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Nieuws & evenementen
Het laatste nieuws
- Going straight – to university
The Going straight project in England has an ex-convict signing up other prisoners for degrees
- Encouraging women academics
A Swedish role model project encouraged women students to aim for professorships
- Made to measure skills
The ESF is supporting a Romanian project to give students made-to-measure skills for technical sector jobs
- Off to a flying start
Polish university uses ESF funds to train skilled workers for the aviation industry
- German on the job
French vocational schools offer German language skills to the technicians of tomorrow
Meer nieuws
Januari 2010
- Roma women’s group offers new skills to bring about a change in attitudes
- A local company is running ESF micro-financing projects in Montauban, France
- Czech ‘Educate yourself’ project proves a popular success
- A cancer-screening health project in Bulgaria receives the ‘Pearl of Wisdom’ Award
- Denmark helps companies reduce their energy consumption with a new ESF-funded training course
- A French ESF project to train farm workers is aimed at meeting the high demand for skilled employees in the sector
- On 27 March in Autun, France, a careers show will encourage young women to take up technical and male-dominated professions
- A European cash injection of more than £34 million to develop Scotland's workforce and safeguard and create jobs
- Denmark deploys €2.5 million to attract more tourists to the southern part of Denmark
- Latvia is using work placements to help people start new careers
- Estonia receives ESF support to increase awareness of health-related risks and labour law
- Slovakian ESF funding is providing assistance to poorer, socially excluded families in the village of Barca
- The ESF in Poland is looking to find the best ESF projects that have done most to promote tourism and culture
- Nederland haalt 30 miljoen euro aan ESF-gelden naar voren om de werkgelegenheid te ondersteunen
- The ESF is supporting tourism training for Italian job-seekers including a study period in Madrid
- Spanish ESF project is supporting the smallest rural communities
December 2009
- A Polish initiative is bringing IT technologies and new teaching opportunities to rural classrooms
- The South Westphalia region in Germany launches a project to ‘Europeanise’ its craftworkers
- An event in Greece assessed the results of a project to raise the skills, and the game, of entrepreneurs and SMEs
- The French commune of Dosches is promoting skills with heritage restoration projects
- A new way of organising vocational training is presented to young people at an expo in Hungary
- A new employment package in Austria targets 100 000 job-seekers and offers new training opportunities
- The northern French city of Roubaix is sending the ‘BG Bus’ around the town to pick up budding entrepreneurs
- The ESF in England launches a money management training programme to improve job-seekers’ skills
- A new ESF project on public works is launched to mitigate the impact of the economic crisis in Lithuania
- Science and technology take the centre stage in Malta
- Slovakia is using an ESF grant to improve the skills of its civil servants
- A ESF project in Romania is developing rural female entrepreneurs
- The ESF is co-funding a quality improvement program for Estonian tourism businesses
- Bulgaria holds regional ESF information days
November 2009
- An ESF funded German-Spanish project is offering a training programme on European tourism management
- A French ESF project is rewarding charitable work among students by paying them in a new currency – the Sol!
- Malaga prison deploys ESF funding for training of prisoners and ex-prisoners
- A conference was held in Romania on supporting the Roma – ‘Together for a Better Society’
- A Finnish ESF project views immigrants as an untapped resource for meeting future needs in expanding sectors
- The government of Malta is using ESF funding to launch a range of employment initiatives
- Philanthropist George Soros urges more aid and a dedicated strategy for the EU Roma minority
- In Northern Ireland, a new on-line scheme aims to help women back into work
- An ESF-funded incubator project in Sweden is churning out new SMEs ahead of schedule
- Slovakia adopts Slovenian model for supporting new SMEs on-line
- Romanian public institutions and authorities receive EPSA award
- An ESF project is upgrading the skills of Poland’s nurses
- Shopworkers get better childcare services
- A new project in Cyprus is networking businesses
- Romania is using Austrian know-how for integrating disabled workers
- Romanians get to know the European Social Fund better
- Częstochowa county jobs fair pulls in the crowds
- Free skills training for newly unemployed in Cornwall
- French women broaden their employment horizons
- Ireland focuses on female entrepreneurs
- Spanish farmers get familiar with the natural approach
- Opportunities for a new lease of working life
- ESF helps jobless get back into work
- Encouraging innovation in specialised secondary schools
- ESF funding boosts higher education in Poland
- New project aims to fight racism and xenophobia among students
- Ecological activities will be the new motor for growth
- Ex-verslaafden beginnen een nieuw leven op de boerderij
Oktober 2009
- Job-sharing takes off in a new initiative in the Gironde
- The ESF has a starring role on Slovak TV as ministers and officials appear regularly to explain its benefits.
