BRIDGING THE POLICY GAP : Project: Objectives

The objectives of the project are:

to raise awareness of European Union social inclusion processes (and their relevance to the UK) among a range of key stakeholders;
to shift the culture and attitude within statutory agencies towards stakeholder dialogue on issues of policy formation and implementation;
to address the 'implementation gap' of social exclusion policies by improving communication between different levels of government, and within a wider range of stakeholders, including people with experience of poverty; and
to contribute to the development and evaluation of participatory mechanisms for mainstreaming, monitoring and evaluation of practical anti-poverty strategies within the framework of the National Action Plan on social inclusion (NAP).