News
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15/07/2016
Update on social policies in Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia and Finland
Five new Flash Reports prepared by the European Social policy Network (ESPN) have just become available and provide information on recent policy initiatives in Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia and Finland.
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14/07/2016
Report shows first results of Fund for European aid to the most deprived - providing food aid and social integration
The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) contributes to alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the EU, such as food deprivation, child poverty and homelessness.
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13/07/2016
A new start for parents and caregivers: Commission launches second-stage consultation of EU social partner organisations on work-life balance
The European Commission has launched a second-stage consultation with social partner organisations at European level.
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13/07/2016
Temporary employment in the EU: springboards or career dead ends?
The share of temporary workers has increased in most EU Member States since 2008. Flexible contractual arrangements have been extensively used since the crisis, their major attraction for employers being their less strict dismissals rules.
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05/07/2016
ESF Success story: Job-related language courses for migrants in Germany go national
On 1 July 2016 a major new initiative of the German Federal Government for job-related language courses for migrants entered into force.
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04/07/2016
National Maltese Seminar on the Investing in Children Recommendation, La Valetta, 19 May 2016
Organised by the European Institute of Public Administration, this national seminar aimed at providing training for national and local officials on the European Commission’s recommendation “Investing in Children – breaking the cycle of disadvantage”.
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01/07/2016
Distributive effects of public policies – who gains, who loses?
How household incomes and wealth are distributed, what socio-economic consequences that has and how the distribution is affected by public policies have gained considerable and increasing attention in academic and policy debates in recent years.
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01/07/2016
Focus on social services and children in new Flash Reports about Romania and the Czech Republic
Three new Flash Reports prepared by the European Social policy Network (ESPN) have just become available and provide information on recent policy initiatives in Romania and the Czech Republic.
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01/07/2016
Report examines effectiveness of ESF interventions through counterfactual impact evaluation
The evaluation report 'Pilot projects to carry out ESF related counterfactual impact evaluations' sheds light on the effectiveness of some European Social Fund (ESF) interventions.
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28/06/2016
Employment and Social Situation Quarterly indicates less long-term unemployed, more convergence between Member States
Today, the Commission published its summer edition of the Employment and Social Situation Quarterly review (ESSQR).