Increasing emphasis on independent living and social inclusion is driving deinstitutionalisation - the shift away from a reliance on residential institutions towards family- and community-based settings for the provision of care and services. The aim is to ensure that people at risk of...

Increasing emphasis on independent living and social inclusion is driving deinstitutionalisation - the shift away from a reliance on residential institutions towards family- and community-based settings for the provision of care and services. The aim is to ensure that people at risk of...

This report focuses on unemployment and minimum income benefits for people of working age. Individuals with short or no employment records (mainly young people), the self-employed, those with non-standard working arrangements, and the long-term unemployed are often not entitled to higher-tier,...

This report focuses on unemployment and minimum income benefits for people of working age. Individuals with short or no employment records (mainly young people), the self-employed, those with non-standard working arrangements, and the long-term unemployed are often not entitled to higher-tier,...

During the pandemic, many young people had to change their plans for the future. While at the end of 2023 young people's labour market situation was more favourable than it had been in recent years, many obstacles remained on their route to independence, such as the rising cost of living and...

During the pandemic, many young people had to change their plans for the future. While at the end of 2023 young people's labour market situation was more favourable than it had been in recent years, many obstacles remained on their route to independence, such as the rising cost of living and...

The Treaty of Lisbon established territorial cohesion as the third dimension of European cohesion. Despite the high priority given in policy to achieving geographically balanced economic development, gaps in living conditions still exist between rural and urban areas. In some cases, these gaps...

Over the past two decades, the concept of social exclusion has increasingly replaced the concept of poverty within the EU policy discussion on social vulnerability and disadvantage. It has been shown that unequal access to the labour market and poor living conditions negatively affect social...