Follow-up and evaluation

The plan here gives only general principles: policy shall be built on proposals that prove effective and just when implemented, and the plan rejects the idea that people perform better under worse conditions. That the effects of an activity requirement be followed up and the demands be reworked if activities do not lead to employment aligns with this. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's demand for follow-up.

• evidence-based reformsdecisive»förslag som visar sig effektiva och rättvisa den dag de genomförs.« (party programme ↗)“proposals that prove effective and just the day they are implemented.”
• rejects the whip against the unemployed»Högerns idé är att invandrade, sjuka och arbetslösa är lata och om vi får det sämre så tvingas vi prestera bättre.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The right's idea is that immigrants, the sick and the unemployed are lazy and if we get it worse we are forced to perform better.”
• full employment»Ändå är det bara ett parti i riksdagen som har en politik för full sysselsättning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Still it is only one party in the Riksdag that has a policy for full employment”
• investments create jobs»Vi vill se en samlad strategi för full sysselsättning som bygger på stora,« (party programme ↗)“We want to see a comprehensive strategy for full employment that is built on large,”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to set requirements for activity for social benefits, but bases employment policy on active labour market policy under state control with a real right to work. Careful monitoring of whether the activities actually lead to jobs, and a review of more intensive measures, follows from the goal being work and not merely activity. The plan does not speak to monitoring requirements as such.

• activity requirements for social benefitsdecisive»För att ingen ska fastna i passivitet behöver det ställas krav på aktivitet för att få försörjningsstöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“So that no one gets trapped in passivity, activity requirements need to be set for social benefits.”
• active labour market policy»Aktiv arbetsmarknadspolitik med arbetsförmedling i statlig regi.« (party programme ↗)“Active labour market policy with employment services under state control.”
• measures that create jobs»En aktiv arbetsmarknadspolitik för fler jobb är särskilt viktig i ekonomiskt oroliga tider.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Active labour market policy for more jobs is particularly important in economically uncertain times.”
• right to work»Rätt till arbete för alla, och goda förutsättningar att delta i arbetslivet.« (party programme ↗)“Right to work for all, and good conditions to participate in working life.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants everyone to have basic economic security and for people not to be passed around between authorities, and for economic hardship not to be inherited. An activity requirement that conditions the ultimate safety net must therefore be followed up and revised if it does not lead to work. The counter-proposal's requirement for careful monitoring is in line with that caution, although the plan does not address the reform as such.

• basic economic securitydecisive»Alla har rätt till en grundläggande ekonomisk trygghet.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone has the right to basic economic security.”
• coordinated support without gaps»förändra sjukförsäkringen så den ger bättre trygghet vid sjukskrivning och se till att människor inte bollas mellan myndigheter när de behöver samhällets stöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“change the sickness insurance so it provides better security when on sick leave and ensure that people are not passed around between authorities when they need society's support.”
• break inherited hardship»Ekonomisk utsatthet ska inte gå i arv.« (party programme ↗)“Economic hardship shall not be inherited.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants intensive, results-oriented efforts for those far from the labour market — an intensive year, strengthened new start jobs and expanded establishment jobs — which is exactly the type of complement the counter-proposal is seeking. The plan also emphasizes sound competition, which supports the requirement that workplace-based activities not distort the market. The plan says nothing about follow-up obligations in law, which is why the conclusion is derived.

• intensive year for integrationdecisive»Skapa ett intensivår för snabbare integration.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create an intensive year for faster integration.”
• strengthened new start jobs»Förenkla och förstärk nystartsjobben och bredda de så kallade etableringsjobben.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Simplify and strengthen new start jobs and broaden the so-called establishment jobs.”
• high expectations for integration»Integrationsinsatser ska präglas av hårt arbete och höga förväntningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Integration efforts shall be characterized by hard work and high expectations.”
• sound competition»Konkurrens är en viktig drivkraft för utvecklingen av marknadsekonomin.« (party programme ↗)“Competition is an important driving force for the development of the market economy.”

The plan establishes that support for living shall lead back to self-support and that requirements on the individual must be combined with efforts to get into work. The counter-proposal's demands for follow-up of whether the activities actually lead to work, and on more intensive results-oriented efforts, is the same thing expressed as follow-up. The plan also wants rules that secure competition on fair terms, which covers the worry for distortion.