- Job prospects are looking up for the unemployed in the Tachov region of the Czech Republic
- Growth forum in Denmark expects great benefits from European Social Fund financing
- Media journalists in Poland are being invited to submit assignments for a competition highlighting the human achievements of the ESF
- Hungary is hosting an EU-wide roadshow to advertise the work of the ESF
- Training young people in the restaurant trade is the aim of a new ESF-funded project in Italy
- A new ESF-funded employment pact unites employers and unions in Marbella, Spain
- Authorities in Warsaw want more students to graduate from vocational schools to help meet labour market requirements
- A pilot project will equip the unemployed with training cards specifying their needs and accelerating their access to training opportunities
- An interview with Totyu Mladenov – Bulgarian Minister of Labour and Social Policy – on active and passive measures for supporting the labour market.
- 1 600 employees in Sweden receive vocational training when their workload decreases
- The European Social Fund to finance a new growth forum in Denmark
September 2009
- The French town of Angers is helping job-seekers ’get on their bikes’ to find work
- A Swedish ESF project promotes ethnic diversity and labour market inclusion among police officers and immigrants
- ESF funding for a new project in the Czech Republic to help companies to establish their own kindergartens
- The UK’s West Midlands region launches travelling careers events offering face-to-face support
- A recent survey investigates Lithuanians awareness of the ESF.
- The European Social Fund in France launches call for innovative transnational projects
Augustus 2009
Juli 2009
- €100 million EU micro-finance facility to help unemployed start small businesses
- Computer-recovery centre creates jobs in Romania
- Language learning makes life easier for youngsters arriving in France
- £10.5 million investment will help jobless people get back into work
- Training shows how to combine family and work life
Juni 2009
- The ESF in Bulgaria is launching a series of support measures in response to the economic crisis
- Poland launches a national campaign to support the employment of disabled persons
- Employment fair in Estonia turned out to be very popular
- Successful ESF redundancy support programme helps people from the English West Midlands back into work
- EU leaders confirm shared commitment for employment
- Bulgaria opens a new information centre, funded by the ESF and about the ESF, in Stara Zagora
- ESF supports research fund in Cornwall (UK)
- ESF-funded project helps build brighter futures
- ESF grant to help SMEs in Gloucestershire (UK) weather the recession
- Construction industry promoting eco-friendly techniques for renovation
- Helping young people get back on the road to employment
- ESF backs urban farming in Sevran (FR)
- Polish retirees encouraged to become volunteers
- Helping colleagues to improve their basic skills
- Work experience helps young people get out of unemployment
- Maltese training programmes bring results
Mei 2009
- Estonia launches awareness-raising campaign on people’s employment rights
- Poland launches a country-wide contest for “50+ employee-friendly practices”
- Skillsafe scheme fills gaps for apprentices with time on their hands
- Introduction to new skills for the unemployed
- Ireland receives €375 million from ESF
- ESF helps Polish mothers find a job
- A package for apprentices
- Italian Marche region uses ESF funds to train energy experts
- The ESF in Italy is supporting networks of excellence in the Campania region
- Scottish ESF funds training for butchers
- Greek employment ministry signs agreement to fund social partners
- The ESF in Romania launches a new project to support the Roma, people with disabilities and those on low incomes
- The Austrian JUMP initiative is giving a second chance to young school leavers with few qualifications
- Romanians learn about the European Social Fund on Europe Day
- Emilia-Romagna employs ESF co-funding to support the regions’ research and technology base through ‘Spinner 2013’
- Project in Sweden to help those with learning difficulties into work
- ESF supported One-Stop-Shop project in Slovenia wins UN award
- Malta – Germany: collaboration on education
- ESF supports technology clusters
- Romania backs a European youth fund
- Poland: a conference on equal opportunities of men and women
- The German annual ESF conference – ‘Making chances for the young’ – was held in Berlin in May
- A new ‘practice-office’ in Burgenland, Austria, helps returning mothers get back on-board
- A new £49 million initiative will help around 30 000 young people in Wales improve their career opportunities
- The ESF in England celebrates Adult Learners’ Week
- The monthly monitor on the EU employment situation points to slowing job losses
- EU employment summit agrees on ways to tackle rising unemployment
- The Schleswig-Holstein authorities call for new ideas to help lone parents
- The Pink Ladies scheme highlights a new £16 million (€17.5 million) initiative launched in Wales to provide life skills to thousands
- A new EU Cohesion Policy study will help further the debate on its future directions
- A new Commission-funded study highlights the economic impacts of post-enlargement labour mobility within the EU
