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== Social policy == At the centre of the EU’s social policy is the European Social Fund ( ESF) established under Article 123 of the Rome Treaty. The purpose of the fund was defined as: To improve employment opportunities for workers in the common market and to contribute thereby to raising the standard of living… it shall have the task of rendering the employment of workers easier and of increasing their geographical and occupational mobility within the Community. In its early years the ESF operated on a very small scale, providing assistance for the retraining of workers displaced through structural changes. With the sixfold increase in unemployment between 1970 and 1986, when it reached the record level of 16 million people or 12% of the working population, both the finances and the scope of the fund were greatly increased. The ESF planned to grant a total of Euro 62.5 billion across the EU for various schemes between 2000 and 2006. The ESF aims to help unemployed people find jobs, as well as promoting equality between men and women, sustainable development and economic and social cohesion. Activities that can be supported by the fund include: * education and vocational training projects; * schemes to promote and encourage employment and self-employment; * initiatives to generate new sources of employment; * improvements to national, regional and local employment services; * schemes to foster links between the worlds of work, education and research; * innovative measures and pilot projects to create work, in local communities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Az Európai Unió Szociál Politikája」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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