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The welfare states of Europe were established in order to manage the social risks of the 20th century. With the transformation of economic, social, and demographic systems in the 21st century however new social risks have appeared, which cannot be treated with the use of former – tried and tested – methods. The objective of social innovations is to support the adaptation to the changed circumstances of the welfare system. With the transformation of the role of the welfare state, as social engagement is taking the place of passive benefits, the importance of individual actions is becoming more and more prominent in Hungary. The social land programme, being an example of active social policy, is one among those social innovations that have aimed to renew social policy in recent years, and that fit well into the attempts initiated by the European Commission to manage the new social risks of the 21st century.
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For the Hungarian version of the EU Strategy, see the document entitled " Szociális beruházási csomag a növekedés és a kohézió szolgálatában (2013) http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1044&langId=hu&moreDocuments=yes.
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For further details, see the document EUROPE 2020 A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth,, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52010DC2020&from=en.
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Social Investment: The Commission urges for member state support of social cohesion. European Commission press release. Brussels, Feb. 20, 2013.
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The 2008 crisis generated particularly difficult conditions in Hungary regarding the integration of peripheral groups, and also, the recovery from the economic crisis did not have visible results. The European Commission’s 2015 report on Hungary states that “Indicators of poverty and social exclusion show that the conditions have declined in Hungary since the beginning of the crisis, especially among children and the Roma community. While overall poverty and social exclusion rates have decreased in Europe, 33,5% of the Hungarian population belongs to either of these categories. Between 2008 and 2013, the rate of poor and socially excluded children had grown from approximately 33 to 43% (in contrast to the 28% average of the EU). Poverty is extremely common among the Roma: 81% of them are susceptible to poverty.” European Commission (2015): 2015 country report Hungary—Including an In-Depth Review on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances{COM(2015) 85 final} Brüsszel, 2015. 2. 26. SWD (2015) 36 final, https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/file_import/cr2015_hungary_en_0.pdf p. 56.
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For the project’s website, visit http://innosi.eu/.
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Csoba, J. (2020). Theoretical and Research Framework. In: Revitalisation of the Household Economy. Prekarisierung und soziale Entkopplung – transdisziplinäre Studien. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29350-5_1
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