- High interest in a call for joint business-academic projects in Estonia
- On 23 April, ‘Girl’s Day’ brought young German women into contact with the world of hi-tech work
- Belgisch ESF-Agentschap plaatst recentste nieuwsbrief online
- Latest update from the ESF in England
- FRA presents first results from the European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS)
- European platform launched to better coordinate efforts to tackle Roma exclusion
- The Polish media highlight the positive benefits that ESF spending has brought to the country
- A draft bill in Estonia aims to speed up ESF grant applications
- The Federal ESF programme in Germany is organising an information day on e-qualification
- The monthly employment report from the Commission points to fewer job losses
April 2009
- Companies across the EU have announced fewer job losses
- ESF to provide more ‘competence development assistance’ in Sweden
- ESF-funded Czech retraining schemes to save up to 70 000 jobs
- Cross-border ESF project to monitor ‘flexicurity’ policy
- Austrian scheme helps troubled youth find creative work opportunities
- German call for projects to help integrate single parents in job market
- Eurofound launches special web page for International Women’s Day
- Cohesion Policy supports the ‘green economy’, the herald of long-term employment
- German region launched a new ESF supported programme to support young parents into part time work
- Prague hosts international European conference on the social economy and social enterprise
Maart 2009
- Commission Communication calls for rapid approval of plans to increase ESF advance payments
- €350 million of ESF funding for Ireland can be paid out earlier says Commissioner Špidla
- The ESF Managing Authority in Romania is holding regional conferences on support for enterprises
- The German region of Hessen plans to use ESF funds to prevent the build up of skills shortages due to demographic changes
Februari 2009
- DG Employment launches a new monthly monitoring report on the EU’s employment and social situation
- ESF funds £79 million (€72 million) UK programme to give job-seekers better guidance on getting back to work
- The ‘Entry’ project in Lower Austria will offer 400 people an opening to the labour market
- The NordRhein-Westfalen region in Germany produces a new handbook on resolving conflicts in the workplace
- Spanish car workers to get help from EU Globalisation Fund
- The GO Wales project prepares students and graduates for the business world
- ESF co-funding for young people’s business clubs to support entrepreneurship in Estonia
- In the German region of North Rhine Westphalen an internet portal is helping wo(men) return to the labour market and strengthen equal opportunities
- The FLAG project in the UK helps parents into work and reduces child poverty in Cornwall
- High quality industrial relations can help the EU better face the economic crisis says Commission report
- The French Ile de France region is using ESF funding to run projects to help older people get work and stay in work
- The French Languedoc-Roussillon region launches ESF call for projects supporting sustainable employment opportunities for women
- German Federal ESF programme launches new scheme to improve the innovative potential of human capital
- The new ProAct scheme in Wales receives £68 million (€75 million) to improve skills and respond to the economic crisis
- Commission publishes new report ‘The labour-market integration of young people: a challenge for Europe’
Januari 2009
- Close to €9 million (GBP8 million) of ESF and national funding to help Londoners into work
- Commissioner Kallas on levels of risk in Community Programmes
- Estonian teachers’ further training opportunities to improve thanks to ESF
- The state government of Hessen in Germany is using ESF funding to bridge the education gap for early school leavers
- German ESF launches ‘From exit to entry’ programme to help young people leave right-wing extremist environments
- Austrian ESF project helps improve reading and writing skills – and employability
- EU analytical review reveals the impact of the current economic crisis on labour markets
- The Projets d’Europe webpage gives information on ESF spending for French regions
- A new ESF-funded employment training centre for the homeless opened in Tartu, Estonia
December 2008
- Commission report puts Cohesion Policy programmes at the heart of EU support for recovery in the real economy
- The German Federal ESF launches call for local micro-projects with social goals
- Commission consultation to shape European disability policy
- EU partnership with the defence industry to help 800 000 adapt better to change
- €10.7 million from EU Globalisation Fund to help Spanish and Lithuanian workers back into jobs
- Commission’s 2008 Demography Report focuses on ageing society
- More adults taking training courses in Estonia
- Recognising best business practices in Italy’s Marche region
- Commission publishes 2008 edition of ‘The Employment in Europe Report’
- New report shows the free movement of workers is good for Europe's economy
- European meeting on social innovation and transnational cooperation
November 2008
- Commission presents European economic recovery plan – the time to act is now!
