News
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20/06/2014
ESIF partnership agreements with 5 EU countries
The European Commission has adopted today Partnership Agreements with Cyprus, Slovakia and the three Baltic States on the use of European Structural and Investment Funds funding during the next seven years.
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17/06/2014
New European Skills Passport will facilitate recruitment in hospitality sector
The European Commission has today launched the European Hospitality Skills Passport, a tool developed to facilitate contact between jobseekers and employers in the hospitality and tourism sector in Europe.
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28/04/2014
Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage (an analysis by the European Network of Independent Experts on Social Inclusion)
Child poverty and social exclusion is one of the major challenges facing the European Union and, in February 2013, as a key part of its Social Investment Package (SIP), the European Commission issued a major Recommendation on Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage.
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09/04/2014
Improving the communication between deaf and hard of hearing persons and the EU institutions
The Insign project was demonstrated for first time on 9 April 2014 at an event in the European Parliament. Deaf sign language users and hard of hearing citizens during two live demonstrations contacted different Members of the European Parliament with the innovative Insign platform
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04/04/2014
Roma integration: EU Framework triggers first results
Concerted action by the European Commission has put Roma integration firmly on the political agenda across Europe.
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17/03/2014
Assessment of progress towards the Europe 2020 social inclusion objectives
With its objective of inclusive as well as smart and sustainable growth, and with its (first ever) EU poverty and social exclusion target, the Europe 2020 Strategy (potentially) increases the importance of the EU's social objectives and integrates them with the EU’s economic, employment and environmental objectives.
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07/03/2014
Employment and Social Policy Council on 10 March
The EU's Council of Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Ministers will meet on 10 March in Brussels.
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21/02/2014
Pensions: on-going reforms will help Member States tackle demographic and sustainability challenges
The ongoing wave of pension reforms implemented by EU Member States will help them to achieve more sustainable pension systems and face demographic changes ahead, the European Commission stressed on the occasion of the publication today of the World Bank report "The Inverting Pyramid".
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21/02/2014
Social Investment Package: taking stock of achievements one year on
A series of steps have been taken by the European Commission and EU Member States in the 12 months following the Commission's adoption of a comprehensive strategy for structural reforms in social policy to help Member States better protect and invest in people: the Social Investment Package (SIP).
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20/02/2014
Commission welcomes definitive adoption by Council of measures to protect workers against exposure to hazardous chemicals
The European Commission has welcomed the definitive adoption today by the EU's Council of Ministers of measures to better protect workers from risks linked to exposure to chemicals at the workplace.