News
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20/04/2009
Feasibility Study: PENMICRO Monitoring pension developments through micro socio-economic instruments based on individual data sources
This study commissioned by the European Commission to the TARKI Social Research Institute charts out the existing tools and datasets for modelling and monitoring monitor life time earnings and related acquisition of pension rights. It also assesses capacity for future developments.
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14/04/2009
Assessment of the 2008-2010 National Reform Programmes for Growth and Jobs from a social inclusion perspective: The extent of synergies between growth and jobs policies and social inclusion policies
In October 2008, EU countries submitted their 2008-2010 National Reform Programmes for Growth and Jobs (NRPs), which included a report on the implementation of the previous (2005-2008) NRPs.
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07/04/2009
The financial crisis has put a sharper focus on pensions systems
The financial crisis has put a sharper focus on pensions systems, including the new funded schemes set up in many Central and Eastern European Countries.
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01/04/2009
Combining choice, quality and equity in social services (Denmark)
Several EU Member States have introduced innovations in the provision of social services in recent years, motivated by a number of reasons, not least in order to provide a wider range of choice to recipients, to help ensure quality and to contain costs, while at the same time maintaining equality of access to the services concerned. Accordingly, they have experimented with giving final consumers more say over the services they receive and the form in which they are delivered, in particular, through `personal budget' schemes under which users of services can choose how to spend the money allocated to them, or through voucher schemes, which are similar in kind. Both have the effect of introducing market mechanisms into the provision of social services, of linking supply more closely with demand and of introducing competition between providers, so giving them an incentive to maintain quality and to keep costs down.
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26/03/2009
External evaluation of the 2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All (EYEO)
The final report and its 4 thematic reports are at last available under "related documents" on this webpage.
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25/03/2009
Health, family and quality of society - the cornerstones of quality of life in Europe
Eurofound publishes its Second European Quality of Life Survey (2EQLS).
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23/03/2009
Social Agenda and other DG Employment publications - Your chance to tell us what you think!
The Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of the European Commission (DG Employment) produces a range of publications each year to inform citizens about EU policies that influence their lives and what social Europe is doing for them.
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12/03/2009
How safe is your pension?
The financial crisis may force EU countries to adjust pension systems. But most Europeans retiring today have little cause to worry about their retirement finances.
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10/03/2009
EU looks ahead to future gender equality challenges
European Commissioners were joined by other EU institutions and representatives of civil society at a special meeting on 10th March to discuss the future of gender equality policy in Europe.
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09/03/2009
2930th Council Meeting Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs
The Council held a policy debate on the current financial and economic crisis and adopted key messages in the fields of employment and social policy, intended to be reflected in the Spring European Council Conclusions.