Indicator in all countries

Is there a formal national strategy on social and/or community cohesion?

• Austria

  The Austrian Report on Strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2008-2010 was submitted in the context of the EU-framework for political cooperation in the field of social protection and social inclusion,

• Bulgaria

  There is not a specific strategy on social/community cohesion in 2011.

• Cyprus

  No

• Denmark

  No, not as such.

• Finland

  No.

• France

  The National Action Plan against racism presents different initiatives in the area of social cohesion and promoting equality of opportunity.

• Germany

  Yes. There is a formal national strategy on social cohesion.

• Greece

  Not as such. Social cohesion is mentioned as a main objective of the integration policy.

• Hungary

  No.

• Ireland

  There is no specific national strategy for social and/or community cohesion in Ireland. However some measures in the ‘National Action Plane Against Poverty’ (2003-2005) serve this purpose.

• Italy

  No

• Poland

  Yes.

• Portugal

  The formal national strategy concerning social and community cohesion is expressed mainly through the Plano Nacional de Acção para a Inclusão (PNAI) [National Action Plan for Inclusion], which presents the Portuguese national strategy in the area of poverty and social exclusion.

• Romania

  No

• Slovenia

  Yes.

• Spain

  Yes.

• Sweden

  No, there is no formal national strategy on social and/or community cohesion.