Provision of Integrated Employment and Social Assistance Services in Bulgaria

Recently, the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Poland and the Czech Republic has increased, which has translated into a growing tendency to change the procedures for social assistance provision. However, the relationships between public administration and non-governmental organisations differ in both countries. The Najam Four-C’s Model is used in this paper to describe how NGOs and public administration approach the problem of homelessness in the Czech Republic and Poland. To explore this issue, the authors conducted interviews with public servants and NGOs’ mangers in both countries. The findings show that, as far as homelessness is concerned, NGOs and state authorities function on the basis of complementarity in Poland as well as in the Czech Republic.

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Contributions to urban Indigenous self-determination: the story of Neeginan and Kaupapa Māori

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education ◽

10.1017/jie.2020.26 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Darwin Horning ◽

Beth Baumbrough

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Indigenous Knowledge ◽

Affordable Housing ◽

Sense Of Community ◽

School System ◽

Social Assistance ◽

Self Determination ◽

Education Programs ◽

Government School ◽

Kaupapa Māori

Abstract This paper considers two different Indigenous-led initiatives, the Neeginan initiative (Winnipeg, Canada) and the Kaupapa Māori movement (New Zealand), within the context of urban Indigenous self-determination, examining the role, or contributions of, each towards the realisation of Indigenous self-determination. Neeginan originates from, and focuses on, building a sense of community, through education programs, social assistance and affordable housing, with local Indigenous knowledge providing the foundational guiding principles. This is compared to the Kaupapa Māori movement's role in the revival of traditional cultural and language practices in education, which has resulted in the development of an overwhelmingly successful parallel non-government school system based on Māori culture, language and philosophy.

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New administrative data on welfare dynamics in Germany: the Sample of Integrated Welfare Benefit Biographies (SIG)

Journal for Labour Market Research ◽

10.1186/s12651-020-00280-y ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 54 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Kerstin Bruckmeier ◽

Sandra Dummert ◽

Philipp Grunau ◽

Katrin Hohmeyer ◽

Torsten Lietzmann

Keyword(s):

Labour Market ◽

Unemployment Benefit ◽

Welfare Benefit ◽

Welfare Receipt ◽

Data Set ◽

Employment Agency ◽

Integrated Employment ◽

Labour Market Participation ◽

Extensive Information ◽

Household Members

Abstract The Sample of Integrated Welfare Benefit Biographies (SIG) is a new administrative longitudinal microdata set representative of recipients of Germany’s main welfare programme, the Unemployment Benefit II (UB II, Arbeitslosengeld II). The data set contains detailed longitudinal information on welfare receipt and labour market activities, and hence enables researchers to analyse the dynamics of benefit receipt, income and employment. A distinct feature of the SIG is that it provides information not only for individual benefit recipients but also for family members, including children and partners. This is possible because eligibility for UB II benefits depends on the household structure, and it is means-tested on household income. In addition to socio-demographic and regional information, the SIG contains extensive information on the employment biographies of benefit recipients and their household members from the Integrated Employment Biographies (IEB) of the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). This allows researchers to examine the interaction between labour market participation and benefit receipt. The SIG is available to researchers at the Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the IAB.

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