“Europe Matters to Wales” – Tackling poverty and social exclusion
This free event will look at ways in which European policy and funding might be used alongside Welsh policy and public investments to help tackle poverty and social exclusion as an over-arching Welsh Government priority, making a positive impact on people’s lives.
The Welsh economy and labour market has benefited from billions of pounds of European Structural Funds investment, and the 2014-2020 programmes for Wales present significant investment opportunities to tackle poverty through sustainable employment. In addition to these investments, the Minister for Finance and Government Business, Jane Hutt AM, appointed three European Funding Ambassadors to increase awareness of and maximise the opportunities of the EU funding streams directly managed by the European Commission. In response to a recommendation of the interim report of the European Funding Ambassadors, this event will take stock of the all Wales anti-poverty strategy and the synergies between and opportunities of EU and Welsh public funding which can help make a positive difference to people’s lives.
The purpose of this event is to:
• bring together key stakeholders to raise awareness of current policy and funding practice within Wales, placing it in the wider UK and EU context; and
• to provide information about EU funding opportunities that could further support Welsh action to tackle poverty and social exclusion.
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