News
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13/06/2017
Awards for VET Excellence - European Vocational Skills Week 2017
The award ceremony of the first European Vocational Skills Week 2016 was one of the major highlights of the Week and showcased examples of excellence in vocational education and training (VET).
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07/06/2017
Three years on: report shows success of enhanced collaboration between Public Employment Services
Today, the Commission published a report on the European Network of Public Employment Services (PES), set up three years ago.
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02/06/2017
Commission support from Globalisation Fund for former coal miners in Spain
The European Commission has proposed to provide Spain with €1 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help dismissed coal miners and young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) in the Spanish region Castilla y León to find new jobs.
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02/06/2017
Commissioner Thyssen represented the EU at the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers` Meeting
Labour and employment ministers of G20 economies have met in Bad Neuenahr on 18-19 May to draw up recommendations for making labour markets future-proof, productive and fair. The EU was represented by Commissioner Marianne Thyssen.
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30/05/2017
European Solidarity Corps: Commission proposes more than €340 million to enable 100 000 placements by 2020
Today, the Commission has put the European Solidarity Corps on a firm footing by proposing a budget for the next three years and a dedicated legal base.
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23/05/2017
Unemployment and inactivity of young people – do we see progress and the right policy responses?
This 'Evidence in focus' on the 2017 Joint Employment Report, adopted on 3 March 2017 by the EPSCO Council, and its Scoreboard of Key Employment and Social Indicators looks at policy efforts to address challenges for young people, including unemployment and inactivity.
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22/05/2017
Council adopts revision of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) for lifelong learning
The Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council adopted the revision of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) for lifelong learning today.
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22/05/2017
European Semester 2017 Spring Package: Commission issues country-specific recommendations
The European Commission today presents its 2017 country-specific recommendations (CSRs), setting out its economic policy guidance for individual Member States for the next 12 to 18 months.
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19/05/2017
Have your say on European education and employment online tools and services
A public survey to better understand end users’ needs for online tools in the field of skills and qualifications has just been published by the Commission.
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11/05/2017
ESPN Synthesis Report on “Access to social protection for people working on non-standard contracts and as self-employed in Europe: A study of national policies”
Despite a number of recent national reforms which seek to improve their social protection, the self-employed still have lower coverage and benefits than salaried workers, and run a much higher risk of falling into poverty, according to a new Synthesis Report by the European Social Policy Network (ESPN)