Social Inclusion Scoreboard – EAPN Response to the National Implementation Reports 2007 of the revised Lisbon Strategy

In this report, EAPN sets out to evaluate the 2007 Implementation Reports of the National Reform Programmes for their contribution to Inclusion.

We assess the reality of the claims that jobs and growth will automatically lead to greater social inclusion and make constructive proposals for change based on the views of our members.

This report is drawn from the questionnaire responses from 14 EAPN networks: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom and discussions held with all the members of the EAPN Social Inclusion Review Group in June and September 2007, as well as through discussions held with members of the EAPN Employment Group in June and September 2007

This document also provides an executive summary of the full report based on our national members assessment’s of the Implementation Reports highlighting key messages and recommendations.

• Primary Source

EAPN: Publications http://www.eapn.eu/content/view/6/31/lang,en/

EAPN: Social Inclusion Scoreboard - EAPN Response to the National Implementation Reports 2007 of the revised Lisbon Strategy: Summary, January 2008 http://www.eapn.eu/images/docs/2008executivesummaryeapnresponsetonrpimplementationreport_en.pdf

EAPN: Growth and Jobs but not Inclusion! - EAPN Response to the 2007 Annual Progress Report, January 2008 http://www.eapn.eu/images/docs/2008eapnresponsetotheannualprogressreport_en.pdf

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