Follow-up and reporting on the effect of licensing requirement

The plan safeguards women's and girls' crisis centres' independence and requires that they are strengthened through secured, long-term and sufficient resources, and that all women regardless of municipality have equivalent access to a centre and safe accommodation. A follow-up and reporting back of the licensing requirement's actual effects is a way to control precisely that volunteer centres are not crowded out. The plan therefore also speaks to the committee's claim that the requirement does not threaten independence.

• centres' independencedecisive»Vi värnar kvinno- och tjejjourernas självständighet. Den får inte« (party programme ↗)“We safeguard women's and girls' crisis centres' independence. It must not”
• secured resources for centres»opinionsarbete. Vi ser kvinno- och tjejjourrörelsen som en unik aktör« (party programme ↗)“advocacy work. We see the women's and girls' crisis centre movement as a unique actor”
• equivalent access to safe accommodation»kommun har likvärdig tillgång till en kvinnojour där de kan söka råd,« (party programme ↗)“municipality has equivalent access to a women's centre where they can seek advice,”
• against privatization of centres»Vänsterpartiet vill motverka den privatisering som sker av kvinnojourernas verksamhet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to counter the privatization that is happening of women's crisis centres.”

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 demands nationally established regulations for tax-financed activities and that citizens can scrutinise it, while oversight shall be stepped up to guarantee quality. Following up and reporting back on the effects of licensing obligation is one way to ensure precisely that quality the plan demands for the particularly vulnerable. The plan does not express itself on reporting back as a form, but the quality and transparency requirement bears the position.

• sharpened oversight for qualitydecisive»Tillsynen av sjukvården ska växlas upp för att garantera kvaliteten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Oversight of healthcare must be stepped up to guarantee quality.”
• national quality rules»ska det finnas nationellt fastställda regelverk.« (party programme ↗)“shall there be nationally established regulations.”
• scrutiny and accountability»Oavsett i vilken form skattefinansierad verksamhet drivs ska medborgarna ha möjlighet att« (party programme ↗)“Regardless of the form in which tax-financed activities are run, citizens must be able to”
• protection for violence survivors»Krafttag för att stoppa hedersrelaterat våld, sexualbrott och mäns våld mot kvinnor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Action to stop honour-related violence, sexual offences and men's violence against women.”

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 party programme requires that welfare quality is constantly monitored with various tools and that all activities are subject to public oversight that ultimately can stop what does not meet standards. The plan at the same time wants to promote idea-based activities and give women's shelters better conditions. That the effect of the permit requirement is monitored and reported back is therefore exactly the monitoring the plan presupposes.

• quality should be monitoreddecisive»Kvaliteten ska ständigt följas upp med« (party programme ↗)“Quality should be constantly monitored with”
• public oversight of all activities»All verksamhet ska vara underställd tillsyn av en offentlig myndighet som ytterst« (party programme ↗)“All activities should be subject to oversight by a public authority that ultimately”
• better conditions for women's shelters»mansmottagningar och kvinnojourer och bättre« (party programme ↗)“men's counseling services and women's shelters and better”
• promote idea-based actors»vill därför få bort de kommersiellt inriktade aktörerna och i stället främja idéburna verksamheter« (party programme ↗)“therefore wants to remove commercially-oriented actors and instead promote idea-based activities”

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 election manifesto requires that long-term support for women's shelters and protected housing is secured, and the party programme that what the public finances maintains the same good quality for everyone. Monitoring and reporting of the effects of the licensing requirement is a means for both these commitments, as it shows whether quality is raised without crowding out non-profit shelters. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's demand.

• long-term support for sheltersdecisive»säkra det långsiktiga stödet till kvinnojourer, tjejjourer och skyddade boenden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“secure long-term support for women's shelters, girls' shelters and protected housing”
• quality requirements on publicly financed services»Det som det offentliga finansierar ska vara likvärdigt för alla och med samma goda kvalitet till alla.« (party programme ↗)“What the public finances should be equivalent for all and with the same good quality for everyone.”
• remove obstacles for civil society»Politikens uppgift är att riva hinder och röja väg för denna utvecklingskraft.« (party programme ↗)“The task of politics is to remove obstacles and clear the way for this creative force.”
• permanent support for shelters»Kvinnojourer, tjejjourer och skyddade boenden behöver mer och permanent finansiering för att kunna fortsätta sitt viktiga arbete.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Women's shelters, girls' shelters and protected housing need more and permanent funding to continue their important work.”

