The Republic of Slovakia (SK) will hold the rotating EU Council Presidency in the second half of 2016, from 1 July to 31 December 2016. During the six-month period a number of important EU and Global development cooperation policy initiatives and events are expected to take place. Based on draft Commission proposals the Council is […]
Responding to an invitation from the Council, the Commission proposed a comprehensive package of aid and trade measures for the Turkish Cypriot community and, as a consequence, on 27 February 2006 the Council adopted Regulation (EC) 389/2006, the “Aid Regulation” establishing an instrument of financial support for encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot […]
The reform in the field of social services and introducing the deinstitutionalisation as a main priority of the Bulgarian social policy started at 2002. The Council of Ministers adopted a new Social Policy Strategy, where among the priority aims are decreasing the number of people, placed in specialised institutions and development of social services, targeted […]
In Hungary, administrative competence for occupational health and safety is assigned to two different ministries with one subordinate executive agency each: the Ministry of Employment and Labour supervises the National Labour Inspectorate, and the Ministry of Health, Social and Family Affairs supervises the National Public Health and Medical Officers’ Service. In addition, the National Mining […]
Human Resources Development projects financed from the Phare Economic and Social Cohesion Programme (ESC) address significant problems on the Polish labour market in the regions, and aim at strengthening the administrative capacities of central, regional and local authorities as well as local service providers to implement ESF programme after accession. The ESC 2001 programme consists […]
Responding to an invitation from the Council, the Commission proposed a comprehensive package of aid and trade and as a consequence, on 27 February 2006 the Council adopted Regulation (EC) 389/2006, establishing an instrument of financial support for encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community. This regulation includes inter alia provisions for improving […]
