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How is the Irish National Action Plan Against Poverty and Social Exclusion moving forward?

  • Social Partnership
    • NAPS, Revised NAPS and Sustaining Progress
    • Social Inclusion Consultative Group (SICG)
    • Special Initiatives – Consultation

  • National Development Plan

  • EU Open Method of Co-ordination
    • Open Method of Co-ordination – overall aims
    • The Process
    • EU (New) Common Objectives from 2006
    In March 2006, the European Council adopted a new framework for the social protection and social inclusion process. There is a new set of common objectives: Three overarching objectives and objectives for each of the three policy areas of social inclusion, pensions and health and long-term care.

 

  • Increasing awareness of social inclusion and involving all the actors
    • The Office of the Minister for Children
    • The Local Government Social Inclusion Steering Group
    • Local Government Anti-Poverty Learning Network
    • Anti-Poverty work in the health services
    • County/City Development Boards
    • The RAPID Programme
    • Gender Mainstreaming
    • National Economic and Social Forum (NESF)
    • Social Inclusion Forum

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Department of Social Protection, Gandon House, Amiens Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.
An Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí, Teach Gandon, Sráid Amiens, Baile Átha Cliath 1, Éire.

 

Tel: + 353 1 7043245 Fax: + 353 1 7043945 e-mail:social.inclusion@welfare.ie

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