News
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02/02/2017
What has the European Disability Strategy achieved so far?
Today the European Commission presents its Progress Report on the implementation of the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020. The Strategy is the main instrument to support the EU's implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
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27/01/2017
Contribute to the performance monitoring and the mid-term evaluation of the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI)
Participate in our Stakeholder Survey 2017 and contribute to the performance monitoring of the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI).
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25/01/2017
Commission prepares next steps towards European Pillar of Social Rights
At the high-level conference in Brussels that closed on Monday a far-ranging consultation on the Pillar, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker highlighted national minimum salaries and national minimum incomes as issues he would like to see addressed by European cooperation on the Pillar.
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25/01/2017
Successful and inspiring projects financed by EaSI and its predecessors – Fifth Commission report
The European Commission published its fifth monitoring report in which it reviewed activities implemented by 19 EU-level organisations in 2015 funded under the EU's Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and 30 projects supported by its predecessor programmes PROGRESS and EURES (2013-2016).
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24/01/2017
13th high-level meeting between the European Commission and the International Labour Organization
On 18 and 19 January, the International Labour Office (ILO) and the European Commission held their13th high-level meeting at ILO’s Headquarters in Geneva.
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12/01/2017
The Youth Guarantee in practice: Theodora’s traineeship leads to employment
Having studied banking, insurance and social security at university, Theodora Dobreva was looking forward to putting what she’d learned to good use in her career. Instead, she found herself working basic and low-paid jobs in fields that didn’t interest her. “I was disappointed because this wasn’t what I had studied for,” she says.
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05/01/2017
The European Social Fund has helped almost 10 million Europeans to find a job between 2007 and 2014
Today, the European Commission has published an evaluation report of investments under the European Social Fund (ESF) during the 2007-2013 period, with specific reports for each Member State.
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23/12/2016
Over 700 000 participants during first Vocational Skills Week
The first European Vocational Skills Week (5-9 December) closed with an estimated 702,250 people taking part in more than 900 activities across Europe.
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22/12/2016
December issue of Social Agenda is now out
The December 2016 issue of the Social Agenda magazine has very much to do with the impact EU employment and social policy is having, concretely, on the ground.
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22/12/2016
EIF and European Commission launch new capacity building initiative for micro-credit and social finance providers
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the European Commission are announcing a new initiative to help micro-credit and social enterprise finance providers develop their businesses under the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI).