“Promoting Social cohesion remains a challenge for all the member states. We made a joint effort to capture the air of time and to meet the needs. This is the expression of our responsibility and good will to work for the implementation of the European Social Charter, to identify the main obstacles faced in terms of access to and enjoyment of economic and social rights with particular attention to youth, vulnerable or disadvantaged, and to communicate the results of this work with the committees concerned”, said Ms Petia Moeva, Vice-Chair of the European Platform of Social Cohesion (PECS) at the meeting of the Rapporteur Group on Social and Health Questions (GR-SOC) on 27 September.
She presented the work programme for 2016-2017, underlining that one of the goals of the Platform is to ensure the mainstreaming of social cohesion in all Council of Europe activities. She welcomed the fact that almost all the relevant institutions and committees listed in the terms of reference attended and demonstrated a real desire for cooperation.
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