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Toolkit to Strengthen Public Employment Services
Career guidance is a very important concept which, when applied in a useful manner, can help guide people choose the right career. Furthermore, the changing world of work calls for the renewal of the…
Life-long Learning
Taking forward the vision presented at the Gothenburg Social Summit in November 2017 on how education and culture can support an inclusive, cohesive and competitive Europe, the European Commission…
A Digital Education Action Plan
As part of a set of proposals focused on boosting key competences and digital skills, the European Commission has announced the setting up of a Digital Education Action Plan,…
‘More than money, more than the euro. It was always about values’
Following up on what was recently discussed between European Heads of State and Government at the Gothenburg Summit in November 2017, the European Commission has in January adopted an initiative…
€100 million boost to social infrastructure
The EU's financing programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) will receive €100 million for its Guarantee scheme from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI). EFSI is an…
More predictable and transparent working conditions
As part of the actions to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Commission has, in December 2017, adopted a proposal for a new Directive for more transparent…
Enhanced Cybersecurity Resilience
Digital infrastructure and services are vulnerable to a growing risk of cybercrime and cyber-attacks that threaten Europe's prosperity and quality of life. The scale of the problem necessitates a…
EU funds to support the building of institutional administrative capacity
The European Social Fund (ESF) is Europe’s main instrument for supporting employment, helping people get better jobs and ensuring fairer job opportunities for all EU citizens. The European Commission…
More transparent working conditions
The European Commission has recently adopted a Proposal for a Directive aimed at modernising existing obligations to inform each worker of his or her working conditions. This comes after…
An EU committed to the principle of equal pay
The principle of equal pay for equal work has been enshrined in the EU treaties since 1957 and is incorporated in the Gender Equality Recast Directive (2006/54/EC) on the…