News
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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.
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19/12/2013
Peer Review in Denmark: Sustainable ways of preventing homelessness
Across the EU homelessness stands at an unprecedentedly high level, particularly among young people. On 22 November, Peer Review participants met in Copenhagen to learn how Denmark has tackled homelessness using an integrated housing-first strategy.
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09/12/2013
First ever EU legal instrument for Roma inclusion adopted
All 28 EU countries today committed to implementing a set of recommendations, proposed by the European Commission, to step up the economic and social integration of Roma communities.
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28/11/2013
Poverty Convention – conclusions and results
The implementation of the Social Investment Package (SIP), giving priority to social investment and the modernisation of the welfare state, was the main focus of discussions during the Third Annual Convention of the Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion.
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07/11/2013
Tracking quality of life in Europe – new analysis by the Eurofound
The third wave of the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) records many aspects of the quality of life in Europe in 2011-12. These include social, economic, environmental and work-related elements, as well as subjective well-being and the quality of society. Together they make up a multidimensional picture of quality of life relevant to policymaking within the EU.
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14/10/2013
Employment and Social Policy Council on 15 October
The EU's Council of Employment and Social Policy Ministers will meet on 15 October in Luxembourg.