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Article 21
Social development
The Contracting Parties shall establish cooperation in the field of social development, with the aim of improving the living conditions and quality of life of the most disadvantaged sections of the population.
implemented with
2.
be Measures will
in mind, including these aims support, essentially in the form of technical assistance in the following flolds:
administration in social services;
vocational training and job-creation;
the Improvement of living conditions and hygiene in urban and rural
areas;
preventive medicine;
protection of children;
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education and assistance programmes for young offenders.
Article 22
Drug abuse control
and reduce
the
1. Within the scope of their powers, the Contracting Parties undertake to coordinate and step up their efforts to prevent production and consumption of drugs.
2. Such cooperation shall include the following:
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rehabilitation
· projects for training, education, health-promotion and of addicts, including projects for the reintegration of addicts into work and social environments; these projects will be implemented in the beneficiary country using existing infrastructure wherever possible;
research programmes and projects;
measures to encourage. alternative economic opportunities;
the interchange of all relevant information, including that relating to money launder ing.
3. The Contracting Parties may seek financing for the operations referred to in the preceding paragraph from public and private institutions and national, regional or international organizations.
Article 23
1.
Regional
Integration and cooperation
Cooperation between the
Contracting Parties may extend to action undertaken within the context of cooperation or Integration agreements with other countries in the same region. provided that such action is compatible with those agreements.