1. Social Inclusion Forum Presentation By Office for Social Inclusion Gerry Mangan Director

2. Promoting Social Inclusion NAPS – NAPs/inclusion Social Partnership EU Open Method of Cooperation UN – World Summit on Social Development - 10 th Anniversary

3. Consultation Especially with real experts - people experiencing poverty and those working with them, To obtain feedback on Causes of poverty Adequacy and effectiveness of Government policies and programmes Further action needed, and priorities

4. Consultation Process - 2005. Social Inclusion Forum (SIF) Regional fora and, possibly, national seminars to be held later (SIF, a model) OSI Annual Report Available on website Reference source for consultation

5. Combatting Poverty and Social Exclusion Complex and Challenging Need for: Economic, Political, and Social Sustainability

6. How OSI Helps Developing strategies, monitoring and evaluating Data strategy Indicators Poverty Proofing Research International Dimension Consultation

7. Partnership Process Government Departments and Agencies Social Partners Community and Voluntary sector EU and other International Organisations, and not least, people experiencing poverty and those working with them.

8. How Forum Can Help You can tell us about: Progress and lack of it Policy areas requiring more action and/or resources Priorities

9. Overall Objective “ To make a decisive impact on the eradication of poverty” by 2010 (Lisbon Agenda)