EU Employment and Social Situation - Special Edition: Annual Review – September 2013

There are signs of fragile economic recovery, but economic growth is unlikely to be sustained unless it is inclusive and job rich, especially while labour market and social conditions remain extremely challenging and divergence between countries is growing, according to the September special edition of the EU Employment and Social Situation Review. This publication is available online in English only.

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Source : European Comission

Third Annual Convention of the Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion

The Third Annual Convention of the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion, one of the Flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 strategy, will take place on 26-27 November 2013 in Brussels.
 http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=88&eventsId=927&furtherEvents=yes

Conference Improving poverty reduction in Europe - 14-15 November 2013, Brussels

The conference will build on recent work by the EU funded ImPRovE consortium and will bring together the knowledge generated in related major EU funded projects, such as the GINI project, COPE, LOCALISE, and Net-SILC2; as well as the IWT funded project FLEMOSI. In addition, the conference will draw on the insights of several recent volumes on poverty, policy and the labour market, including Minimum Income in Flux, edited by Ive Marx and Kenneth Nelson; and reconciling Work and Poverty Reduction, edited by Bea Cantillon and Frank Vandenbroucke. Keynote speakers include Andrea Brandolini, Anton Hemerijck, Lane Kenworthy, John Myles, Brian Nolan, Wiemer Salverda and Anne Wren.
The conference takes place in the Royal Library of Belgium (on the 14th) and the European Parliament (on the 15th). Full details about the programme, venue and registration are available at the conference website.

“RETHINKING EDUCATION”: CIVIL SOCIETY HEARD BY EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

On 22 October in European Parliament plenary sitting in Strasbourg was voted MEP Katarina Nevedalova’s (S&D) report on the 2012 Commission’s Communication on “Rethinking Education: investing in skills for better socio-economic outcomes”. EUCIS-LLL welcomes the strong will of Members of Parliament to express their opinion on such an important political document and congratulates the Committee on Culture and Education for having listened to civil society concerns.

EUCIS press-release: http://www.eucis-lll.eu/eucis-lll/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/EUCIS-LLL_PR_Rethinking_Education-10.2013.pdf?utm_source=EUCIS-LLL+general&utm_campaign=52e65224e5-EUCIS_LLL_newsletter_57_Aprilr_20129_28_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f4e5c60751-52e65224e5-63188013

REPORT on Rethinking Education (2013/2041(INI), Committee on Culture and Education

Rapporteur: Katarina Neveďalova

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+REPORT+A7-2013-0314+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN

Eurostat: Regional statistics illustrated

Eurostat recently published the Regional yearbook 2013 and recently launched a new interactive tool, Regional Statistics Illustrated, to visualise regional data.

Eurostat regional yearbook 2013 http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/1-07102013-AP/EN/1-07102013-AP-EN.PDF

Eurostat: Regional statistics illustrated: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/RSI/

Flash Eurobarometer 366 QUALITY OF LIFE IN EUROPEAN CITIES REPORT

For this survey, 41.000 people have been interviewed in 78 cities and 4 urban agglomerations. Via a range of questions, citizens were asked to express their views on the various dimensions of urban life. How do they assess the quality of services such as public transport, health care, education, cultural and sport facilities? Do they consider migration as an asset for their city? How do they perceive job availability or affordable housing in their cities? Are people satisfied with the place they live, the life they lead, or the financial situation of their household?

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/flash/fl_366_en.pdf

OECD-INFE Policy guidance on addressing women’s and girls’ needs for financial awareness and education

Endorsed by G20 Leaders at their Summit in September 2013, this policy guidance aims to help address gender differences in financial literacy and to financially empower women and girls. The guidance is complemented by and based on an in-depth publication titled Women and Financial Education: Evidence, Policy Responses and Guidance.