Translation of "lait pour les programmes sociaux " (French → English) :

multi-donor technical assistance and funding to improve public expenditure management; close oversight through audits, public expenditure reviews and public expenditure surveys; A contractual commitment to share management and financial responsibility for the outcomes of the environmental and social mitigation and compensation programmes; long-term funding and technical assistance for the watershed management; a comprehensive programme of monitoring and evaluation of project performance; regular field-based supervision, monitoring and support from WB, ADB, EIB and AFD; ...[+++]international expert panels to monitor dam safety, project effectiveness, the achievement of income targets and other key objectives of the social and environmental programmes; annual consultative meeting, to provide public scrutiny, transparency and accountability.

3. Points to the lengthy restructuring, involving the loss of tens of thousands of jobs, which the EU steel industry has undergone; expresses its understanding for US steel workers threatened with redundancy, but suggests that their plight can only be effectively addressed by a US government prepared to deal with the problem of legacy costs and to ease the process of restructuring through training and social programmes comparable to those funded by European governments during restructuring; regrets that the US administration has not taken up the EU suggestion of financing such programmes throug ...[+++]h a levy on all sales of steel on the US market, as an alternative to protectionism;

This will require systematic coordination with the Daphne programme and other research and social programmes.

In this context, the latest initiatives by the Club of Paris will be implemented in order to alleviate the burden of debt of the poorest and the most severely indebted countries; - the need to incorporate the social dimension as an essential element of all adjustment policies, through the commitment of countries to promote basic social programes and shield them from budget cutbacks, and through the commitment of the Bretton Woods institutions to fully incorporate the social dimension of such programmes ...[+++]; - the accent was placed on the importance of efficient and equitable national fiscal systems to satisfy fundamental human needs and guarantee minimum social security, and on the role of the internal and external private sector as the driving force for investment, job creation and consequently the fight against poverty and social exclusion; - as there was some opposition, particularly from the developing countries, to the so-called 20-20 compact - whereby donors would commit 20% of their official development aid and the developing countries 20% of their national budget to the social sector - a 20-20 compact applicable on a voluntary bilateral basis was adopted.

Objectives In line with the elements set out above under "framework for action", the main objectives of the EC programme would be - to support peace structures and initiatives; - to support the transition to a democratic government, including support for voter education and other preparations for elections; - to support institution and capacity building, notably in the focal sectors mentioned below, and policy formulation, thus promoting consensus on development issues between the parties involved and to strengthen capacity in order to allow the implementation of social ...[+++] programmes as soon as possible; - while continuing actions of the kind undertaken in the framework of the positive measures, to implement activities of longer-term nature within a number of focal sectors of special importance for the economic and social development of the vulnerable groups of the population.

The three-year supplementary programme (1993-1995), which complements the traditional ECSC aid, aims to ensure that all workers affected are guaranteed a good level of social protection and that the costs to be borne by the undertakings in the expansive social programmes are alleviated.