28/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - "What we actually need to do is measure, and compare, the benefits as well as the costs of social policies. Including, in particular, looking at the costs and consequences of not having adequate social policies". It is to this that Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou will draw the attention of those taking part at the Annual Forum 2002 of the European Foundation for improving working and living conditions, held in Dublin on 29 and 30 August (see EUROPE of 2 August, p.10). As far as the EU's future is concerned, Anna Diamantopoulou will insist on the fact that enlargement "offers us the possibility to create, not only the largest economic entity in the world, but a new multi-dimensional, multi-cultural global region - (…) a new, peaceful Europe able, not only to improve the well-being of its members, but to help its neighbours and others, too. Many of whom desperately need not only economic help and opportunities but greater understanding of their personal, social and religious goals and beliefs".