Social Policy in the Context of Sustainable Development

Abstract

All countries aim to formulate strategies of actions that would stimulate their socioeconomic development that would in turn translate into improvement in the quality of life of their citizens. Such efforts entirely correspond with a concept of sustainable development that covers social, economic and environmental issues. Both long and short-term strategies of development should include thoroughly characterised goals, conditions and means of strategy realisation. The strategies in question should also point to entities that are involved in strategy realisation and it is recommended to set procedures of monitoring required progress. However, first of all, the strategies have to be implemented and in order to realise such implementation the state’s intervention based on social policy is a prerequisite.