News
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07/12/2017
European Solidarity Corps: one year since launch
One year since the European Commission launched the European Solidarity Corps, 42,745 young people from all Member States have signed up. 2,166 of them have started their placements with 1,434 organisations.
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05/12/2017
Disadvantaged groups in the labour market: OECD/EU report marks added value of entrepreneurship
Policy measures to facilitate entrepreneurship among disadvantaged groups can help create jobs and tackle social exclusion, according to The Missing Entrepreneurs 2017, a joint report by the OECD and European Commission.
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05/12/2017
French city Lyon rewarded with 2018 Access City Award for putting accessibility at the heart of its city life
On the occasion of the European Day for People with Disabilities, the European Commission today announced Lyon, France, as the winner of the Access City Award. The city was rewarded for its inclusive and universal accessibility.
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30/11/2017
New sources of childcare support for working families in the United Kingdom
As of September 2017, the UK Government has implemented a universal scheme to provide 3- and 4-year-old children of working parents in England with 30 hours of free childcare per week, an increase from the 15 hours of free provision that has been available to date.
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28/11/2017
President Juncker and Prime Minister Löfven present way forward after the Social Summit
Less than two weeks after the Social Summit, which took place on 17 November in Gothenburg, European Commission President Juncker and Swedish Prime Minister Löfven take stock of its outcome. The concluding report published today will serve to frame the follow-up of the Summit, which starts with the December European Council.
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27/11/2017
Commission launches public consultation on a European Labour Authority, as well as a European Social Security Number
The European Commission has launched a public consultation to gather views of the broader public on setting up a European Labour Authority and the introduction of a European Social Security Number.
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24/11/2017
Commission Thyssen attends closing and award ceremony of Vocational Skills Week
Today, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, Marianne Thyssen, will give a keynote speech at the closing event of the second European Vocational Skills Week.
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23/11/2017
8th FEAD Network meeting: ‘The many faces of FEAD’
The 8th FEAD Network meeting took place in Paris on 13-14 November. During the two day event, members discussed the ‘many faces of FEAD’ across EU countries and the possible implementations of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) programme post 2020.
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23/11/2017
Eurydice releases new data on language provision for migrant schoolchildren across Europe
Eurydice, a network that monitors the organisation of education systems across Europe, has released the 2017 edition of Key Data on Teaching Languages at School in Europe.
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22/11/2017
European Semester Autumn Package: Striving for sustainable and inclusive growth
The 2018 European Semester cycle of economic, fiscal and social policy coordination starts against the backdrop of robust economic activity in the euro area and the EU, record high employment levels and unemployment rates declining towards pre-crisis levels.