The Usefulness of Reintegration Support: The Dual Perspectives of Returnees and Caseworkers

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 1216-1233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ine Lietaert
Keyword(s):  
Financial Support ◽  
Social Care ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Exact Nature ◽  
Residence Permit ◽  
Support Programmes

Abstract Many European countries have developed assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) programmes to support the return and reintegration of migrants who do not have a legal residence permit. There is substantial involvement of social-care professionals in the implementation of these programmes. However, the contested nature of AVRR programmes has limited an in-depth understanding of the exact nature of reintegration support and the ways it affects migrants’ lives after return. Through exploring the usefulness of AVRR support from the perspectives of those receiving it and experienced caseworkers providing it in the context of the Belgian AVRR return programme to Armenia and Georgia, this article contributes to a better understanding of the possibilities and constraints of reintegration support. Based on interviews with seventy-nine returnees during the initial two years after their return, interviews with the caseworkers and observations of day-to-day interactions between both parties, four different understandings of the ‘usefulness’ of reintegration support are delineated: reintegration support (i) as central and necessary financial support; (ii) as insufficient, decontextualised and deceptive support; (iii) as selective support; and lastly (iv) as humane and negotiated support. These understandings then evoke reflections on the implications for those stakeholders developing or implementing AVRR support programmes.

European and Ukrainian experience in financial support to farming activities through fiscal instruments

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 1040-1063
Author(s):  
E.A. Nepochatenko ◽  
E.T. Prokopchuk ◽  
B.S. Guzar
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Financial Regulation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Statistical Research ◽  
Tax Regimes

Subject. The article considers financial regulation through the use of tax mechanisms. Objectives. The aim of the study is to evaluate European and Ukrainian practices of fiscal incentives for farming through fiscal instruments with VAT playing the key role. Methods. In the study we employed economic and statistical research methods, like monographic, comparison, scientific generalization. Results. Based on the analysis of VAT implementation on farmers in developed countries in Europe we substantiated the conclusion about its focus on simplifying the tax procedures and eliminating the negative impact on operations of economic entities. Special tax treatment (including VAT collection) is mainly used to streamline tax relations, taking into account the specifics of farming, rather than to improve the financial support to farms. We revealed that in the Ukrainian practice its main task is financial support to agricultural production. Conclusions and Relevance. The experience of developed European countries on the use of special tax regimes and taxation procedures should serve as a model for Ukraine. Financial incentives for agricultural production development should be directly supported by the State, and special tax treatment and tax administration should be focused on streamlining tax relations in the region, based on the practice of developed European countries such as UK, Germany, Italy and France.

Cash for Childcare as a Policy Instrument – advantages and limitations

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-97
Author(s):  
Jorma Sipilä
Keyword(s):  
Financial Support ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
European Countries ◽  
At Home

The presented article is an attempt to draw attention to the economiccontexts of the functioning of families in Europe. The author presentsvarious types of financial support for families using the examples fromselected European countries. The idea of paying the mother for lookingafter her children at home is analysed in detail.

scholarly journals Disabled older people's use of health and social care services and their unmet care needs in six European countries

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1032-1038 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Bien ◽  
K. J. McKee ◽  
H. Dohner ◽  
J. Triantafillou ◽  
G. Lamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Health And Social Care

scholarly journals Social measures, financial support to maintain, increase population in some European countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Kinga Emese Zsido
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
European Level ◽  
Reasonable Time ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Long Time

AbstractThe evolution of the number of the population in many countries, even at European level, gives signs of concern, of which we should be aware: the significant decrease of the population, the negative changes in its structure can have negative and drastic economic and social effects if the governments do not intervene reasonable time. The implementation of measures must be well thought out, with the possibility of financial support and maintained for a long time, so that the expected effects appear. In Europe, some governments (especially in Eastern Europe) have already assumed this responsibility, implemented a series of measures to keep the youth in the country, to increase the number of children, with the purpose of increasing the population and balancing its structure. The paper presents a comparative analysis of the measures implemented by three European countries (Poland, Romania and Hungary) in order to increase the population in the following decades.

scholarly journals Assesing efficiency of targeting in social services in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-74
Author(s):  
Adela Delalić ◽  
Ademir Abdić ◽  
Muamer Halilbašić ◽  
Lamija Šćeta
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Financial Assistance ◽  
Poor Household ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Support Programmes ◽  
Families With Children

AbstractThis paper analyses the inefficiency of social services targeting in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FB&H). Using official statistics microdata of the Household Budget Survey 2015, three models of social minimum in FB&H were constructed: extreme and general poverty, and the model with multidimensional poverty aspects. The analysis of features of poor household categories showed that the most vulnerable residents of FB&H are not beneficiaries of permanent financial assistance. The reason for such an inefficient targeting was recognized in the Federal Law on Principles of Social Care, Care for the War-Disabled Civilians and Care for Families with Children that stipulates that only persons and families that (cumulatively): are incapable for work, have insufficient income, and there are no family members who are legally obligated to support them. The results indicated a high inconsistency in the legal criteria for qualification, and also in the amounts of permanent social assistance among cantons. The Proxy Means Test (PMT) Model is offered as one of the possible solutions for the improvement of social services targeting in FB&H. Given the importance of efficiency of targeting in social services, the research results could be useful, for both, vulnerable segments of the society and federal and cantonal ministries of labour and social affairs, in the process of targeting the households qualified for social support programmes.

Financial Supports Provided to SMEs Within the Context of the European Union's Budget

2020 ◽  
pp. 309-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seda Sonmez Ozekicioglu ◽  
Filiz Yetiz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
National Income ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Support Programmes ◽  
The Eu

Along with their flexible production structures and rapid adaptation to technological innovations in the world economic race, SMEs are among the prominent wheels of both the EU economy and the whole world economy. In this chapter, the importance and the size of SMEs which contribute to production capacity, productive investments, economic growth, and national income, as well as employment and many other areas, are explicated using the current data; hence, the EU financial support programmes organized regarding the financial problems of SMEs are introduced. In this respect, the shares of the funding programmes offered to SMEs within the EU budget over the period from 2014 to 2020 in the Union's budget are assessed, and recommendations are made for the years 2021-2027.

Impact of Support Centres for Social Farming on Benefits from Livestock in Northern Europe

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-322
Author(s):  
J. Schuessler ◽  
M. Siegmund-Schultze ◽  
T. van Elsen ◽  
A. Valle Zárate
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Social Care ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Social Farming ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Social farming uses farm activities as a means of promoting human mental and physical health. As organized social farming became more professional, some European countries introduced support centres to assist in its development. This paper reports on a study that examined the experience of such support centres in the Netherlands, Norway and Flanders to assess their current activities and their impact on social farmers who kept livestock. Information was gathered through interviews and online questionnaires. The Dutch farmers had generally restructured their livestock activities to meet some of the demands of social farming, whereas the Flemish farmers had not adapted their system, as they derived their main income from farming rather than from social care.

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