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EU welfare systems and the challenges of poverty and inequality
This study examines how contemporary welfare state policies address the issues of inequality and poverty both between and within EU Member States. It combines quantitative and qualitative analysis to show the strong links between inequality and poverty, not only in statistical terms, but also in terms of wealth distribution, intergenerational mobility and labour market dynamics. Welfare states are discussed in a multidimensional way, covering traditional welfare state policies on social protection ...
EU action plan for the social economy: Pre-legislative synthesis of national, regional and local positions on the European Commission's initiative
This Briefing forms part of an EPRS series which offers a synthesis of the pre-legislative state-of-play and advance consultation on a range of key European Commission priorities during the latter's five-year term in office. It seeks to summarise the state of affairs in the relevant policy field, examine how existing policy is working on the ground, and identify best practice and ideas for the future on the part of governmental organisations at all levels of European system of multilevel governance ...
Europejski Fundusz Społeczny Plus (EFS+) (2021–2027)
Europejski Fundusz Społeczny Plus (EFS+) jest ważnym elementem działu „Spójność, odporność i wartości” w wieloletnich ramach finansowych (WRF) na lata 2021–2027. EFS+ przyczynia się głównie do tworzenia klastrów politycznych inwestujących w ludzi, obywateli i wartości. Podczas pierwszej czerwcowej sesji plenarnej Parlament Europejski ma głosować w drugim czytaniu nad tekstem uzgodnionym w wyniku negocjacji międzyinstytucjonalnych dotyczących rozporządzenia w sprawie ESF+.
European Pillar of Social Rights: Gothenburg, Porto and beyond
The proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (social pillar) by the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council in November 2017 was the fourth major attempt to strengthen the social dimension of the European Union since its inception. The social pillar is to be the fifth pillar of the economic and monetary union. It is to serve as a compass for updating the EU's welfare states and labour markets to the new realities of life and work in the 21st century. Its holistic ...
Europejski Fundusz Dostosowania do Globalizacji
Wniosek Komisji Europejskiej z 2018 r. w sprawie przeglądu Europejskiego Funduszu Dostosowania do Globalizacji, zmieniony w ramach planu odbudowy dla Europy z 2020 r., wprowadza zmiany w kryteriach kwalifikowalności, zasadach współfinansowania i w procedurze uruchamiania środków. Fundusz, nieobjęty pułapami wieloletnich ram finansowych (WRF) na lata 2021–2027, powinien nadal służyć jako fundusz solidarnościowy i nadzwyczajny wykorzystywany doraźnie. W następstwie wczesnego porozumienia w drugim czytaniu ...
Economic and Budgetary Outlook for the European Union 2021
This study, the fifth in an annual series, provides an overview of the economic and budgetary situation in the EU and beyond, and summarises the main economic indicators in the EU and euro area and their two-year trends. It also explains the annual EU budget, provides an overview of its headings for 2021, and sets out the wider budgetary framework – the post-2020 multiannual financial framework (MFF) and the Next Generation EU recovery instrument. This year's special 'economic focus' puts the spotlight ...
Prawo do bycia offline
W kontekście transformacji cyfrowej w świecie pracy Komisja Zatrudnienia i Spraw Socjalnych Parlamentu Europejskiego przyjęła sprawozdaniu z inicjatywy w kwestiach ustawodawczych, w którym wezwała Komisję do zaproponowania dyrektywy UE określającej minimalne wymogi dotyczące prawa do bycia offline. W związku ze środkami izolacji wprowadzonymi w reakcji na koronawirusa upowszechniła się praktyka pracy zdalnej za pomocą narzędzi cyfrowych, przez co zwrócono większą uwagę na kwestie stałej łączności ...
Next generation or lost generation? Children, young people and the pandemic
The next generation, sometimes referred to as 'Generation Z' or 'Gen Z', includes children and young people born after 1995/1996. Also known as the 'iGeneration' they are the first digital natives: they have grown up with smartphones and tablets, and most have internet access at home. While, in the EU, they are the most diverse generation when it comes to their origins, and best educated, in terms of level of education, they are the most vulnerable, including on the labour market. They are the generation ...
What future for the social economy?
Traditionally the social economy is considered to be an ever-growing set of private, formally organised enterprises and networks that build on multiple types of resources and cooperation, with local anchorage and democratic and participatory decision-making processes. Its primary aim is not to make profit but to meet the needs of its members and that of the wider society. The social economy is active in an increasing number of sectors, and while some of its actors are small non-profit organisations ...
Social and employment policies in Europe
Whilst the disruption caused by the coronavirus crisis has affected all segments of society, some groups and geographic areas have been impacted more seriously than others. The crisis has opened up the opportunity to rethink how and what could be done differently and more efficiently over the longer term in the social and employment field at European level, including the possibility of putting social and economic considerations and rights on a more equal footing within the Union's governance framework ...