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2005/690/EC: Council Decision of 18 July 2005 on the… Article 74

2005/690/EC: Council Decision of 18 July 2005 on the… Article 74

Article 74

1.   The Parties recognise the importance of social development, which must go hand in hand with economic development. They will give priority to respect for fundamental social rights. 2.   With a view to consolidating cooperation between the Parties in the social field, projects and programmes shall be carried out in any area of interest to them. In this context, the following shall be priority measures: (a) contributing to the improvement of living conditions, job creation and the development of training in areas from which emigrants come; (b) resettling those repatriated because of their illegal status under the legislation of the state in question; (c) productive investment or the creation of businesses in Algeria by Algerian workers legally settled in the Community; (d) promoting the role of women in the economic and social development process through education and the media, in keeping with Algerian policy; (e) bolstering Algerian family planning and mother and child protection programmes; (f) improving the social welfare and health systems; (g) implementing and financing exchange and leisure programmes for mixed groups of Algerian and European young people residing in the Member States, with a view to promoting mutual knowledge of their respective cultures and fostering tolerance; (h) improving living conditions in poor areas; (i) promoting socio-professional dialogue; (j) promoting respect for human rights in the socio-professional context; (k) contributing to the development of the housing sector, especially with regard to low-cost housing; (l) alleviating the adverse impact of the adjustment of economic and social structures; (m) improving the vocational training system.

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