what income do (older) people need at the minimum for social participation?
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Belgian reference budgets for social participation Bérénice Storms AGE, Brussels, 6-10-2012. What income do (older) people need at the minimum for social participation?. Social participation. Playing adeqately social roles common expectations to social positions To belong - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Belgian reference budgets for social participationBérénice Storms
AGE, Brussels, 6-10-2012
What income do (older) people need at the minimum for social
participation?
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Social participation
Playing adeqately social roles common expectations to social positions
To belongTo contribute
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Preconditions to social participation
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Reference budgets as guidelines to enable full participation of all citizens in society
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Reference budgets: adequate means for need statisfaction
• Not one (absolute) minimum !• Necessary income depends on necessary
expensesVary with individual and social living conditions
• Two extremes :To assess a minimum budget needed by well-
informed people and competent persons who are in perfect health
To assess a level of resources that will be sufficient for people in all kinds of circumstances
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Reference budgets developed by experts and citizens
• Role of experts: Translating needs into concrete goods
and services and pricing them Starting as much as possible from a
normative (≠ prescriptive!) point of view
≠ real budgets =model budgets, accepted by
citizens and politicians Showing the way to an inclusive
society Strengthening competences Ensuring access to rights
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Reference budgets developed by experts and citizens
• Role of citizens: Helping experts to translate needs
into concrete goods and services Ensure feasibility
Are assumptions made by experts realistic?
Ensure acceptability Method: Focus groups
Better than (survey or in-depth) interviews: valuable interaction effects between participants
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Criteria for inclusion into the basket: essential for adequately playing social roles
TransparencyFlexibility Long-term budgetsSustainability
Rules of thumb:
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• Methodologically:• Homogenous FG
• Income position • Household composition• Living circumstances
• Theoretically:• Mixed groups
Further research is needed
Composition of focus groups
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Developing cross-national reference budgets:
Common start
• Geographical scale: Nation-region-city?• Family types:– Household composition– Living conditions
– Housing situation : (out-right) owner, (social )tenant– In good health?– In need of help?
• Pricing• Limited number of retailers• Median, low prices?
– Choice!
• Life span?
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Valorisation of Belgian reference budgets
Reference budgets can be used for:1. Determining additional income support,
settling income maintenance, debt rescheduling, financial education/debt prevention;
2. Measuring poverty;3. Encouraging politicians to work towards
a socially inclusive society.
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Belgian Reference budgets and minimum incomes for the elderly, 2012
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