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12/07/2018

North Rhine-Westphalia - Employers help migrant integration

As the members of the ESF Thematic Network on Migrants found out during a recent study visit to Essen, German employers are actively encouraged to be involved in the integration of refugees and other migrants. The network was so impressed by how the four projects they visited helped improve the...

26/06/2018

€200 million earmarked for transnational cooperation, says Commission

 

Brussels, June 19, 2018– A total of €200 million will be earmarked for transnational cooperation activities in the next programming period of the European Social Fund (ESF), Marianne Thyssen, the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour...

23/06/2018

Implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights: what is needed to guarantee a positive social impact

 

The European Economic and Social Committee Workers' Group hosted an extraordinary meeting in Bulgaria on 21st and 22nd June 2018, Working Europe - We need more...

22/05/2018

Co-production dossier explains the 'co-trends'

Have you ever wondered what co-production, co-creation, co-design, co-responsibility and co-construction are, and what part they play in improving policy design and service delivery? Are they partnership with an added production dimension? The Partnership Thematic Network asked the same question...

18/05/2018

Finland and Flanders focus on youth, migrants, lifelong learning and SMEs in their transnational co-ordinated call for proposals

43 transnational projects have been selected by the four Managing Authorities (Finland, Flanders, Poland and Sweden) that published calls for proposals under the Common Framework in 2016.[1] We reported on...

17/05/2018

Bringing partnership to life

 

The Partnership Thematic Network has reviewed the European Code of Conduct on Partnership, and concludes with a set of recommendations to bring partnership to life. Its expert, Leda Stott, reports.

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17/05/2018

Social inclusion: an objective in its own right

 

To continue to support the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and ensure it meets its goal of lifting millions of Europeans out of poverty, the future ESF must recognise social inclusion as an objective in its own right. It...

08/05/2018

Portugal launched a transnational call on Learning and Skills

Portugal has just announced the opening of a transnational call within the flexible approach under Thematic Objective 10, Investing in education, training and vocational training for skills and lifelong learning.

The call was published by the...

08/05/2018

So Stay: a hotel with a (social) conscience

Eddy Adams, Expert for the ESF Youth Employment Thematic Network, reports from the recent meeting in Gdańsk on the city’s innovative approach to supporting young care-leavers.

Across Europe, many young people struggle to make the transition to independent adult...

08/05/2018

Family-based care: the only way forward

 

Investing in people means a number of things, but investing in deinstitutional­isation is without question the best solution all round. Quite apart from bringing better outcomes for children it is also proving to be a solution that makes economic sense. We should unlock the...

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