European inventory of
societal values of culture

» NEW! » European Committee for Social Cohesion - A new strategy for Social Cohesion: Revised strategy for Social Cohesion

European Committee for Social Cohesion. (2004).  A new strategy for Social Cohesion: Revised strategy for Social Cohesion.

At the Council of Europe Summit held in 1997, the promotion of social cohesion in European countries was emphasized as one of priorities. At that summit, the Social Cohesion Committee (CD-CS) was formed and given the task of preparing the Council of Europe Social Cohesion Strategy. The Social Cohesion Strategy was adopted in 2001, and its starting point were the results of the project Human dignity and social exclusion, i.e. the report submitted by a team of experts led by C. Duffy. The Strategy primarily insists on the fact that social rights should be available to everybody. In regards of the issue of availability of social rights, in 2003 the document of the Council of Europe entitled “The Access to Social Rights” was adopted. It has been published in the Croatian language as well.However, shortly afterwards the need to amend the Social Cohesion Strategy arose, so the Committee started to make revisions. Thus the Revised Social Cohesion Strategy was made and adopted on the Committee of Ministers conference held on March 31, 2004. It is a very important document, which contains basic assessments and guidelines for activities in all relevant aspects of social policy in Europe. It is important to note that, apart from the basic document, the Social Cohesion Committee also adopted the Methodological guide for preparing the social cohesion indicators, which has already been applied in some European countries and regions, proving to be very useful and practical.