DESCRIPTION
Under the Community Action Programme to increase co-operation in combating social exclusion, the European Commission has launched a Peer Review Programme to promote the identification and exchange of good practices in the field of social inclusion policies throughout the European Union. The overall objectives of the Peer Review Programme are:
- to contribute to a better understanding of and mutual learning about the EU-Member States' policies to combat poverty and social exclusion
- to facilitate the transfer of key policies and institutional arrangements which have proved effective in combating poverty and social exclusion and are relevant in other contexts
- to improve the effectiveness of the policies and strategies for social inclusion at Member State and EU level, by learning from the experiences in the Member States