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31st August 2012
The Geographies of Homelessness: Homeless Experiences and Homeless Policy in Different Spaces
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Funding strategies: Building the case for homelessness
Friday 8 June 2012, Brussels
Hosts
Co-host : FEANTSA - European federation of national organisations working with the homeless www.feantsa.orgCo-host: HABITACT - European exchange forum on local homeless strategies www.habitact.eu Seminar context
In June 2011, the European Commission published its legislative proposals for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). The MFF sets out the budgetary priorities in all the different policy areas of the Union for the years 2014 to 2020. It will serve as the financial backbone as the Commission continues to roll out its Europe 2020 strategy, its objectives of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and achieve its five headlines targets (including a target on poverty reduction in Europe).
The European Parliament and the Council will examine the legislative proposals in 2012 and 2013, including proposals on Cohesion Policy, the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, and the European Programme for Social Change and Innovation, all of which will have an impact on homeless services and policies. This is an important time therefore to discuss funding strategies to ensure organisations active in tackling homelessness can bring a European financial dimension to their work.
It is all the more important given the difficult economic climate where homelessness services and policy-makers are facing mounting pressure as a result of budgetary and austerity measures. It is a time to think carefully about where to cut back and where to invest for the future, while ensuring continued support for the most vulnerable groups in our societies.
Seminar objectives
1. To reflect on prerequisites for successful funding strategies in the current economic climate, along three broad themes: budgeting, diversifying funding sources, cost-efficiency.
2. To give examples of existing funding strategies to tackle homelessness, with concrete/practical information for local organisations attending the seminar.
Seminar themes
1. Planning and budgeting: How to prioritise? This session included presentations on rethinking service provision, areas to make savings, and how to budget a local homeless strategy
2. Cost-effectiveness: This session looked at how to ensure efficiency of spending on homelessness such as testing innovative approaches before mainstreaming them, using cost-benefit analyses, and showing social return on investment.
3. Diversification of funding sources: This session looked at the different ways of funding homeless policy such as sharing the costs with other authorities (between cities), organizing business groups into policy goals, and the potential of social impact bonds.
Seminar programme
The seminar lasted one full day (9h00-16h00) and was divided into one introductory session and 3 plenary sessions discussing aspects of the three broad themes referred to above.
See Full programme and Speaker biographies
Seminar participants
Thank you to all 120 participants who joined us on this occasion! There were local practitioners from across Europe and beyond (Serbia and Croatia), as well as representatives from EU institutions.
Seminar presentations
Introductory session: Stelios Kampouridis | Gabor Toth | Niccolo Rinaldi
Session 1: Malin Ostling | Matt Harrison | Volker Busch-Geertsema
Session 2: Alain Régnier | Emma Vallance/Rhona MacPherson | John Van Leerdam
Session 3: Sara Baldisserri | Simon Sheehan | Frank Lee
Seminar report
This report summarises all the interventions of the seminar, and highlights some of the main points of the discussion with the seminar participants.
Full report
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