Only 5 European Union members will continue to restrict the access of Bulgarian workers to their labor markets, reported BNR. This was told by European Commissioner for Social Policy Vladimir Spidla in conversation with our social minister Emilia Maslarova.
The two have discussed also the absorption of funds from the European Social Fund and the PHARE program. Although the breaches in the social ministry are few, measured will be made on the basis of the audit, which has been running in the moment, said Maslarova.
EU Commissioner Spidla is in our country in relation to a regional conference of high level "Development of Human Resources" and the Social Policy Week, which MLSP and the European Commission have organized in the period of 25-30 May.
Social Policy Week will be opened today in hotel "Hilton" by the Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev. The official opening will be attended by State Secretary of Ministry of Labor, Family and Social Affairs of Slovenia, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health, Belgium, the Minister of Labor and Social Solidarity of Portugal and Deputy General Director of DG "Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities" of the European Commission Leniya Samuel.
MLSP's initiative provides a series of discussions on "Antidiscrimination and equal opportunities, social protection and social inclusion", "Safety and health at work", "Migration and labor", "Employment policy in Bulgaria", "European Social Fund in Bulgaria".
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