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The UPLIFT – Urban PoLicy Innovation to address inequality with and for Future generaTions project has been finished. The last consortium meeting was held in Amsterdam, where, beside the project related discussions, our colleagues also had the opportunity to study the social housing system of Amsterdam.

Within the frames of the project, 15 partner institutions worked together to get a deeper insight into the urban inequalities among the young. Beside the quantitative and qualitative research, the consortium also elaborated policy recommendations to tackle the inequalities and other social problems.

Thank you for the contribution for all the partners, and the great lead for the Metropolitan Research Institute!

At the event, held at the University of Helsinki, participants analysed pioneering practices and policies aimed at reducing educational inequalities that have been collected over the past years of research. The aim of the meeting was to review the results so far, refine the selection criteria and prepare the final report of the research.

On July 6-7, TÁRKI organized a two-day workshop entitled "Changing life opportunities under illiberal rule: drivers of social structural change in Hungary".

The workshop aimed to contribute to a better understanding of how various instruments of social and family policies were used to build the socioeconomic basis of the illiberal regime on the one hand and of how the life opportunities of Hungarian citizens has been shaped by social developments and governmental policies since 2010 – allowing for longer, historic accounts in some cases. The event was organized in two sessions.

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.