US embassy cable - 05PARIS5473

UNCLAS PARIS 005473 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EUR/ERA, EUR/PGI, IO/SHA, DRL/IL, DRL/MLA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM, SOCI, XG, FR, COE 
SUBJECT: INVITATION TO COMMITTEE FOR SOCIAL COHESION (CDCS) 
MEETING AND FORUM, COUNCIL OF EUROPE, NOVEMBER 15-18 2005, 
STRASBOURG 
 
1. This is an action request, see para 5. 
 
2.  The U.S. is invited to send a representative to the 15th 
meeting of the European Committee for Social Cohesion (CDCS) 
on November 15-16 2005 and a forum entitled "Reconciling 
Labor Flexibility With Social Cohesion" on November 17-18 
2005. 
 
3.  Draft agenda includes: 
 
 -- Implementation of the decisions taken by the third summit 
of the Council of Europe (Warsaw, May 16-17 2005); 
 
 -- Committee of Experts on children and families; 
 
 -- Coordination of activities relating to children; 
 
 -- Platform for political dialogue on socially responsible 
consumption and finance systems; 
 
 -- Progress report on intergovernmental cooperation and 
bilateral and multilateral assistance activities; 
 
 -- Cooperation with other Council of Europe bodies: the 
European Committee of Social Rights, the Council of Europe 
Development Bank and others; 
 
 -- Activities of other international bodies relevant to 
social cohesion. 
 
4.  The program for the accompanying forum includes: 
 
 -- Labor flexibility and social cohesion: a political 
challenge for Europe; 
 
 -- Contribution of labor flexibility to social cohesion; 
 
 -- New forms of labor flexibility: how labor law should 
evolve; 
 
 -- Workshops on the effects of labor flexibility and 
considerations for reconciliation; 
 
 -- Perspectives and proposals from international 
organizations. 
 
5.  Please contact john.murray@coe.int and ConGen Strasbourg 
concerning any planned attendance. The U.S. expert will have 
observer status; i.e., without the right to vote or defrayal 
of expenses from the Council of Europe. 
Hofmann