On Thursday and Friday (20-21 April) we held the 8th EUROSHIP partners meeting in Budapest. The event was hosted by TÁRKI. Participants discussed the chapters of two forthcoming books presenting the results of the EUROSHIP project. Our collegues authors of the following chapters: András Gábos, Zsófia Tomka and György István Tóth "Diversity and change in social citizenship: mapping poverty in Europe" on income poverty from a national and pan-European perspective; András Gábos and Zsófia Tomka "Who does not work, shall not eat". The politics of minimum income schemes in Hungary", a chapter on the political economy of the Hungarian social assistance system. At large, Euroship aims to develop policy recommendations on how to strengthen social citizenship across the EU.

At the CEU Bibó István Free University, our researchers Ágnes Kozma Turnpenny and Anikó Bernát will start a course entitled "People with disabilities in society: systemic disadvantages and supporting factors". During the free course, the main social and historical aspects of disability will be explored with the help of researchers, experts and people with disabilities. The seminars will introduce the main concepts related to the topic, the national and international historical background, followed by a discussion with the audience. The course is open to all, thus materials are designed to be accessible to people with any level of interest in the subject.

András Gábos and Zsófia Tomka examined the evolution of minimum income benefit levels in Europe between 2009 and 2017.

The graph shows that the level of social assistance in Hungary is extremely low relative to the poverty line, one of the expected results of which is to encourage activity, but this phenomenon is by no means rare in a regional comparison.

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𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 - 𝘌𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦
Although a number of policies tackling educational inequalities have been introduced in recent decades in Europe, educational inequalities exist to a varying extent both in different sub- and supranational contexts.

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Within the frame of KIDS4ALLL, TARKI is currently testing an innovative learning method and learning platform in two different afterschool facilities of Motivation Association for 9 months. The learning method builds on cooperation, interactive learning, and the creativity of children. It primarily aims to enhance the educational integration of migrant children and/or children with ethnic minority background. As the curriculum is fully developed by the project partners, it is fascinating to see them being tested by the children and hear their feedback finally.

Our colleague Márton Medgyesi gave a presentation at the "Perspectives on Youth" seminar organised by the European Commission and the Council of Europe on 9 November in Budapest. During his lecture, he presented the results of his own research within the UPLIFT project and the impact of the local labour market, housing and social services on the well-being of young people in European cities. The seminar brought together participants from 35 countries to discuss youth employment difficulties, housing and financial literacy issues and to look for targeted policy practices and tools to address youth issues in the context of the European Year of Youth 2022.