MapInfo an introduction

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MPHASIS Mutual Progress on Homelessness through
Advancing and Strengthening Information
Systems Research Strand Budapest, March 14th
2008
European Commission
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Action Oriented Research

• Transferability of Good Practice
• Service Provider Databases
• Client Record Systems
• Usability of Core Variables
• Making Use of Administrative Data
• Institutional Population Data
• Population Register Data

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Transferability of Good Practice

• Service Provider Databases
• Test applicability of methodology in different
  national contexts
• Approach for phased introduction and costs
  explained in detail in EU Measurement Study.
  Amendments necessary?
• Assessment of existing databases and how they
  could be used, updated, aggregated etc.
• Assessment of barriers for creating and
  maintaining a database and of possible ways to
  overcome them
• Identification of likely costs and timescales,
  stakeholders to be involved and next steps to be
  taken
• Selected countries for feasibility study Italy
  and Austria

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Transferability of Good Practice

• Client Record Systems
• Adaptation of Link System
• System working in Dublin and different parts of
  UK
• Test of transferability to other cities or
  regions
• Adequacy of approach, necessary amendments,
  barriers and potentials for implementation, costs
  and timescales etc.
• Selected countries Sweden (sel. city) and
  Portugal (Lisbon)
• Implementation of Data Extract Moduls and
  Protocols
• For countries with several established client
  record systems
• Use experience from Germany as one possible
  approach
• Analyse existing obstacles and possible ways to
  overcome them in different national context
• Selected country France

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Core Variables

• Test usability of Core Variables in all MPHASIS
  countries
• Demographic characteristic (age and gender),
• Nationality and migration background (country of
  birth),
• Composition of homeless households,
• Accommodation situation (immediately before
  service period and at time of data collection),
• Duration of (current) homelessness
• Reasons for (last) homelessness.
• Common understanding? Data available?
  Harmonisation possible? Amendments necessary?
• Obstacles for implementation of missing variables
  and possible solutions

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Making Use of Adminstrative Data

• Institutional Population Data
• Focus on persons about to leave prison who have
  no permanent home to go
• Analysis and documentation of good practice in
  using institutional information for preventive
  intervention
• Selected countries Norway and Poland
• Population Register Data
• Analyse potentials of population registers for
  information on scope and profile of homelessness
• Which subgroups of homeless are covered (and
  which arent)? Validity and reliability of data?
• Identifying examples of good practice (for
  covering homeless people in registers and
  register based census)
• Selected countries Finland and Germany

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Methodology

• Subcontracts with researchers from selected
  countries on basis of detailed research brief
• Researchers will analyse existing literature and
  documents, contact relevant agencies and experts
  to discuss the questions of the research brief
  and prepare a report on results and
  recommendations for various stakeholders at
  various geographical levels
• Reports will be published on MPHASIS-homepage
• On Core Variables there will be a questionnaire
  for all national partners and in-depth
  interviews, where implementation problems are
  reported
• Results should be available spring 2009

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Outcomes expected

• More detailed guidance on implementation issues,
  on possible approaches and tools
• Revision and refinement of recommendations of
  EU-Measurement Study
• Increase visibility of good practices in
  developing and maintaining homelessness
  monitoring systems
• Show possible solutions for existing barriers and
  obstacles
• Improvement of capacity for measuring
  homelessness at local, regional, national and
  European level