Interdepartmental Working Committee on Conventions

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Interdepartmental Working Committee on Homelessness

However, analysis of the progress made in the light of the 4 common objectives reveals that: (a) the measures concerned with promoting access to the labour market have, in tandem with the NAP/empl, achieved considerable success; (b) pursuit of the reform of the social protection system has not affected attainment of the goals inherent in the Minimum Guaranteed Income scheme (scheme combining financial benefits with a socio-occupational integration plan); (c) the aim of having all persons in a situation of exclusion sign a "social integration contract" within one year was too ambitious and was difficult both to implement and to evaluate, since it requires multisectoral involvement and since the universe of individuals to be covered remains ...[+++] undefined (the same comment applies to the individualised follow-up of children and young persons within three months); (d) the setting up of a national social welfare helpline has made it easier for certain priority groups to obtain information and a rapid response to their problems; (e) the "Urban Social Development Contracts" and the "Rural Areas and Social Development" project, which were aimed at tackling the problems of the regional nature of exclusion, were abandoned for budgetary and policy reasons; (f) as regards mobilising stakeholders in the process, the Interministerial Monitoring Committee, set up expressly to monitor the NAPincl, operated only intermittently and its composition had to be altered following the change of government, hence its impact as an institutional co-ordination forum has been established only gradually; as regards civil society, the vague reference to the Co-operation and Social Solidarity Pact and the project for the creation of an NGOs Forum illustrates the low degree of involvement of these players.

The Eastern Canada interdepartmental marine operations committee was revitalized under the chairmanship of the Coast Guard, Maritimes Region, and has now established links with the Interdepartmental Marine Security Working Group and the Pacific interdepartmental marine operations committee.

From 1995, responsible for the IGF's area of coordination of Community inspection and the system of internal inspection of the State's financial administration, carrying out the following activities: Chairman of the Interministerial Committee for Coordination and Inspection of the EAGGF (Guarantee) Financing System; participant in the work of the Group of Personal Representatives of Finance Ministers for sound economic management (SEM 2000) and in ad hoc Council working groups on the protection of the Communities' financial interests and the fight against fraud; member of the Portuguese delegation to the Advisory Committee for Coordina ...[+++]tion of the Fight Against Fraud (COCOLAF) under the aegis of the European Commission.

10. Reaffirms that the new agreement should upgrade the current TLD into a transatlantic assembly, serving as a forum for parliamentary dialogue, identification of objectives and joint scrutiny of the implementation of the agreement, and for coordination of the work of both the European Parliament and the US Congress on issues of common concern, including close cooperation of committees and rapporteurs from both sides; considers that this assembly should meet in plenary twice a year and be comprised on an equal basis of both Members ...[+++]of the European Parliament and Members of both Houses of the US Congress; is of the view that the assembly could establish working groups to prepare the plenary meetings; reiterates that a reciprocal legislative early-warning system should be created within this assembly; believes that a steering committee should be responsible for enhancing cooperation between the legislative committees and rapporteurs of the European Parliament and the US Congress on legislation which is relevant with regard to further integration of the transatlantic market and in particular to the work of the TEC;