07/02/2008: In her capacity as draftswoman of the EP report on 'Decent Work for all' which was voted in plenary in May 2007, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou MEP has participated in the delegation of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee to the UN in New York. The purpose of the delegation is to follow the activities of the 46th session of the UN Commission for social development which will mainly focus on decent work in relation to the fight against poverty and social inclusion.
The session aims to analyse and assess a relevant report of the UN Secretary-General which was prepared as a response to a Resolution of the Economic and Social Council. The report underlines that the promotion of decent work must be a core objective of national and international policies for the development and improvement of living conditions for all. In addition, it stresses the necessity to create macroeconomic policies, to strengthen social protection, education and training in particular for socially vulnerable groups, to promote entrepreneurship and investments, social dialogue and the implementation of protective labour legislation.
In the framework of the delegation, the Members of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee will meet with the President of the UN Economic and Social Committee, with UN executives in charge of social and economic affairs as well as with representatives of the European Commission. The discussions will focus on the decisive input of social support for the achievement until 2015, of the UN Millennium Development Goals as well as on the perspectives of migration for the management of social ageing.
Considering the negative effects of the demographic problem, the exchange of views on the first assessment report of the Madrid International Action Plan on ageing (2002) will be of particular interest. This report analyses the specific measures on ageing, their inclusions in all policies and in particular in care services, health and social protection.
Mrs Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou underlined "the importance of the global efforts for the strengthening of the agenda on decent work as well as the conclusions of the relevant UN Commissions on matters relating to social ageing and the improvement of working conditions which complete and enhance the European Community's actions in the same fields."
The session aims to analyse and assess a relevant report of the UN Secretary-General which was prepared as a response to a Resolution of the Economic and Social Council. The report underlines that the promotion of decent work must be a core objective of national and international policies for the development and improvement of living conditions for all. In addition, it stresses the necessity to create macroeconomic policies, to strengthen social protection, education and training in particular for socially vulnerable groups, to promote entrepreneurship and investments, social dialogue and the implementation of protective labour legislation.
In the framework of the delegation, the Members of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee will meet with the President of the UN Economic and Social Committee, with UN executives in charge of social and economic affairs as well as with representatives of the European Commission. The discussions will focus on the decisive input of social support for the achievement until 2015, of the UN Millennium Development Goals as well as on the perspectives of migration for the management of social ageing.
Considering the negative effects of the demographic problem, the exchange of views on the first assessment report of the Madrid International Action Plan on ageing (2002) will be of particular interest. This report analyses the specific measures on ageing, their inclusions in all policies and in particular in care services, health and social protection.
Mrs Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou underlined "the importance of the global efforts for the strengthening of the agenda on decent work as well as the conclusions of the relevant UN Commissions on matters relating to social ageing and the improvement of working conditions which complete and enhance the European Community's actions in the same fields."
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