News
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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.
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11/04/2019
Commission publishes report on reintegration of long-term unemployed
The Commission has published a report taking stock of progress made to help long-term unemployed people getting back to work since the Council adopted beginning of 2016 a Recommendation to speed up the return to work of the long-term unemployed, proposed by the Commission in 2015.
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11/04/2019
Evaluation of EU Agencies in the field of employment and social affairs
The Commission’s staff working document presents the main findings of the evaluation of the four EU agencies (EUROFOUND, CEDEFOP, ETF and EU-OSHA) working in the employment and social affairs policy field for the period 2011-2016.