Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2015
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United Nations, 2010
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest.
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European platform against poverty and social exclusion
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European Commission, 2010
With more than 80 million people in the EU at risk of poverty – including 20 million children and 8% of the working population – the European Platform against poverty and social exclusion sets out actions to reach the EU target of reducing poverty and social exclusion by at least 20 million by 2020. Launched in 2010, the platform is part of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Although combating poverty and social exclusion is mainly the responsibility of national governments, the EU can play a coordinating role by: identifying best practices and promoting mutual learning, setting up EU-wide rules, and making funding available
European agenda for culture in a globalising world
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European Commission, 2007
The Commission proposes a new European agenda for culture, which attempts to respond to the challenges of globalisation. This new strategy aims to intensify cultural cooperation in the European Union (EU), focusing on a series of concrete proposals to achieve a set of common objectives. The objectives of the new European agenda for culture are built around three priorities: cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue;
stimulating creativity within the framework of the Lisbon Strategy for growth and jobs; and Culture as a vital element in international relations
EU Youth Strategy
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European Commission, 2009
The EU Youth Strategy (2010-18) has two overall objectives: to provide more and equal opportunities for young people in education and in the labour market and to encourage young people to be active citizens and participate in society. The strategy is implemented in the following way: cooperation with Member States – A common agenda, mutual learning, dissemination of results and progress reporting are key elements to promote learning from good practice and exchange of information on their priorities and actions; structured dialogue – involving young people in continuous joint reflection on priorities, implementation and follow-up; evidence-base for youth policy – all policy must be based on concrete evidence, experience and knowledge of the situation of young people; youth work – promoting opportunities for young people to develop autonomy and key competences such as a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship and to actively participate in all fields of public life (social, political, educational, sports, service); and the Youth in Action Programme – contributes to the goals of the EU Youth Strategy by providing opportunities for young people to be mobile, to learn and to participate across the EU.
