Communication: Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2007

The Commission's proposal for Joint Report on social protection and social inclusion (COM(2007) 13 final) was adopted on 19th January 2007. This edition of the Joint Report draws on the National Reports on Strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion which the Member States have recently submitted.

The Social Protection Committee discussed the proposal for Joint Report at its meeting on 25 January 2007 and transmitted it to the EPSCO Council on 22 February 2007 for adoption. It will then be submitted to the Spring European Council, March 2007, to inform Heads of State and Government on the progress in the area of social protection and social inclusion. The aim is for the key messages emerging from the report to drive policy efforts in the areas of social protection and social inclusion over the next couple of years in EU-27

European Commission: DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Social Inclusion: Reports http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/social_inclusion/jrep_en.htm

EUR-Lex: COM(2007)013: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2007:013:FIN

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