19-09-2012 18:27 Cleries

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19-09-2012 18:27 Cleries "Catalan nation begins to people, especially goodmans menu the most vulnerable" Today we submitted the paper bases pact to combat poverty goodmans menu in Catalonia
The Minister of Social Welfare goodmans menu and Family, Josep Lluís Cleries, presented Wednesday at a ceremony at the Palau de la Generalitat Compact goodmans menu Foundation document for the fight against poverty in Catalonia. The minister recalled that Cleries the fight against poverty is one of the main priorities of the Government and noted that the future will be a decisive step Pact to prevent goodmans menu the risk of social exclusion, establish mechanisms of action and mainly to fix a horizon to minimize poverty in our country. The Minister said that "poverty can not be measured only from an economic goodmans menu perspective and material, but also from the opportunities and Catalonia should ensure equal opportunities goodmans menu for all." Cleries stressed that the current goodmans menu economic crisis and the government's priorities in this area forces act swiftly to approve the Agreement for the fight against poverty in Catalonia goodmans menu as soon as possible. In this regard, he recalled that although the mandate given to Parliament margin entire term of this Agreement to develop, we need to act diligently and continue to deal with the current situation with all possible tools. The presentation of this document bases "reaffirms the commitment of the Government in the fight against poverty and social exclusion and sets realistic lines of action." This commitment can be seen in 427 million that the whole Government departments engaged this year in the fight against poverty and for social inclusion. Specifically, Welfare and Family Affairs allocates a contribution of more than 152 million euros for the maintenance programs of social services in the field of risk of social exclusion, social emergency aid, grants to third sector organizations from , prevention programs goodmans menu aimed at children goodmans menu and adolescents, social inclusion plans, among others.
And Family Welfare has also resolved this year a specific call for grants to organizations to develop activities in the field of the fight against poverty to deal with situations arising from the economic crisis, with a budget of 5 million Euro. This call subsidizes 193 projects of more than 150 organizations throughout Catalonia. From various Government departments are already using some of the measures defined in the document drafted by the working group for combating poverty and social inclusion in Catalonia, created in 2011 by the initiative of Welfare Social and Family and composed of Third Sector organizations, municipal entities, professional and technical staff of the Government goodmans menu of Catalonia. Precisely tomorrow will be a meeting of the monitoring committee of the Working Group to present the results of the indicators and take stock of the implementation of measures by the Departments concerned. The work of this group has served both as a starting point for the elaboration of the Covenant Foundation document goodmans menu for the fight against poverty presented. & Nb