GCC social development strategy endorsed

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Social and Labor Ministers have endorsed a social development strategy to give new impetus to social development action in the region, Kuwait's Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Sabeeh said.
The strategy includes 32 initiatives and the meeting formed a team of experts to implement these initiatives, Al-Sabeeh told KUNA in a statement following the meeting held in the Saudi capital.
These initiatives were distributed to the GCC member states to be a roadmap, she said.

She stated that the ministers discussed the unified law on the handicapped, indicating that the law was reviewed by the team before being endorsed by GCC leaders.

The GCC states' visions on boosting the voluntary action were also covered in the meeting, according to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).

The minister said the GCC secretariat will hold a forum in the first quarter of 2017, with the aim of unifying efforts and discussing means of activating the role of voluntary centers to attract youth for participation in several acts.

The meeting's agenda included several topics aiming to enhance the joint GCC action and implement the GCC supreme council's resolutions pertaining to social affairs.