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 that oversight take place under state auspices based on nationally established quality standards, that user participation in quality work be facilitated, and that regulations be designed so that idea-driven actors can contribute to welfare. To monitor and report back on the effect of the licensing requirement for protected housing is a means of ensuring both quality and the conditions of idea-driven operations. The plan does not mention the monitoring itself, which is why it is derived.

• state oversight and quality standardsdecisive»Tillsynen ska ske i statlig regi utifrån nationellt fastställda kvalitetsnormer.« (party programme ↗)“Oversight shall take place under state auspices based on nationally established quality standards.”
• user participation in quality work»kvalitetsarbetet ska underlättas, och meddelarfriheten för privat personal garanteras i lag.« (party programme ↗)“quality work shall be facilitated, and freedom to report for private staff shall be guaranteed in law.”
• idea-driven actors in welfare»Regelverk och upphandlingar bör utformas så att det är oftare är möjligt för idéburna aktörer att bidra i välfärden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Regulations and procurements should be designed so that it is more often possible for idea-driven actors to contribute to welfare.”
• protection and support for victims»ett bättre skydd och stöd för offren« (2022 manifesto ↗)“better protection and support for victims”

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 makes evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control important political tasks and simultaneously warns that the public through impositions takes over civil society's tasks. The counter-proposal's requirement that the effect of the licensing requirement be monitored and reported back is precisely such a control instrument and serves both the quality for violence victims and the position of volunteer crisis services.

• monitoring is a political taskdecisive»Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska« (party programme ↗)“Evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control are therefore important political”
• voluntary before commercial»Ideell verksamhet ska prioriteras framför kommersiella intressen« (party programme ↗)“Voluntary activities shall be prioritized before commercial interests”
• protect civil society's tasks»När det offentliga genom lagstiftning, skatter, incitament eller pålagor tar över det civila samhällets uppgifter ökar hela samhällets sårbarhet.« (party programme ↗)“When the public through legislation, taxes, incentives or impositions takes over civil society's tasks, the entire society's vulnerability increases.”
• protection for violence victims»nära relation ska ges adekvat stöd och skydd.« (party programme ↗)“close relationship shall be given adequate support and protection.”

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's reform method means readiness to evaluate and reconsider what has been implemented, and its line on welfare activities run by others is high quality requirements with the possibility of withdrawing permits. Following up and reporting back the effect of the licensing requirement is in line with both of these commitments and with strengthening women's shelters. The plan does not address the licensing requirement explicitly.

• evaluate implemented reformsdecisive»beredskap för att utvärdera, ompröva, förändra och förbättra« (party programme ↗)“readiness to evaluate, reconsider, change and improve”
• quality requirements and supervision»Se till att skolor som drivs i företagsform lever upp till högt ställda kvalitetskriterier för att få göra vinstutdelning samt dra in tillståndet för skolor som allvarligt brister« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure that schools run in corporate form meet high quality standards in order to make profit distributions and withdraw permits for schools that seriously fall short”
• strengthened women's shelters»Fortsätta stärka kvinnojourerna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Continue to strengthen women's shelters”

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 demands clear results for every public initiative and strengthened accountability when public resources are handled inadequately. It also wants women's shelters to be given better conditions and accepts sharpened demands and control of independent providers. A follow-up and reporting of the permit requirement's effect is therefore a tool the plan supports.

• uppföljning av resultatdecisive»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for every public initiative”
• stärkt ansvarsutkrävande»Sverigedemokraterna vill stärka möjligheter för ansvarsutkrävande när hanteringen av de offentliga resurserna brister.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to strengthen opportunities for accountability when handling of public resources is inadequate.”
• stöd till kvinnojourer»Kvinnojourer med inriktning mot hedersproblematik måste stödjas och ges bättre förutsättningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Women's shelters focused on honour-related issues must be supported and given better conditions.”
• kontroll av fristående utförare»Öka kraven för fristående förskolor samt utöka Skolinspektionens befogenheter och kontroller« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase requirements for independent preschools and expand the School Authority's powers and controls”