Secretariat Paper 22_Community Call: Learning for the Future
Community Call has been an experiment in partnership between national and local government, and the community and voluntary sector. It was set up at great speed in response to a major public health emergency. It delivered co-ordinated support to vulnerable people remaining at home during Covid-19 lockdowns.
This paper looks at how Community Call was established, how it has developed, and the learning from this innovative programme.
Secretariat Paper 22_Community Call: Learning for the Future: GA
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Ireland
NESC
Climate Change
Secretariat Paper 21_Shared Island Consultation: Climate and Biodiversity Challenges and Opportunities
As part of the Shared Island project, a Consultation Paper on Climate and Biodiversity Challenges and Opportunities was available in the first quarter of 2021. It provides an overview of the current state of knowledge and prevailing policy approaches for climate and biodiversity, in Ireland and Northern Ireland, touching also on UK, EU and international policies. Through a consultation process, the work will seek to incorporate the understandings of key stakeholders and form part of wider dialogue and engagement on the all-island dimensions of climate and biodiversity.
NESC invited contributions and submissions to help inform this work and provide insights as to which of the areas outlined should be incorporated into its next phase of this research. This Consultation is Now Closed.
Shared Island Consultation: Climate and Biodiversity Challenges and Opportunities: GA
Secretariat Paper 21_Shared Island Consultation: Climate and Biodiversity Challenges and Opportunities: GA
Reports
Ireland
NESC
Secretariat Paper 20_Approaches to Transition
This paper is part of the NESC work on transitions and looks in particular at how transitions are approached elsewhere and the range of perspectives at play.
The paper reviews the practical tools and conceptual approaches being used to support transition, with particular focus on international experience in managing downside risks that disproportionately affect specific cohorts of workers or communities. It provides an improved understanding of the practical ways and strategies that support and build resilience for those most challenged by Ireland’s low-carbon and digital transitions.
Secretariat Paper 19_The Transition to a Low-Carbon and More Digital Future: Supporting the Needs of Vulnerable Workers and Enterprises
The Irish Government asked the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) to examine the specific issue of the vulnerability for workers, firms and sectors caused by the transition to a low-carbon and more digital, automated future, and to provide recommendations. The Council has done so and sets out its findings and suggestions in its Report No.149 Addressing Employment Vulnerability as Part of a Just Transition in Ireland. In that report, the Council inter alia sets out the drivers of the Government’s response to the employment vulnerability created by transitions. This is in the context of a broader vision and a commitment to a high-quality jobs economy. The three key drivers are:
* continuous, pre-emptive workforce development;
* building resilient enterprises; and
* delivering high-impact targeted funding to support transition.
The Council believes that lifelong learning, training and education, effective support for viable but vulnerable companies, and ensuring that funding has the greatest possible local impact must be the priority for government as part of making sure the transition to a low-carbon and digital Ireland is just.
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Secretariat Paper 19_The Transition to a Low-Carbon and More Digital Future: Supporting the Needs of Vulnerable Workers and Enterprises: GA
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Belgium
CNT-NAR
Social Policies
Labour
Recovery strategy – Trainee schemes – Introduction of a global commitment for employers – Annual evaluation – Year 2020 – Report No. 124 (Joint report of the National Labour Council and the Central Economic Council)
Recovery strategy – Trainee schemes – Introduction of a global commitment for employers – Annual evaluation – Year 2020 : FR
Final report on the implementation by the Belgian social partners of the European Autonomous Framework Agreement on Active Ageing of March 2017 – Report No. 123
Final report on the implementation by Belgian social partners of the European Autonomous Framework Agreement on Active Ageing: FR
ILO – Report for the period 1.06.2019 to 31.05.2020, made by the Belgian Government in accordance with art. 22 of the Constitution of the ILO on the measures taken to give effect to the provisions of the Tripartite Consultation - report No 120
ILO – Report for the period 1.06.2019 to 31.05.2020, made by the Belgian Government in accordance with art. 22 of the ILO: FR
Third report on the implementation by the Belgian social partners of the European Autonomous Framework Agreement on Active Ageing of March 2017 – Report No. 119
Third report on the implementation by the Belgian social partners of the European Framework Agreement on Active Ageing: FR