1. The study...
Study on Stakeholders´ Involvement in the Implementation of the OMC in Social Protection and Social Inclusion

2. The study... runs from January 2009 to June 2010
is carried out for the EC, DG EMPL – Employment, Social Affairs and Equal opportunities
by a consortium of INBAS GmbH and Engender asbl

3. Main objective is...
“... to analyse the key challenges in relation to the governance dimension in the revised Common Objectives for the fight against poverty and social exclusion, in particular on the involvement of stakeholders, and, ultimately, to support the implementation of better policies and the improvement of governance in the fields of social inclusion and social protection policy, thereby contributing to the implementation of the OMC in the social sphere.”

4. Main outcome is...
... to provide the Commission with recommendations, benchmarks /examples of good practices and tools successfully applied by relevant stakeholders - regarding the quality and permanence of the involvement of stakeholders in the implementation of the OMC.

5. Specific results (1)
An assessment of the extent of stakeholder involvement in the OMC in the social sphere in the different Member States
An analysis of the main characteristics and issues at stake related to the stakeholders’ role in the different steps of the OMC
Examples of good practice for stakeholder involvement in the OMC

6. Specific results (2)
Recommendations to feed into debate and support better practice concerning participation and governance-related issues in the context of the OMC, including…
Tools ready for implementation, e.g. framework to assess stakeholder involvement
Establish a public website to make visible and disseminate the results and to provide information on stakeholder involvement in the policy process
The AP is object to an ongoing external evaluation...
EU- added value:
“an increase in transnationallearning and cooperation between the actors, and learning and cooperation at national and subnatinal level through mobilisation of actors leading to capacity building of actors to adress soc.incl. + poverty - as a consequence of participation in the AP

7. The “study”...
... comprises a series of outputs and deliverables...

8. Main outputs of the “study”...
27 National reports (2-3 pp) providing an overview of the “state of affairs” of stakeholder involvement in the OMC in the Member States in EN + national languages

9. Main outputs (2)
8 case study reports to gain a deeper insight into certain aspects, methods, tools and experiences of stakeholder involvement in the OMC

10. Main outputs (3)
Final Study Report analysis and assessment of findings - recommendations for the Commission - examples of good practices + tools - text of a leaflet for dissemination in EN, FR, DE

11. Main outputs... (4) Public Website (from early April)
- to disseminate the results and provide information on stakeholders’ involvement in the policy process and on “good governance” more generally

12. Study methodology... Main methods used for data capture:
- review of documentation
- interviews with key actors
- review of relevant websites
In cooperation with 27 national experts
Seminar for “validation” of findings + tools

13. Stakeholder involvement...
... Stakeholder involvement in the study is planned:
via interviews (inc. by the national experts + on EU-level)
via feedback/discussion sessions during the study process (e.g. at meetings, seminars)
via participation in the “validation” seminar
via requests for relevant info, documents, etc.

14. Stakeholder involvement...
Relevant information and material should be sent to:
Thank you !

15. Study roadmap... Start: Jan 09 Set-up website: Mar 09
Draft country reports: Jul 09
Draft case studies: Aug 09
“Validation” seminar: Nov 09
Final report and outputs for wider dissemination: Jun 10