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12/04/2005
Commission tables 3-year blueprint for growth and jobs
Last month the Spring European Council gave its full support to the European Commission's "Partnership for Growth and Jobs" to re-launch and re-focus the Lisbon Strategy. Following this decision, the European Commission today adopted a new 3-year "Integrated Guidelines Package" for 2005 to 2008 designed to spur growth and jobs in Europe. Recommending concrete priority actions it lays out a comprehensive strategy of macroeconomic, microeconomic and employment policies to redress Europe's weak growth performance and insufficient job creation. The new integrated guidelines bring a simpler, more focused EU economic governance by reducing the number of guidelines and by concentrating on core measures to create growth and jobs. Today's package will give guidance to Member States to establish their newly established "national reform programmes" by autumn 2005.
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11/04/2005
ESmail: new DG Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities e-newsletter format available
After more than 80 issues sent out since 2001 to more than 13,000 contacts all over Europe and the rest of the world, we thought the moment had come for a revamping of ESmail, the e-newsletter of DG Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities. Readers now have the possibility to receive the newsletter in a clear and attractive webpage HTML-based layout in their mailboxes.
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11/04/2005
Employment Week
The 12th Employment week conference and exhibition in Brussels on April 12-14 will focus on the review of the EU's Lisbon jobs and growth strategy and the European Social Fund (ESF). Taking place at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, the event will provide a one stop shop on employment, economic development and training.
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05/04/2005
Equipping people for change: Commission proposes over 11bn euro to help EU workers and regions affected by restructuring
The European Commission aims to allocate up to 11.3bn euro to people and regions affected by economic change. Faced with a future of intense global competition, the European Union needs effective policies in place to equip individuals to cope with change, promote new enterprise in areas affected by economic change and to anticipate restructuring. The Commission has put forward a proposal to strengthen social dialogue, streamline existing policies, increase funding and refocus existing funding.
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04/04/2005
Getting people into work: Commission reveals results from 5.5bn innovation programme at Warsaw EQUAL-Conference
On February 25, the results of over 1,300 innovation partnerships were unveiled at the 'Free movement of good ideas' conference in Warsaw. The results were achieved under the EU's 5.5bn euro EQUAL programme, which aims to find new ways of getting people into work by challenging existing obstacles. The European Commission, which co-financed the projects, presented an analysis of the new successful innovations and lessons learned.
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22/03/2005
Social partners strongly support the Commission's Lisbon Strategy
The European Commission today received strong support from the Social partners (UNICE/UEAPME and CEEP for the employers and ETUC/CEC/Eurocadres for the trade unions) for the review of its Lisbon strategy, which highlights the importance of jobs and growth in the EU. The European Tripartite Social Summit in Brussels was held together with representatives of the European Commission and of the present and future EU Presidencies.
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17/03/2005
Europe's population is getting older. How will this affect us and what should we do about it?
The EU is facing unprecedented demographic changes that will have a major impact on the whole of society. Figures in the Green Paper on Demographic Change launched today by the Commission show that from now until 2030 the EU will lack 20.8 million (6.8 per cent) people (*) of working age. In 2030 roughly two active people (15-65) will have to take care of one inactive person (65+). And Europe will have 18 million children and young people fewer than today.
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16/03/2005
Commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action
The 49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women of the United Nations which served to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, ended on the 11th of March 2005.The Session was attended by over seven thousand participants, including 6000 NGOs delegates.
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14/03/2005
Commissioner Spidla and President Barroso meet with the European social partners
The European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, and Commisioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Vladimír Špidla, met with the European social partners (UNICE, CEEP, UEAPME for the employers and CES/ ETUC for the employees) today in Brussels.
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08/03/2005
Commission proposes Institute for Gender Equality
Vladimír Špidla, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, today announced that a new European Institute for Gender Equality will be set up to support the EU institutions and the Member States in promoting equality between women and men and combating sex discrimination.