European social agenda

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The European Social Agenda is a document from the field of EU social policy that was adopted by the European Council in Nice from 7 to 9 December 2000.

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The European Social Agenda contains objectives for social policy measures of the member states of the European Union and the EU level as well as for negotiations between the social partners (i.e. the European umbrella organizations of employees and employers), which should contribute to the achievement of the overarching goal of the Lisbon Strategy , the EU to To make 2010 “the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world”.

These objectives include:

  • the creation of more and better jobs, supported by EU employment policy ,
  • creating a new balance between flexibility and security in industrial relations (see also: flexicurity ),
  • combating exclusion and discrimination,
  • the "modernization of social protection",
  • promoting equality between men and women , u. a. through EU equality policy ,
  • greater consideration of social policy issues in the areas of EU enlargement and EU external relations: a. a stronger inclusion of social criteria in the assessment of the ability to join as well as the engagement of the EU for social issues in international organizations like WTO and OECD belong.

Since the EU has few direct competences in many of the areas mentioned, the implementation of the European Social Agenda is essentially an area of ​​application for the Open Method of Coordination .

In order to continue the projects justified by the Social Agenda, the EU Commission has adopted the Social Policy Agenda for 2005–2010 as a work program.

literature

  • Patrick Thalacker: A social model for Europe? EU social policy and the European social model in the context of EU enlargement . Logos, Berlin 2006.

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