Study supporting the impact assessment of the future European Social Fund proposal : achieving structural change : conditions for success in the areas of ESF intervention : Portugal case study : ensuring adequate coverage of social assistance while ensuring effective activation of the benefit among recipients in Portugal : the CSU and RSI examples

This report contains a case study for the Study supporting the Impact assessment of the future European Social Fund proposal. Achieving structural change: conditions for success in the areas of ESF intervention. The reform under assessment evaluates the design, implementation, and outcomes of Portugal's Social Insertion Income (RSI - "Rendimento Social de Inserção") and Solidarity Supplement for the Elderly ("CSI - Complemento Solidário para Idosos") reforms between 2014 and 2022 without ignoring the historical influence of previous periods in the current changes. The reform package was composed of 28 measures. Although all the measures could be related to the main reform topic, a selection was made to narrow the focus of the case study and gather specific and comparable insights. The measures to be analysed are related to or have an impact on the RSI and CSI coverage.