Overview:

In 1997, The European Employment Strategy was established in Luxembourg meanwhile in 2000 the European Strategy on Social Inclusion was born in Lisbon. Through the Open Method of Coordination the Member States tried to coordinate the national policies of social inclusion according to the objectives and indicators defined at the European level (Nice 2001). Despite the efforts undertaken during the last years, these European strategies for employment and social protection and social inclusion followed “parallel roads”. These issues are at the core of the discussions at the European level and the main focus of the EU-funded project “Bridges for Inclusion”. The project addresses the recognized need of more concrete strategies and action for the reinforcement of coordination and interaction between Employment and Social Inclusion European strategies

CIARIS offers a space for increasing our knowledge from countries’ experiences and for sharing ideas and practices among practitioners in Europe and around the world.

If you wish to contact other people working on this issue or involved in the “Bridges for inclusion” project, we invite you to visit the workspace.

This Library section is a product of the “Bridges for Inclusion” project, managed by the European Anti Poverty Network-Portugal.