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The European Commission has proposed to mobilise €2 054 400 under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to address redundancies in the ancillary sectors linked to shipbuilding in Galicia (Spain), resulting from the financial difficulties of two shipyards in the region. The European Parliament’s Committee on Budgets backs the proposal and reiterates that assistance from the EGF must not replace actions which are the responsibility of companies, by virtue of national law or collective agreements ...

The study was requested by the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality and commissioned, overseen and published by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs. This assessment aims at investigating gender differences across EGF interventions. By adopting gender budgeting principles, the analysis shows that there are at least four factors resulting in different treatment of men and women in the implementation of the fund: a more frequent implementation ...

This European Implementation Assessment aims to provide a detailed overview of a range of official reports and evaluations concerning the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) between 2007 and 2014, namely the Commission's Annual Reports from 2008 through to 2012 on the activities of the EGF, the Report from the Commission on the activities of the EGF in 2013 and 2014, the mid-term review of 2011 and the final ex-post evaluation of the EGF in 2015. For this exercise, the analysis also draws ...

In October, the European Parliament is due to vote in plenary session on three applications for assistance from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). The EGF provides one-off support to workers losing their jobs as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns or the global financial and economic crisis.

This in-depth analysis summarises the results obtained from EU budget resources dedicated to the EU Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) and the role of the European Parliament in making such resources available. EGF supports workers losing their jobs as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns, providing them with one-off, finite support. Since 2007, 146 applications have been received from the MS, requesting funds which total EUR 545.3 million for 119 980 workers, of which ...

Through its European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the EU supports redundant workers, co-financing tailor-made services aimed at reintegrating them in the labour market. In trilogue, Parliament and Council negotiators have found an agreement that would keep the EGF as a solidarity tool beyond 2013, while updating its rules.

The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) co-finances measures that aim at helping workers acquire new skills and find new jobs. The Commission (EC) considers that two requests for aid to around 1 500 redundant workers in Italy meet the EGF criteria. Parliament and Council now have to decide on the related funding proposals for a total EU contribution of €3.7 million.

Thirty three pieces of legislation (directives, regulations and decisions) and four recommendations in the field of social policy for which the Committee on Social Affairs and Employment was responible were issued by the Council over the period under examination. Each piece of legislation is evaluated separately, by analysing the Cornmission's and the Council's reaction to Parliament's amendments.