Tag: social policy agenda

"Finding the right mixture of European and national decision-making is key to a fair and efficient social policy for the twenty-first century," write Andrej Stuchlík and Christian Kellermann, researchers at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), a German think tank, in a January paper.

Although they were somewhat overshadowed by decisions that the Council made on climate change and better regulation, a large part of trade-union and social-NGO demands found their way into the Conclusions of the 8-9 March Spring Summit in Brussels. 

The model of flexicurity - a combination of easy hiring and firing, high benefits for the unemployed and a pro-active labour market policy - could solve many of Europe's unemployment problems, experts at a conference agreed.

This report was issued after a seminar organised by Notre Europe on 10 June 2003 with the collaboration of the European Economic and Social Committee.

The European social model helps to achieve the ambitions of the Lisbon agenda of making the EU the world's number one knowledge economy. This is the key message of a study on the "costs of non-social policies" prepared by DG Employment and Social Affairs for the mid-term review of the Social Policy Agenda.

Platform of European Social NGOs calls for action at Stockholm Summit to ensure development of socially inclusive Europe

EU Social Affairs Ministers agreed on new measures to fight social exclusion