The President of the Republic Mr. Nicos Anastasiades chaired a wide-ranging meeting on "Welfare State - Society Without Exclusions" at the Presidential Palace today.
After the meeting, Government Spokesman Marios Pelekanos told reporters that "in view of the completion of the term of office of the President of the Republic Mr. Nicos Anastasiades in a few months and his desire to take stock of the actions and work of the Government, a meeting was held today regarding the unity of welfare state welfare society inclusive society and the work and results produced so far.
A similar stocktaking exercise will take place in the coming weeks and months in order to give civil society a full picture of the work accomplished by the present Government in all policy areas based on the President's programmatic announcements upon his ascension to the Presidency.
Today's meeting reviewed the implementation of the President's Programme for a Welfare State and an Inclusive Society and the implementation to date, as well as progress in important aspects of the State's policies, not only towards vulnerable groups, but also towards all citizens.
To this end, the President will hold a press conference in the coming days in order to give a detailed account of the Government's work with regard to the unity of the welfare state and an inclusive society, while in the coming months he will present a specific programme with complete data by policy chapter, so that cumulatively they will constitute the overall account of the work that has been done and the budget of the Government's legacy based on the national plan Cyprus Tomorrow".
Asked how the report on the Government's work is judged, the Representative replied that "the report is quite positive. I am referring to what was discussed today at the meeting that had to do with the 'welfare state - inclusive society' section, and in the next few days the President will present in detail all the data relating to that section."
Asked if it is not early enough to start this report given that there are still things to be done, the Spokesperson said that "of course there are policies and actions that are underway. During the stocktaking, the President will of course refer to what has been implemented since he took office, what is currently underway and of course what is included in the legacy Plan 'Cyprus - Tomorrow' that the present government will leave to the next one.
It will take some months to do this report as a lot of information and data will have to be collected from various Ministries and there are many sections that will have to be covered. Therefore, it will take some time."
Asked about what was discussed during the meeting today, the Spokesperson said that among other things, "the issues discussed were those related to the social cohesion module, the Minimum Guaranteed Income, low pensioners, people with disabilities, special categories of the population such as people with autism, the module on support for children, women and the family, housing policy and others."
Asked about what was discussed during the meeting today, the Spokesperson said that among other things, "the issues related to the social cohesion module, the Minimum Guaranteed Income, low pensioners, people with disabilities, special categories of the population such as people with autism, the module on support for children, women and the family, housing policy and others were discussed. All data for all sections in full analysis will be provided by the President himself in the coming days."
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