In a vote held on Wednesday, MEPs took stock of the state of fundamental rights in the EU in 2024 and 2025. The values enshrined in Article 2 of the EU Treatyand in theCharter of Fundamental Rightsmust be respected in all EU policies and fully implemented by Member States, according to a report adopted by […]
The EU and its Member States pledge over €811 million in response to the crisis in Sudan
Whilst the people of Sudan continue to suffer from the world’s most severe humanitarian crisis, the European Union, together with Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and the African Union, co-hosted the Third International Conference on Sudan in Berlin. As the war in Sudan enters its fourth year, the conference aims to mobilise […]
Social inclusion: recent policy developments in Spain, Belgium, Czechia and Lithuania
La Red Europea de Política Social (ESPN, por sus siglas en inglés) ha publicado cuatro nuevos informes Flash que proporcionan información sobre la evolución reciente de la política social en Bélgica, la República Checa, España y Lituania. Spain In March 2019, the Spanish government adopted a new “National Strategy to Prevent and Combat Poverty and Social […]
EPIC publishes policy memo on leave arrangements for non-traditional families
The European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC) has published a policy memo focusing on leave provision for non-traditional families, including adoptive families, families with same-sex parents, and ‘reconstituted’ families (with step-parents and step-children). Supporting family life for non-traditional families The right to maternity, paternity and parental leave for families is now well established in […]
Report of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights: The reality of Member States’ migration policies
Food deprivation, removals with no prior notice and the arrest of humanitarian workers carrying out search and rescue operations at sea are some of the fundamental rights concerns FRA identifies in its latest migration quarterly. It reports on some of the fallout in EU Member States as they continue to harden their migration policies and […]
COSME: Programme for the Competitiveness of SMEs: Tackling regional/local unemployment via social economy model
This call, which aims to tackle unemployment by promoting the social economy as a key element for a sustainable European economic system (COS-SEM-2019-04-03), is part of the Programme for the Competitiveness of SMEs of the COSME 2019 Programme. Regional and local unemployment requires special measures to be addressed successfully. Job offers need to adequately respond […]
Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme: REC-AG 2019: Restricted call for proposals to support National Roma platforms
This project to support Roma national platforms is part of the REC Action Grant 2019 (REC-AG 2019) sub-programme of the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme. Objective Roma national platforms encourage and facilitate dialogue, mutual learning, cooperation and policy review between all national stakeholders. Their activity promotes the inclusion of the Roma population, in particular women […]
Public consultation for the evaluation of the support to youth employment
The Commission has launched a 12-week open public consultation for the evaluation of the support to youth employment by the Youth Employment Initiative and the European Social Fund. The European Commission is carrying out an evaluation of the support to youth employment by the Youth Employment Initiative and the European Social Fund. In the context of […]
The latest culprit of poor health and early death? Low socioeconomic status
Is healthy ageing possible for both rich and poor? To find out, EU-funded researchers studied the processes driving healthy ageing in a person’s lifespan. Ageing affects us all, both as individuals and as communities. For poorer people, the impact of ageing is even greater. Being more likely to experience worse health throughout their life, their […]