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  • 14 May 2013
    Youth Guarantee (ESP) Ongoing References: SOC/485 Referral - 2 referrals, see below Rapporteur: Soares (Workers - GR II / Portugal) The EESC agrees with the Commission on the need to change the rules of the Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund and the Structural Funds, but regrets that the funds for the Initiative for Youth Employment do not result from a strengthening of the EU budget but are taken from the overall budget for cohesion. The Committee is also convinced that the foreseen amount, i.e. € 6 billion, is insufficient given the magnitude of the problem and the urgency to solve it. Finally, the Committee reiterates that the maximum age giving access to the Youth Guarantee should be increased to 30 years to cover for people who are still in a transition phase from education to employment.
  • 14 May 2013
    Social Investment Package Ongoing References: SOC/481 Referral - COM(2013) 83 final Rapporteur: Röpke (Workers - GR II / Austria) The EESC welcomes as such the Commission's Social Investment Package and the shift in approach it represents. However, the EESC considers that the question of financing remains largely unanswered. Better use of the European structural and investment funds and the best possible targeting of the measures are certainly to be welcomed, but will certainly not be enough to achieve the desired policy shift.

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  • 14 May 2013
    Subcommittee: For a social dimension of the European Economic and Monetary Union Ongoing References: SC/038 Exploratory Opinion Rapporteur: Luca Jahier Co-rapporteur: Giorgios Dassis, Henri Malosse It is time to build the social pillar of the EMU within the framework of a social Europe, without which citizens' adhesion to the European project as a whole will remain at risk. The EESC recommends to launch a new European Social Action Programme with tangible measures to develop social governance and participatory ownership of the European project. The EESC would propose two new exploratory initiatives:

    - The issuance of European Social Bonds financed, owned, managed and supervised transparently by civil society stakeholders;
    - The setting-up of a European Education Network for Unemployed Workers.
  • 30 Apr 2013
    Female employment in relation to growth Ongoing References: SOC/486 Exploratory Opinion
  • 16 Apr 2013
    Entry and residence of third country nationals (recast) Ongoing References: SOC/484 Referral - COM(2013) 151 final Rapporteur: Pîrvulescu (Various interests - GR III / Romania) The aim of this recast is to allow the EU to attract talented non-EU students and researchers, while taking into consideration a certain risk of exploitation, to which trainees and au-pairs are particularly exposed. The proposal amends two existing directives: 1/ the “Students’ Directive” (Council Directive 2004/114/EC on the conditions of admission of third country nationals for the purposes of studies, pupil exchange, unremunerated training or voluntary service): extending its scope to remunerated trainees and au-pairs and making mandatory provisions on unremunerated trainees; 2/ the “Researchers’ Directive” (Council Directive 2005/71/EC on a specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for the purposes of scientific research).
  • 21 Mar 2013
    EESC opinion: Youth Employment Package Adopted References: CESE 2419/2012 - SOC/474 Referral - 2 referrals, see below Rapporteur: Trantina (Various interests - GR III / Czech Republic) Co-rapporteur: de Buck (Employers - GR I / Belgium) Plenary Session: 488 - 20 Mar 2013 - 21 Mar 2013 (Summary Plenary Session) The EESC welcomes the Youth Employment Package. It recommends, whenever possible, the age limit for access to the scheme be increased to 30, to cover young people who leave university later or those who are still in a transition phase from education to employment and are still at risk of losing contact with the labour market. There is also need to improve the conditions for offering traineeships and ensure their quality.

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  • 20 Mar 2013
    EESC opinion: Employee influence and participation Adopted References: CESE 2096/2012 - SOC/470 Own-initiative Rapporteur: Greif (Workers - GR II / Austria) Plenary Session: 488 - 20 Mar 2013 - 21 Mar 2013 (Summary Plenary Session) The EESC is convinced that "good" and thus "sustainable" business management must be built on the legal structures and practices of employee involvement based on information, consultation and, where applicable, co-determination. The "sustainable company" as a business management concept entails that the "voice" of employees is respected in business decisions and a "fair relationship" between employees, management and owners. A set of tools already exists for the obligatory involvement of employee representatives at national and European level. These provisions should be consolidated and applied generally in EU law, and in particular definitions of information, consultation and participation should be standardised. A new stage in this debate is marked by the European Parliament's resolution of 15 January 2013 on minimum standards for restructuring.

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    EESC opinion: Employee influence and participation

  • 20 Mar 2013
    EESC opinion: The role of business in relation to education in the EU Adopted References: CESE 2308/2012 - SOC/469 Own-initiative Rapporteur: Drbalová (Employers - GR I / Czech Republic) Plenary Session: 488 - 20 Mar 2013 - 21 Mar 2013 (Summary Plenary Session) The opinion "Job creation through apprenticeships and lifelong vocational training: the role of business in education in the EU" welcomes the active approach of employers and businesses to the development of skills and their adaptation to the needs of the labour market in order to rekindle growth, create jobs and improve the situation of young people on the labour market.

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    EESC opinion: The role of business in relation to education in the EU

  • 19 Mar 2013
    Smart border package Ongoing References: SOC/483 Referral - 3, see below Rapporteur: Pirvulescu (Various interests - GR III / Romania)
  • 14 Feb 2013
    A strategy against the shadow economy and undeclared work Ongoing References: SOC/480 Own-initiative Rapporteur: Palmieri (Workers - GR II / Italy)

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