- Eurostat publishes the 2008 regional yearbook for EU-27
- New Communication advances the EU strategy for its outermost regions
- Nederlandse lokale overheden doen vaker een beroep op ESF-financiering
- German ESF funding builds cross-border professional experience
Oktober 2008
- ‘Getting ahead’ TV campaign focuses spotlight on benefits of the EU
- Conference to teach teachers more about business and entrepreneurship
- Northern Ireland launches its ESF programme
- Estonian essay contest to encourage young people to think about their future careers
- Around €125 million over three years to help people who lose their jobs
- Over €10 million in ESF funds to promote gender equality in the Welsh labour market
- New EU Directive will benefit 3 million temporary agency workers
- Een seminarie in Maastricht over ESF-steun voor overheden, sociale partners en de ontwikkeling van het MKB
- Statement by Commissioner Vladimír Špidla on the World Day for Decent Work
- European Commission brings forward a set of common principles for national efforts to fight poverty and social exclusion
- The UK is putting GBP100 million (€178 million) of emergency funding into training programmes to ward off rising unemployment
- Latest data show employment is up, for now.
- Free IT training courses filled in Estonia
- An updated checklist for choosing training courses in Germany
September 2008
- DG EMPL launches next round of European Job days throughout the EU
- A new report from DG EMPL on employment and industrial restructuring in the EU.
- ESF Day 2008: Integrating equality between the sexes, Gothenburg
- Northern Ireland ESF conference 2008
- An information day on EU Structural Funds will be held in the Baden-Württemberg region of Germany in October
- A study on the employment problems faced by immigrant groups in Bremen
- Two studies on geographical mobility and job mobility within the EU from the European Commission
- Europa ist sozial!: an introduction to Federal ESF programmes in Germany
- A conference organized under the French Presidency on the role of the ESF in lifelong employment
- Bulgarian National Employment Agency received first 62 project proposals within the “Human Resources Development” Operational Programme
- New projects under the “Administrative Capacity” Operational Programme have been approved in Bulgaria
- A training seminar in Milan on ESF implementation
- A seminar in Plovdiv on the development of lifelong learning in Bulgaria
- A seminar in the South of Sweden region on integrating the young into the labour market, 11 September in Helsingborg
- Information system simplifies the application procedure for structural grants in Estonia
- Local authorities and NGOs are the most active users of the web portal www.eufunds.bg
Augustus 2008
- Bulgaria’s Ministry of Labour and Social Policy invites civil society organisations to nominate representatives
- Bulgaria’s National Employment Agency invites project proposals aimed at enhancing worker adaptability
- The Bulgarian government has recruited dozens of new staff to manage the ‘Human Resources Development’ programme
- Welsh Want2Work programme extended to regional competitiveness and employment priority
- Four German ministries collaborate to launch hotline for researchers and innovators
- Nominations are open for Adult Learners’ Week 2009, scheduled for 9-15 May
- Web tools support a transnational community of practice on inclusive and social entrepreneurship
- Saxony extends Perspective 50+ programme to cover new areas
- R&D, climate change and cohesion on the regional policy agenda
- French Presidency to host conference on cohesion policy in October
- Nederlandse voorlichtingsbijeenkomst in september over Actie E – sociale innovatie
- Adult learners to benefit from hundreds of different trainings options free of charge
- Schleswig-Holstein seeks ways to fill food and care sector vacancies
- ESF providers organise an awards ceremony in Manchester
- ESF in Wallonië: oproep tot het indienen van voorstellen loopt tot september
Juli 2008
- 400 organisations take part in call for expressions of interest
- Four projects build the cross-border labour market
- Romania and Italy sign protocol on combating human trafficking with ESF
- More than 100 administrative capacity-building projects for NGOs and other partners approved for funding
- Een Nederlandse brochure illustreert hoe het ESF een brede waaier van projecten heeft gesteund om werkzoekenden op de arbeidsmarkt te activeren en te integreren.
