News
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05/10/2009
Minimum income schemes
The importance of ensuring adequate social safety nets has grown considerably with the current economic downturn. Yet, according to a recent overview prepared by the Core Team of the EU Network of Independent Experts on Social Inclusion, most countries within the EU still fall far short of having sufficiently developed and/or generous minimum income schemes (MISs) that allow people to live their lives with dignity. However, in many cases they do play an important role in reducing the severity and depth of poverty.
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01/10/2009
EU support for non-discrimination and Roma
The EU supports a wide range of activities designed to tackle discrimination and promote Roma inclusion.
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28/09/2009
EU platform aims to improve Roma access to education
Experts from around Europe have on 28 September 2009, examined how to improve access to quality education for Roma communities – the first step to better including the minority in mainstream society.
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17/09/2009
Actors in the fight against poverty join forces for 2010
Actors in the fight against poverty join forces for 2010
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14/09/2009
A Day to Celebrate our Diversity!
Diversity Days to celebrate diversity in Europe are being held in 4 Member States (Cyprus, Luxembourg, Portugal and Sweden) this autumn and they promise to interest and entertain the public while bringing the message of the benefits of diversity to as many as possible.
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10/09/2009
Social Europe e-newsletter
A new e-mail newsletter on employment, social affairs and equal opportunities has been launched by the European Commission.
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02/09/2009
2nd meeting of the integrated platform on Roma inclusion
The second meeting of the integrated platform on Roma inclusion, launched in April 2009 in Prague, will take place in Brussels on 28th September 2009.
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02/09/2009
Open Call for proposals for Roma inclusion pilot project
European Commission DG Regional Policy opened on 23rd July 2009 a new Call for proposals for a Pilot project for a pan–European coordination of Roma integration methods.
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30/07/2009
Commission proposes to increase parental leave
The European Commission has on July 30, 2009 adopted a proposal to increase the existing right to take parental leave from three to four months per parent and apply it to all employees, regardless of their type of contract.
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29/07/2009
EU gender legislation has helped tackle workplace discrimination – new report
EU legislation has benefited workers through broader protection against discrimination based on gender and clearer definitions of discrimination, says a European Commission report adopted on July 29, 2009.