The meeting between the European Social Affairs Commissioner, Vladimir Spidla, and the Indian Minister for Employment, Oscar Fernandes, ends today November 27th. It resulted in the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding which is due to reinforce the cooperation in the social field between the EU and India. It includes plans of joint studies and exchange programs between social partners. Since 2005, the EU and India have transformed their relations by launching a "strategic" partnership, which notably includes social questions. (Ref 061190)
A strategic partnership. The joint statement of 2005, adopted at the end of the 6th EU-INDIA summit, which had launched a more strategic and thorough partnership, had inserted social questions into the subjects of cooperation. It was planned to start a dialogue, to share experiments and points of view on the questions of employment and work, restructurings, human resources (particularly on training and development of competences) health care coverage and retirement pension systems. The joint se
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