News
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19/02/2019
Contribute to the performance monitoring of the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI)
The online questionnaire is open until 28 February.
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14/02/2019
Commission welcomes agreement on the European Labour Authority
The European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council reached a provisional agreement on the Commission's proposal to establish a European Labour Authority (ELA).
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13/02/2019
January 2019 developments in child and family policy in EU Member States
The European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC) presents a round-up of the latest developments in child and family policy in EU Member States in January 2019.
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07/02/2019
Six microfinance institutions awarded under the European Code of Good Conduct for Microcredit Provision
On 13 December 2018, the Code of Good Conduct Steering Committee decided to award six microfinance institutions the certificate of compliance with the Code, based on the results of the evaluations. The certificate is valid for three years.
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07/02/2019
Transparent and predictable working conditions: Commission welcomes provisional agreement
The European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council have reached a provisional agreement on the European Commission's proposal for a new directive to create more transparent and predictable working conditions, in particular for workers in non-standard forms of employment.
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06/02/2019
Two new studies focus on implementation of the Youth Guarantee and role of Public Employment Services
Two new studies build on recent literature on youth employment and experience from the ground to analyse the implementation of the Youth Guarantee in Member States six years after the adoption of the Council Recommendation.
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04/02/2019
Commission launches photo competition #MySocialEurope
#MySocialEurope photo competition is open to young people aged 18-30 and living in the EU. Until 4 March 2019, they will have the opportunity to show ‘How should the Future of social Europe look like?’ through their creative lens.
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04/02/2019
New UNICEF-Eurochild survey reports on the Europe Kids Want
In November the Europe Kids Want project, a collaboration between UNICEF and Eurochild, released a report on the first results of a survey of over 13,500 children and young people across Europe. The survey asked for the views of children and young people on various topics, such as schooling, job security, violence, terrorism and climate change.
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04/02/2019
The second wave of Blueprint projects kicked off
The second wave of Blueprint projects kicked off their work in Brussels on 24 January.
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30/01/2019
Brexit Preparedness: European Commission adopts final set of “no-deal” contingency measures for social security coordination rules
Given the increasing risk that the United Kingdom may leave the EU on 30 March this year without a deal (a “no-deal” scenario), the European Commission has today adopted a final set of contingency proposals in the area of the Erasmus+ programme, social security coordination and the EU budget.