During their meeting on 9 and 10 December, the Ministers of Employment and Social Affairs of the European Union adopted some encouraging conclusions. Firstly, regarding the objective of inclusive labour markets, they highlighted “the economic value of providing better employment…
A new Eurocarers’ briefing is out. How can Eurocarers’ members make a meaningful use of the European Semester process, for advancing their advocacy and project work? This new Eurocarers’ briefing details the many hooks at our disposal in the Semester…
The European Trade-Union Confederation launched a new publication on 24 October , presenting best practices on work-life balance (WLB) agreements negotiated by social partners in 10 Member States: Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. The…
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) launched the 2019 edition of the Gender Equality Index during a high-level conference on 15 September in Brussels. EIGE’s Gender Equality Index shows that advances in gender equality are still moving at a…
We are pleased to share with you this very promising update from the Norwegian alliance for informal Carers, our member from Norway: After Pårørendealliansen (Norwegian alliance for informal Carers) launched the idea for a National Carers Strategy in 2016,…
In September Eurocarers together with AGE Platform Europe, COFACE Families Europe arranged a workshop in the Social Platform’s conference Building Social Europe. The conference organised as a part of High-Level Conference on the Economy of Wellbeing of the Finnish Presidency…
PRESS RELEASE BY WHO At current rates of progress up to 5 billion people will miss out on health care in 2030 Countries must increase spending on primary healthcare by at least 1% of their gross domestic product (GDP) if…
PRESS RELEASE by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Everybody is likely to become a carer at some point in life, providing care for a spouse, family member, friend or neighbour with long-term care needs. The majority of…
In the framework of the Eurocarers General Assembly 2019 which took place in Copenhagen on May 20-21 2019, our Nordic Members Associations met to discuss the situation of care and caring in their respective countries, the result is a joint…
