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MEPs push the European Commission and member states to make the fight against homelessness a top priority.

Sweden took a historic next step by incorporating the Convention on the Rights of the Child into Swedish law. It is a step to further protect the rights of the ...

The 2019 Annual Report of the Social Protection Committee (SPC) delivers on the Committee’s core task to monitor the social situation in the EU and the developments in social protection ...

The EU has set out guidelines to implement the ILO (International Labour Organization) Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work in Member States, promoting a human-centred approach to work.

The European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC) presents a round-up of the latest developments in child and family policy in EU member states in August 2019.

The European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC) has published its second annual thematic report.

Youth unemployment has decreased in all Member States, including those worst affected like Greece, Italy and Spain. Rates of young people neither in employment education nor training (NEETs) have also ...

MISSOC (Mutual Information System on Social Protection) is an important online source of up-to-date and comparable information on social protection systems in European countries.

Five years on from when the Youth Guarantee was introduced, the situation of young people in the labour market has significantly improved.

Two new Flash Reports prepared by the European Social Policy Network (ESPN) are now available and provide information on recent social policy developments in Finland, i.e. new forms of unemployment ...

The new issue of the Social Agenda features an interview with Commissioner Marianne Thyssen on skills, ahead of the European Vocational Skills Week in November. Commissioner Thyssen highlights the strategic ...

The Employment and Social Development in Europe (ESDE) Quarterly Review highlights continuing economic growth in the EU together with a steady decrease in unemployment. The number of employed in the ...

Every year the European Commission issues country-specific recommendations (CSRs) as part of the European Semester. The CSRs set policy objectives for the next year. As per their name CSRs are ...

Updated information on social protection systems in all EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland – including brief descriptions of their organisation and summaries of the social protection of ...

Three new Flash Reports (16/06/2017) prepared by the European Social policy Network (ESPN) are now available and provide information on recent social policy developments in Croatia, the FYR of Macedonia ...

The Youth Guarantee, and the Youth Unemployment Initiative that supports it, are two initiatives the EU put in place to help young adults into work, training or apprenticeships. Set up ...

Τhe European Commission published the first evaluation of how IT companies applied the code of conduct to combat illegal online hate speech. The code was agreed with the IT companies ...

  Τhe European Commission adopted a Communication that highlights the main achievements of the Youth Guarantee and Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) since their launch in 2013 and draws lessons on ...

  14/07/2016 -- The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) contributes to alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the EU, such as food deprivation, child poverty ...

  A new start for parents and caregivers   13/07/2016  - The European Commission has launched a second-stage consultation with social partner organisations at European level. The aim of the ...

  12 April: Activity rate improvement The slow but consistent recovery of the EU’s economy continues, accompanied by a gradual increase in the employment rate and a gradual decline in ...

  M. Vaalavuo* An increasing number of Europeans are working part-time. This can be a positive development if it means that people can choose more freely the balance between work ...

On 13 April a conference was organised by IMPact (Improving Measurement of Public Support to Personal and Household Services), an EU project co-funded by the PROGRESS programme of the EU. ...