1. EAPN Denmark Leif Elektriker & Per K. Larsen board members
What is poverty? How should we measure it? What’s happening to poverty? What solutions? Bruxelles 27/09/2012
EAPN Denmark
Leif Elektriker & Per K. Larsen
board members

2. EU & DK indicators
EU: Income, people living with less than 60% of the national median income. The at-risk-of-poverty rate. It is a relative measure of poverty, linked to income distribution, which takes account of all sources of monetary income. 120 million people are at risk of poverty or excluded.
EU: Material deprivation, at least 4 out of 9 following situations: people cannot afford 1) to pay their rent or utility bills, 2) keep their home adequately warm, 3) face unexpected expenses, 4) eat meat, fish, or a protein equivalent every second day, 5) a week of holiday away from home once a year, 6) a car, 7) a washing machine, 8) a colour tv, or 9) a telephone. Concerns 8.3% of the EU population varying from 1% to 33%.
EU + DK: People living in jobless households, zero or very low work-intensity over a whole year. Long-term exclusion from the labour market is a main factor of poverty, and aggravates the risk of transmission of disadvantage from one generation to the next.

3. DK – indicators for poverty. Main causes to poverty
State: People living in long term jobless households and their children.
Economists: prefer OECD’s 50 % limit.
New governmental expert group, aim: propose different limits and measurement methods to follow poverty development, especially among children and long-time poor.

4. Indicators – main causes to poverty EAPN.DK - suggestions
EU + national indicators and limits
Economy. EU 60 % + National minimum household budget.
Children living in poverty
People living in long term jobless households and their children.
health, abuse.
Physical, mental or social disabilities
Low or no education
Interventions: Holistic social and health care, training and education, flex jobs, social enterprises.
Prevention?
Minimum income? Minimum wages? Working poor?

5. Main causes to poverty and social exclusion
Housing
Work
Family
UNEMPLOYED
POOR, ILL, NO EDUCATION
Culture
Education
Economy
Social service
Health

6. INCLUSION, traditional solutions
Housing
Work
Family , Friends
UNEMPLOYED, POOR, ILL, NO EDUCATION
Culture
Education
Economy
Social help
& service
Health

7. Inclusion - holistic solutions. Job as motivation for inclusion
RELAPSE
ECONOMY
HYGIENE
ILLNESS
MOTIVATION
ABUSE E X C L U D
NUTRITION
HOUSING
TOOHTACHE
BEHAVIOR J O B
GUILD
DREAMS
EDUCATION
TRAINEE
FEAR
RESSOURCES, C.V.
MENTOR
LONELINESS
DURATION: month’s