- Romania holds conference on strategies for developing human capital
- Enterprise Estonia launches ESF-backed programme to help enterprises develop the knowledge and skills of their workers
- Baden-Württemburg is to bring business and science together to promote ESF programmes on innovation, knowledge and research.
- A new web resource for ESF programme managers makes transnational work easier
- ESF has crucial role in fighting Roma exclusion, says EC report
- A conference in Warsaw on 23rd of June looked at the achievements of the ESF in Poland so far and held an award ceremony for ‘best practice’ projects.
- Czech project will train Financial Literacy instructors to help the fight against indebtedness and the grey labour market
- Hungarian State Secretary on the Employment Policy of Hungary at the Annual Meeting of the ILO
- The German federal government has launched a new programme supporting networks to integrate refugees into the labour market. It targets businesses in particular.
- Baden-Württemburg announces a programme to encourage graduates over 45 years old to improve their qualifications.
- The Economics Minister of Hesse, Dr Alois Rhiel, has launched a campaign for the expansion of dual study courses, combining vocational training with academic study.
- ‘European Social Report’ from the Tárki social research centre analyses the labour market in Hungary
- Germany is to continue its successful programmes against truancy and early school leaving. It has extended the ‘Skills Agency’ and ‘Truancy – Second Chance’ programmes until 2011.
- There is a lively demand for the German federal government’s BIWAQ programme. It aims to improve city neighbourhoods by combining physical and labour market measures.
- In Wales, the ‘Modern Apprenticeship World Class Skills project’ will help more than 22 500 people raise their skill levels – made possible with £40 million of European funding.
- The ESF in England: achievements and future priorities on DVD
Juni 2008
- Seminarie over ESF-steun voor de ontwikkeling van overheden, sociale partners en mkb's in de programmeringsperiode 2007-2013
- Seminarie in oktober over ondersteuning van de toezichtcomités van programma's in EU-Structuurfondsen
- Transferring gender expertise from EQUAL to the new ESF
- The government of the Czech Republic will fund a study on the implementation of eGovernment solutions elsewhere in the European Union.
- The German Federal ESF programme XENOS for social integration and diversity has received over 830 project proposals from all over the country
- British Minister welcomes the launch of 750 new ESF projects across England
- The European Council wants an assessment of future skills requirements for EU labour markets up to 2020, in particular for young people
- A new interactive online map of demographic challenges to EU regions and their businesses.
- Electronic newsletter for the ESF in England
- Conference in the Czech Republic: FOR THE FULL LIFE 2008
- Regional high-level conference on human resources development – Bulgaria, May 2008
- New EU study lifts lid on financial exclusion
- Czech Republic call for international co-operation projects
Mei 2008
- The European Social Fund supports the first Social Policy Week in the enlarged European Union : 26-30 May 2008, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Cohesion policy 2007-2013: Hübner and Špidla welcome shift in priorities set to boost jobs and growth
- Hamburg’s ESF Managing Authority mounted a Europe Week exhibition in a shopping arcade to show how the ESF is helping the homeless.
- During Europe Week, the Saarland focused on three themes: schools, the Saar-Loraine-Luxembourg region and the Intercultural Dialogue.
- Three in ten Germans have heard of the ESF, but there is widespread misunderstanding of its role.
- First 10 projects funded by the ESF
April 2008
- Resource pack: Working longer, living better – Europe's coming of age
- 2008 work programme of the ‘Roadmap for equality between women and men’ adopted
- United Kingdom: ESF Global Grants evaluation published
- Wales: First Minister announces £60m project to help 20,000 back into work
- Commissioner Špidla addresses the ‘European Cities integrating migrants’ conference
- EU leaders and social partners debate next steps for Growth and Jobs
- Inclusive Local Employment Development conference: harnessing the entrepreneurial spirit
- Gendermainstreaming – een troef voor ESF-beheer
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Mei 2008
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December 2007
- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - Oostenrijk
- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - Italië
- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - België
- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - Spanje
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November 2007
- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - Roemenië
- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - Slovenië
- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - Griekenland
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- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - Cyprus
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Oktober 2007
- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - Luxemburg
- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - Finland
- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - Portugal
- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - Zweden
- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - Tsjechische Republiek
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September 2007
- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - Polen
Juli 2007
- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - Frankrijk
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Juni 2007
- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - Duitsland
April 2007
- Goedkeuring van het operationele programma van het ESF - Denemarken