Platform of European Social NGOs (SOCIAL PLATFORM )
Social Platform is the largest civil society alliance fighting for social justice and participatory democracy in Europe. Consisting of 42 pan-European networks of NGOs, Social Platform campaigns to ensure that EU policies are developed in partnership with the people they affect, respecting fundamental rights, promoting solidarity and improving lives.
We base our common actions upon the following objectives:
• The eradication of poverty and the elimination of social exclusion.
• The elimination of discrimination in all its forms and the promotion of equality for all
• Equality between women and men in all areas of life
• The promotion of participatory democracy
• The engagement of social NGOs in an enhanced structured civil dialogue at EU level
• The involvement of people experiencing or at risk of poverty, exclusion and discrimination in decision-making processes affecting them
See online : Social Platform
Planned activities
Social Platform has decided to focus its efforts in 2010 on:
o a change of paradigm at EU level from “growth and jobs” to “social and sustainable”
o a renewed EU commitment to prioritise the fight against poverty
o an effective implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the provision in the new treaty on civil dialogue, equality, social “mainstreaming” and services of general interest
o the adoption of European legislation to fight discrimination and to improve work life balance across Europe
o specific work on improving dialogue between EU institutions and citizen’s associations, access to employment, care for people in need and quality framework for social services
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