News
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02/05/2019
Commission and OECD publish policy brief on business incubators and accelerators
Businesses that receive support in incubators tend to have higher survival rates, create more jobs, and generate more revenue, according to a joint Commission/OECD policy brief.
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30/04/2019
Child guarantee feasibility study: Report on the consultation now online
The large majority of respondents to the consultation on the feasibility of a Child guarantee, launched early this year, indicated that their country should combat child poverty and social exclusion better and that the EU should help in this, a report says.
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30/04/2019
New data show more than 14 million young people benefitted from Youth Guarantee
Latest data on the Youth Guarantee show that youth unemployment and rate of NEETs have reached record lows since the Youth Guarantee started, but also indicate more work is still needed.
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26/04/2019
EPIC publishes policy memo on parenting interventions
The European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC) has published a policy memo focusing on the scope and nature of parenting interventions, and their role in promoting positive child development.
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26/04/2019
JRC study analyses employment data at firm level
With financial support from DG Employment, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) has carried out an innovative state-of-the-art empirical analysis of job creation in the EU at firm level.
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24/04/2019
EuroCohort project preparing to launch the first Europe-wide longitudinal child well-being study
A Horizon 2020-funded project involving academic institutions from 13 European countries is developing the first pan-European cohort research study to monitor child well-being in Europe over a 25-year period.
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23/04/2019
Slovakia: Improving social inclusion policies through a thorough spending review
An ESPN Flash Report on public spending and investments in Slovakia has just been published.
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17/04/2019
Recent social policy developments in Luxembourg, Portugal and Turkey
Three new Flash Reports prepared by the European Social Policy Network (ESPN) are now available and provide information on the increase in the minimum wage by the new government in Luxembourg, the effort to lower the cost of public transport for users in Portugal, and social assistance programmes recently introduced in Turkey.
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16/04/2019
Commission launches debate on more efficient decision-making in EU social policy
The Commission is launching a discussion on how to render decision-making at EU level more efficient in the social field.
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12/04/2019
Commission works with the Western Balkans and Turkey to boost competitiveness, long-term growth and job creation
The European Commission published today its assessments of the Economic Reform Programmes (ERP) of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey.