The Human Dignity and Social Exclusion Project (HDSE Project) was a pan-European initiative launched by the Council of Europe in 1994 and completed in 1998, which enabled the following:
 analysis of the status of poverty and social exclusion in Europe; and
submission of proposals of actions, validated by the Final Conference of the Project which took place in Helsinki on 18-20 May 1998, through tackling five major themes: health, housing, employment, social protection and education.
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