health Services in Europe 17
Dorota Sienkiewicz, European Public Health Alliance
Housing in Europe: The Impact of Globalisation on a Once Local Issue 21
Cesare Ottolini, International Alliance of Inhabitants
Jason Nardi, Social Watch Italy
Financial Exclusion and Access to Credit 26
Stefanie Lämmermann, European Microfinance Network
Women’s Poverty and Social Exclusion in the European Union at a Time of Recession. An Invisible Crisis? 29
Oxfam International and European Women’s Lobby
Ensuring Social Inclusion of Young People by Tackling Multi-faceted Vulnerabilities in Employment and Other Areas 32
Marco Perolini and Santa Ozolina, European Youth Forum
Migration and Integration at the EU Level: A Rights-based Perspective 36
Pablo Sanchez, December 18
Roma People in Europe: A Long History of Discrimination 40
Laura Renzi, Amnesty International Italy
Social Exclusion outside Europe
Social Protection: An Instrument for Poverty Reduction and Social Cohesion 44
Barbara Caracciolo, SOLIDAR
Social Exclusion in Southern Mediterranean Arab Countries and Policies of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership 47
Kinda Mohamadieh and Ziad Abdel Samad, Arab NGO Network for Development
Exposing Vulnerabilities to Improve Decision-making 51
Roberto Bissio, Social Watch
National Reports
Bosnia and Herzegovina 54
Valentina Pellizzer, One World Platform for South East Europe and Network for Building Peace
Bulgaria 56
Plamenka Markova, Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation
Cyprus 58
Odysseas Christou, Charalambos Vrasidas, Michalinos Zembylas and Sotiris Themistokleous, CARDET
Czech Republic 60
Jana Fialová and Markéta Kovaříková, Czech Helsinki Committee
France 62
French Platform on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Hungary 64
Péter Farkas, ATTAC Hungary
Italy 66
Silvia De Silvestri, Associazione Ricreativa e Culturale Italiana
Soana Tortora, Associazioni Cristiane Lavoratori Italiani
Malta 68
Joseph M. Sammut, Kopin
Poland 70
Maciej Dębski, Network of East-West Women-Polska/Gdansk University
Agnieszka Nowak and Monika Popow, Network of East-West Women-Polska
Serbia 72
Mirjana Dokmanovic, Victimology Society of Serbia
Slovakia 74
Daniel Klimovský, Slovak Political Institute/Faculty of Economics, Technical University of Košice
Spain 76
Pablo José Martínez Osés, Plataforma 2015 y más
Measuring Social Inclusion
Measuring Social Inclusion 86
Poverty 88
Labour 89
Education 90
Health 91
Childcare 92
Living Conditions 93
Social Participation 94
Gender Equity Index 96
Acronyms 98