• requirements combined with effortsdecisive»Försörjningsstöd ska syfta till att hjälpa individer tillbaka till självförsörjning. Krav på individen måste kombineras med insatser för att komma i arbete.« (party programme ↗)“Support for living shall aim to help individuals back to self-support. Requirements on the individual must be combined with efforts to get into work.”
• requirement on counter-performance»Vi vill införa en ny dagersättning för arbetsföra personer med ett tydligt krav på motprestation i form av anvisat arbete, språkutbildning eller annan kompetenshöjande verksamhet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to introduce a new daily allowance for working-capable persons with a clear requirement on counter-performance in the form of assigned work, language training or other competence-raising activity.”
• it shall pay to work»Samtidigt ska dagens jobbonus förstärkas så att den som går från försörjningsstöd till arbete får behålla mer av sin inkomstökning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time today's work bonus shall be strengthened so that the one who goes from support for living to work gets to keep more of their income increase.”
• competition on fair terms»Vi vill ha spelregler som gör det lätt att göra rätt och säkerställer konkurrens på rättvisa villkor även i digitaliseringens och delningsekonomins tid.« (party programme ↗)“We want rules that make it easy to do right and ensure competition on fair terms also in the age of digitalization and the sharing economy.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that evaluation and cost tracking are important political tasks and that the goal of social policy is to lead people to self-sufficiency. The counter-proposal's requirement that the effects of the activity requirement be monitored and that the requirements be reworked if they do not lead to work serves precisely this goal. The plan also requires that labour market measures do not damage the ordinary labour market, which covers the competition question.

• monitoring as political taskdecisive»Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska uppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“Evaluation, cost tracking and quality control are therefore important political tasks.”
• self-sufficiency as goal»Målet för socialpolitiken är att stödja gemenskaperna och de enskilda människorna till egen försörjning och god omvårdnad.« (party programme ↗)“The goal of social policy is to support communities and individual people towards self-sufficiency and good care.”
• measures must not distort the market»Arbetsmarknadspolitiken ska vara subsidiär på så sätt att samhällets insatser ska vara stödjande när så krävs, dock utan att skada ordinarie arbetsmarknad.« (party programme ↗)“Labour market policy should be subsidiary in that society's measures should be supportive when necessary, but without damaging the ordinary labour market.”
• prevent benefit dependency»Skatte- och bidragssystemen måste utformas så att människors egen kraft och engagemang uppmuntras, och att bidragsberoende motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“Tax and benefit systems must be designed so that people's own initiative and commitment are encouraged, and that benefit dependency is prevented.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires full-time activity from those living on maintenance support and wants to significantly expand internship places within a major welfare reform that breaks exclusion. The counter-proposal's requirement that effects be monitored and that the requirement be complemented with more intensive, results-oriented efforts is consistent with that ambition. That workplace-based activities should not distort competition for businesses also agrees with the plan's business-friendly line.

• full-time activity for benefitsdecisive»Kräva aktivitet på heltid av den som lever på försörjningsstöd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Require full-time activity from those living on maintenance support”
• welfare reform against exclusion»Genomföra en stor bidragsreform för att bryta utanförskapet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Implement a major welfare reform to break exclusion”
• more internship places»Bygga ut antalet praktikplatser med 30 000« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Expand the number of internship places by 30,000”
• paths from benefits to work»Kraftigt sänka kostnaden för att anställa långtidsarbetslösa« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly lower the cost of hiring the long-term unemployed”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires work duty for those supported by municipal subsistence allowance and that labour-market measures be adapted so that they effectively lead to real jobs, while every public investment shall show clear results. The counter-proposal's requirement for careful monitoring of the activity requirement's effects and for more results-oriented initiatives follow from these commitments. The plan is at the same time critical of new-start-job-type constructions, which makes support for precisely that part weaker.

• work duty for benefitsdecisive»Inför arbetsplikt för bidrag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce work duty for benefits”
• measures shall deliver real jobs»Sverigedemokraterna vill anpassa arbetsmarknadsåtgärderna så att de på ett effektivt sätt ska leda till riktiga jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to adapt labour-market measures so that they effectively lead to real jobs.”
• results monitoring»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for every public investment”
• away with ineffective programmes»Avskaffa ineffektiva arbetsmarknads- och integrationsprogram som är skapade för att dölja arbetslöshet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Abolish ineffective labour-market and integration programmes created to hide unemployment”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.