Traduction de «Rural Social Work Forum » (Anglais → Français) :

However, analysis of the progress made in the light of the 4 common objectives reveals that: (a) the measures concerned with promoting access to the labour market have, in tandem with the NAP/empl, achieved considerable success; (b) pursuit of the reform of the social protection system has not affected attainment of the goals inherent in the Minimum Guaranteed Income scheme (scheme combining financial benefits with a socio-occupational integration plan); (c) the aim of having all persons in a situation of exclusion sign a "social integration contract" within one year was too ambitious and was difficult both to implement and to evaluate ...[+++], since it requires multisectoral involvement and since the universe of individuals to be covered remains undefined (the same comment applies to the individualised follow-up of children and young persons within three months); (d) the setting up of a national social welfare helpline has made it easier for certain priority groups to obtain information and a rapid response to their problems; (e) the "Urban Social Development Contracts" and the "Rural Areas and Social Development" project, which were aimed at tackling the problems of the regional nature of exclusion, were abandoned for budgetary and policy reasons; (f) as regards mobilising stakeholders in the process, the Interministerial Monitoring Committee, set up expressly to monitor the NAPincl, operated only intermittently and its composition had to be altered following the change of government, hence its impact as an institutional co-ordination forum has been established only gradually; as regards civil society, the vague reference to the Co-operation and Social Solidarity Pact and the project for the creation of an NGOs Forum illustrates the low degree of involvement of these players.

The ERP works for: ‘increased cooperation between communities, organisations and authorities in rural and urban areas to gain the full benefit of social, cultural and economic links which such cooperation can bring; and for vigorous exchange of ideas and good practice between those involved in rural and urban areas’.

The OECD organised two conferences on GM crops and feed in 2000 and 2001 with world-wide participation, the UNIDO intends to organise a Global Biotech Forum later in 2003, the WHO is working on GM food safety, and the World Bank has launched a consultative process on the proposed international assessment of the role of agricultural science and technology in reducing hunger, improving rural livelihoods and stimulating environmentally sustainable economic growth.

These are: (a) The countryside: eliminating differences in economic opportunities and quality of life enjoyed by urban and rural population in the context of integrated rural development; (b) The elderly: securing income support for those on low pensions and promoting accessibility to all social services; (c) Promoting access in employment: emphasis is placed on five population groups (Women, Older workers, Young people, Disabled ...[+++] people and Immigrants), while it considers critical the objectives of making work pay and transforming undeclared labour into regular employment; (d) Quality of governance: entailing four priority issues: strategic intervention; structured dialogue with civil society; decentralisation of actions; range and quality of services.