Useful links

Websites containing information related to Directorate general for Employment and Social Affairs:

The Lisbon strategy Jobs in the knowledge society European Network "Family & Work" European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights 'Adapt' and 'Employment' Community Initiatives European Employment Observatory Social Dialogue Online European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and working Conditions The Federation of European Employers The European Observatory on the Social Situation, Demography and the Family European Network Workplace Health Promotion International Labour Organisation Council of Europe European Agency for Health and Safety at Work European Human Rights Centre (EHRC)

• Jobs in the knowledge society
  Europe's employment and social dimension of the Information Society

• European Network "Family & Work"

• European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

• 'Adapt' and 'Employment' Community Initiatives(Technical Assistance Office)
  'Adapt' is designed to help European employers and workers anticipate industrial change and deal with its effects.
  'Employment' targets groups that face specific difficulties in the employment market (includes the NOW, Horizon, Youthstart and Integra programmes).

• European Employment Observatory
  The European Employment Observatory (EEO) promotes the exchange of information on labour markets and policies between EU Member States, and produces and analyses and research on relevant issues for employment and labour market policy.

• Social Dialogue Online
  A Meeting Place on the Net for Social Partners in the European Union. Includes forums for discussion of various topics.

• European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and working Conditions The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions is an autonomous body established by the European Community to assist the formulation of medium and long term policy for the improvement of social and work-related matters.

• The European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
  The Observatory is based on a network of leading research institutes in each country and at EU level, coordinated by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.

• The Federation of European Employers
  Formed in 1989 with assistance from Directorate general for Employment and Social Affairs, the Network covers all social and employment issues relevant to the personnel/HR practitioner. It operates as a politically neutral, non profit-making mutual support operation. The site also contains lots of useful background information on social policy and EU legislation.

• The European Observatory on the Social Situation, Demography and the Family

• European Network Workplace Health Promotion
  The first step for the European Network Workplace Health Promotion was taken at a meeting of all the member states of the European Union on 21 June 1995 at the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (FIOSH). The FIOSH was requested on behalf of the European Commission to develop an Integrated Plan of Action for Workplace Health Promotion in the EU.

• International Labour Organisation

• Council of Europe
  Social matters and problems of society

• European Agency for Health and Safety at Work
  The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work provides Community bodies, Member States and those involved in health and safety at work with useful technical, scientific and economic information.

• The Lisbon strategy