Our Activities

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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