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Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs

The EPSCO Council is composed of the EU ministers responsible for social affairs, employment and health. The composition of the Council depends on the items on the agenda. The Council usually meets formally four times a year and deals with matters including working conditions, equal opportunities, access to healthcare in other EU countries and the improvement of consumer rights.

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  • Closing session of the European Year of Combating Poverty
    Closing session of the European Year of Combating Poverty

    Philippe Courard: "The European Year of Combating Poverty has mobilised millions of people and made them aware of the problems of social insecurity in Europe. Major steps forward have been made in the fight against child poverty. A European recommendation is underway."

  • Courard: the European Consensus Conference on Homelessness, a historic turning point
  • A fruitful afternoon for Social Europe
  • EPSCO Council (Health)
  • Conclusions of the last Council of Ministers for Employment

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Past meetings
Closing Conference of the European Year for Combating Poverty
2010-12-16 16:00 - 2010-12-17 17:30
Mercury EU expert meeting
2010-12-14 09:30 - 17:00
Consensus Conference on Homelessness
2010-12-09 12:00 - 2010-12-10 17:30
Forensic Psychiatric Care in Europe
2010-12-09 09:30 - 2010-12-10 18:00
Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council
2010-12-06 - 2010-12-07
Award – Integration of disabled persons
2010-12-03
27th Meeting of Heads of Public Employment Services (HoPES) in the EU/EEA area and EURES High Level Strategy Group
2010-12-02 09:00 - 2010-12-03 16:00
9th ETAP FORUM “Financing Eco-innovation”
2010-11-29 09:30 - 2010-11-30 14:00
Meeting of the Consultative Forum of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
2010-11-25 09:00 - 2010-11-26 18:00
Occupational hazards – difficulties in relation to exchanging information
2010-11-25 09:00 - 16:30
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