Aktuelles
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Peer Review in Austria analysed the advantages and challenges faced by Vocational Education and Training schools
The Peer Review analysed the shift from the former quality management system for VET schools (QIBB) to the joint Quality Management System (QMS) in Austria.
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New case study available on the ’Quality Initiatives of Intermediary Institutions‘ study by DEQA-VET
A new case study is available on the virtual library, providing information on a recent study in Germany on the role of intermediate institutions and their quality initiatives.
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Social partners in the sugar sector launch joint statement supporting that imported products should meet the same conditions than EU products
In view of new free trade negotiations, social partners advocate for mirror clauses in sugar trade to guarantee a fair competition in the sector. Mirror clauses aim to guarantee that imported products are produced under the same social and environmental standards as EU products.
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Euronews: Why must asbestos regulations change to better protect EU workers?
The latest Euronews' Real Economy episode zooms onto the European Pillar of Social Rights principle 10: a 'healthy, safe and well-adapted work environment', and puts the Commission’s proposal to reduce the professional exposure limit to asbestos fibres into the context of Europe’s climate ambitions.
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Net-Zero Industry Act: Making the EU the home of clean technologies manufacturing and green jobs
Last week the Commission proposed the Net-Zero Industry Act to scale up manufacturing of clean technologies in the EU and make sure the Union is well-equipped for the clean-energy transition. This initiative was announced by President von der Leyen as a part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan.
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Pact for Skills: Launch of large-scale renewable energy skills partnership
Today, renewable energy trade associations and representatives of installers of clean technologies, with the support of the European Commission, have set up a large-scale skills partnership for the renewable energy industrial ecosystem.
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Have your say until 25 May 2023: public consultation on EU Agencies: EUROFOUND, CEDEFOP, ETF and EU OSHA
The European Commission has launched a 12-week public consultation to evaluate the performance and impact of these four agencies working under the remit of Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.
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1,2 Mio. EUR aus dem EU-Globalisierungsfonds zur Unterstützung 300 entlassener Arbeitskräfte in Spanien
Die Europäische Kommission hat heute vorgeschlagen, 303 Arbeitskräfte, die von dem Aluminiumhersteller Alu Ibérica in der spanischen Region Galicien entlassen wurden, mit 1,2 Mio. EUR aus dem Europäischen Fonds für die Anpassung an die Globalisierung zugunsten entlassener Arbeitnehmer (EGF) zu unterstützen. Die Mittel werden den Betroffenen dabei helfen, eine neue Beschäftigung zu finden.
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Public Employment Services step up support to persons displaced from Ukraine: Latest developments
Public Employment Services (PES) are one of the main actors to integrate displaced people from Ukraine in the labour market. To facilitate sharing of information and experience, the European Network of Public Employment Services launched a questionnaire to collect information from PES.
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Commissioner Schmit to participate in the kick-off of the EU-OECD Youth Entrepreneurship Policy Academy
Over the next three years, the EU-OECD Youth Entrepreneurship Policy Academy (YEPA) will bring together young entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, policy makers and experts from the EU to discuss the policies and actions needed to support youth entrepreneurship in the EU and OECD countries.