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Mapping the Cost of Non-Europe, 2014-19 - Fourth edition
This study brings together work in progress on a long-term project to identify and analyse the 'cost of non-Europe' in a number of policy fields. This concept, first pioneered by the European Parliament in the 1980s, is used here to quantify the potential efficiency gains in today's European economy through pursuing a series of policy initiatives recently advocated by Parliament – from a wider and deeper digital single market to more systematic coordination of national and European defence policies ...
Sociale dialoog
De sociale dialoog is een fundamenteel onderdeel van het Europees sociaal model dat met de hervormingen van Amsterdam volledige erkenning in het Verdrag heeft gekregen. De sociale partners (vertegenwoordigers van werkgevers en werknemers) hebben daarmee de mogelijkheid actief bij te dragen aan de ontwikkeling van het Europees sociaal beleid.
The Situation of Workers in the Collaborative Economy
The collaborative economy (or “platform economy”), encompassing work-on-demand via apps like Uber and crowdwork like Amazon Mechanical Turk, has grown exponentially in recent years, thanks to the development of high-speed networks, the exploitation of big data and the availability of mobile devices, which have cut down transaction costs and allow for real-time effective matching of supply and demand. While creating many new opportunities for digital and physical services, which have, thanks to lower ...
Labour rights in Colombia in the perspective of a Free Trade Agreement with the EU
The EU's Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Colombia and Peru, on which the European Parliament is expected to vote in the coming months, is the subject of deep controversy. NGOs from both sides of the Atlantic question whether such an agreement should be concluded, because of the continued violation of human rights, especially in Colombia.
Women play an important role in fisheries, including fishing, aquaculture and processing of aquatic products. They have been very active in self-organizing and networking to promote gender equality in many different areas across Europe. They are also a major actor in the diversification of fisheries enterprises income, resulting in the creation of new opportunities in fisheries areas affected by the decline of fishing. The report reviews best practices observed in the fishing areas of 14 EU countries ...
Social Dialogue and its Contribution to Social Cohesion in Turkey
Vakbondsrechten in de Lidstaten van de EU