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Social protection programmes can act as stabilizers mitigating the impact of economic crises on labour markets while contributing to maintaining social cohesion and stimulating aggregate demand.
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Every year, the United Nations raises the awareness of landmines and their effects on people around the world. UNDP supports programmes in 40 countries affected by... More Albania is officially free from mine threats, following a decade of demining.
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29-Mar-2012 Economic growth in the G7 countries is expected to be firmer through the first half of 2012, but the recovery remains fragile and is expected to proceed at different speeds in North America and Europe, said OECD in its latest Interim Economic Assessment. Read more 27-Mar-2012 Poland has been a strong performer across the OECD through the global economic crisis, growing much faster than most other countries and making impressive steps toward reducing the income gap with its European Union partners, according to the OECD’s latest economic survey. Read more 27-Mar-2012 Euro area finance ministers meeting this week need to boost the firepower of the European stability funds to at least one trillion euros in order to restore market confidence, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said today.
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Eurofound - a tripartite EU agency - provides expertise on living and working conditions, industrial relations and managing change in Europe
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The Challenge of Political Empowerment In the struggle over ideas in the development arena, terms that are associated with more radical perspectives are often picked up by mainstream actors and organisations. And this has been the case with ‘empowerment’.
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EGGSI | Group of experts in gender equality, social inclusion,<br>health care and long term care
The network comprises 33 national experts (covering the 27 Member States plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Croatia, FYROM and Turkey) and a coordinating team. All of the experts are academics or senior experts, drawn mainly from the fields of economics, sociology and management but also from other disciplines. All have research expertise in the domain and are committed to advancing equality between women and men through their research. The network is coordinated by the Institute for Social Research (IRS) and the Giacomo Brodolini Foundation (FGB) - two organisations with complementarities and strong skills and capacities in technical assistance to the Commission and to national public administrations. They have set a partnership for the establishment and maintenance of this network of experts.
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egge is The European Commission's Expert Group on Gender and Employment (EGGE) was set up under the European Commission's fourth action programmes on equal opportunities for women and men in the European Union to provide expert advice, research and policy evaluation to assist the Commission's Equal Opportunities Unit located in DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. The EGGE network consists of independent academic experts with long standing experience of working in the field of equal opportunities and employment. There is one expert appointed per member state. The experts are appointed by the Commission. All of the experts are academicians, drawn mainly from the field of economics, sociology and management but also from other disciplines.Mutual Learning Programme - Home
The Mutual Learning Programme The Mutual Learning Programme (MLP) was launched at the beginning of 2005 and incorporates the former Peer Review Programme (launched in 1999). Its main objectives are to encourage mutual learning at all levels and to enhance the transferability of the most effective policies within key areas of the European Employment Strategy which is now an integral part of the EU 2020 strategy .
EAPN - European Anti-Poverty Network
Brussels, 13 March 2012 - Following its response to the Commission’s legislative package for Cohesion Policy, EAPN calls on all Member States to support the Commission’s proposal of a 20% ring-fenced allocation of the European Social Fund (ESF) for social inclusion and the fight against poverty. The call was made in a letter to all Directors General of Cohesion Policy in the Member States, in advan...