News
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13/09/2011
Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards: building a more inclusive society
The Vodafone Foundation launched the first Smart Accessibility Awards earlier this summer.
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07/07/2011
Parliament endorses 2012 as the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations
The support by the European Parliament is the final step before the launch of the European Year next January. The Council of Ministers endorsed the Year at their Employment and Social Affairs meeting in June.
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30/06/2011
EU budget 2014-2020: Investing today for growth tomorrow
The Commission’s budget proposal for 2014-2020 invests in growth for tomorrow. Taxpayers will get more for the same amount of money they spend. It will make it a truly European budget. A budget for integration.
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29/06/2011
How the EU budget delivers value to you: employment and social funding
The European Commission presented its position on the European Union's finances for the years 2014-2020. The package of legislative proposals falls within the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
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28/06/2011
Studies on social protection and social inclusion in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia online
A series of studies has been completed on social protection and social inclusion in the six Eastern Partnership countries in the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) region.
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16/06/2011
Employment and Social Policy Council
The EU's Council of Employment and Social Policy Ministers will meet on 17 June in Luxembourg. The Council is due to endorse on the country-specific recommendations on the EU countries' employment policies to be adopted by the European Council on 23 and 24 June 2011.
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16/06/2011
The setting of national poverty targets (Ireland)
One of the main targets in the Europe 2020 Strategy is to lift 20 million people out of poverty and reduce those living below the poverty line by 25%; as part of achieving this target Member States are asked to set national targets based on appropriate indicators.
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24/05/2011
Women and Men in Decision-making: Highlights (First Quarter 2011)
An update of the European Commission's database on women and men in decision-making has been completed.
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19/05/2011
Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council
EU Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Ministers met on 19 May in Brussels. The main agenda item for employment and social inclusion was the EU Framework for national Roma integration strategies up to 2020.
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12/05/2011
Monthly Labour Market Fact Sheet - May 2011
Unemployment in the EU remained stable in March 2011. While the labour markets still show steady signs of recovery in some Member States, in others they continued to decline, according to the latest Monthly Labour Market Fact Sheet published by the Commission.