News
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02/12/2010
The Finnish National Programme to reduce long-term homelessness (Finland)
In February 2008, the Finnish Government adopted a programme aimed at halving long-term homelessness by 2011.
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26/11/2010
Innovation Union: Commission launches consultation on active & healthy ageing
The European Commission is seeking the views of public and private organisations, companies and individual citizens on how Europe could scale up innovation to meet the challenges of the ageing population in Europe, and in particular on a pilot European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on active and healthy ageing.
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26/11/2010
Using Reference Budgets for drawing up the requirements of a minimum income scheme and assessing adequacy (Belgium)
Schemes ensuring a minimum income are essential for poverty alleviation. Various studies compare minimum income systems across the EU but fail to provide information on their impact on real people or consistent methods for assessing how the levels of income set in each country relate to the actual living standards and expectations of its citizens.
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25/11/2010
Access Cities Award competition advances towards the December final
In this inaugural edition, 66 European cities from 19 EU countries have been competing to receive the Access City Award 2011.
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23/11/2010
EAF Workshop on time credit schemes and working time flexibility
Flexible work arrangements are increasingly seen as key in helping women and men strike a better balance between work, private and family life.
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23/11/2010
Getting more people into better jobs
New plan sets out action to reach 75% employment target for the EU by 2020.
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18/11/2010
Making a success of integrating immigrants into the labour market (Norway)
Norway's social inclusion policy, under which it is compulsory for all newly-arrived adult refugees and immigrants to participate in Norwegian language training and civic education, in order to enable them to rapidly contribute to, and participate in the labour market and in society in general, has delivered positive results.
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18/11/2010
Study on social impact assessment
The objective of the study "Social Impact Assessment as a tool for mainstreaming social inclusion and social protection concerns in public policy in EU Member States", published by the European Commission, is to lead to better informed, more evidence-based political decisions.
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18/11/2010
UK to scrap child benefit for higher-rate taxpayers from 2013
The UK government’s Chancellor George Osborne has announced that higher-rate taxpayers will no longer be eligible for child benefit as from 2013.
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15/11/2010
EU Belgian Presidency conference on closing the gender pay gap in the EU
The average hourly pay gap between women and men remains at 18% within the European Union and, on an annual basis at 24%, according to a European Report released by the Belgian presidency of the EU.