At the UN World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen, 1997 the Irish Government approved the foundation of the National Anti-Poverty Strategy (NAPS). The NAPS is the Government's multi-annual strategy to address poverty across five key policy areas: income adequacy, unemployment, educational disadvantage, rural poverty and disadvantaged urban areas. This report lists several recommendations for strategy and targets, poverty proofing and extending the NAPS to the local authorities and other local agencies.