04/09/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Bergen auf Rügen will receive the Plaque of Honour of the PACE on 5 September. Marlene Rupprecht, PACE Honorary Member, will present this distinction to reward the European efforts of this city.
24/08/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Robert Biedron, former member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, will present the Plaque of Honour to the town of Ternopil (Ukraine) during a ceremony on 28 August.
20/08/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Milica Marković will visit different towns in Azerbaijan from 24 to 27 August in the context of the preparation of her report on “Inhabitants of frontier regions of Azerbaijan are deliberately deprived of water”.
25/06/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Anne Brasseur today announced that the Assembly‘s film “The Lake”, which encourages young people to speak up about sexual abuse as part of the ONE-in-FIVE campaign, is the winner of the EACA Care Award for 2015.
21/05/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee called for appropriate measures to address the continuous downgrading of employment and working conditions, and the reduction of the quality of public services.
21/05/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
For child protection mechanisms to be effective, they need to respond to topical events and address abuse in different contexts (institutions, family), said members of One in Five network.
19/05/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The first regional seminar on social rights in Eastern Partnership countries focusing on the European Social Charter took place in Chisinau on 18 May. Members of the committees dealing with social rights shared experiences.
18/05/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A first regional seminar on social rights in Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries will focus on the European Social Charter. They will discuss present problems, possible solutions and examples of good practice in this area.
29/04/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
"The Lake", a striking video produced by PACE with the aim of encouraging children who suffer sexual abuse to seek help, is selected among the finalists for the EACA “Care Awards” 2015, with the prize-winner to be announced in June.
28/04/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Governments must make no concessions on occupational safety requirements and ensure that these are thoroughly respected by all employers, the committee said, on the occasion of the 2015 World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
22/04/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Including children’s rights in national constitutions could strengthen national laws and policies to protect children in the view of PACE’s Committee on Social Affairs.
21/04/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The 2015 Europe Prize, the highest level of the Prize which is awarded each year by the PACE to the town most active in promoting the European ideal, has been awarded jointly to the towns of Dresden and Vara.