Evropski sklad za prilagoditev globalizaciji (ESPG)

A silent revolution is underway in the field of employment and social data collection and analysis, giving a much more vivid picture of what people are going through and how they are evolving over time. This issue of Social Agenda focuses on the methodology of data collection and its political consequences. For the EU to reach its objective of generating inclusive growth by 2020, social policy must be considered not so much in terms of expenditure but rather as an investment in Europe's most precious asset: its own people or, as economists would say, its "human capital". Social Agenda is available in English, French and German.

Evropski sklad za prilagoditev globalizaciji (ESPG) sofinancira ukrepe za pomoč delavcem, ki so žrtve množičnega odpuščanja v enem samem podjetju ali sektorju v isti ali dveh sosednjih regijah, pri iskanju nove zaposlitve. Ta brošura podaja osnovne informacije o ukrepih ESPG v petih državah članicah EU. Vključuje tudi pogovore z osebami, ki so bodisi bile deležne koristi ukrepov ali sodelovale pri njihovi izvedbi. Publikacija je v tiskani obliki na voljo v angleščini, francoščini in nemščini, v elektronski obliki pa v vseh uradnih jezikih Evropske unije.

ESPG je bil ustanovljen z namenom financiranja individualne podpore delavcem. Sklad je usmerjen k posebej zasnovanim dejavnostim, s katerimi pomaga delavcem, da čim hitreje ponovno najdejo svoje mesto na trgu dela.

Poster "EGF: solidarity in the face of change" available in all EU-official languages.

This issue's "Special feature" looks at the ways in which EU employment and social policy can help cushion the impact of the crisis, in particular on the labour market, thanks to a targeted use of existing instruments such as the European Social Fund and the Globalization Adjustment Fund (p. 18). This magazine is available in English, French and German.

The latest issue of Social Agenda takes a detailed look at the first year of the European Globalisation adjustment Fund: how many applications has the Commission received so far; how does the process work; and what is the EGF doing to help workers find employment again after redundancy?( p. 4). Other articles look at undeclared work, workers' mobility and the reasons why so few women ever make it to the top echelons of European business.