Secretariat Paper 16_Multistakeholder Agreements in Climate Governance and Energy Transition: The Dutch Energy Agreement
This Secretariat paper examines national multistakeholder agreements in energy and climate governance. These refer to negotiated agreements setting out national long-term energy and climate objectives which include a range of stakeholders, from social, economic and environmental actors to political parties. The paper focuses in particular on the 2013 Dutch Energy Agreement between the social partners, environmental groups, government and local authorities. Political agreements have been used in other countries, including Sweden and Denmark. The paper explores some of the drivers, characteristics and processes in the development of this Dutch Energy Agreement, with a view to gaining further understanding the potential value of multistakeholder agreements as strategic tools for the low carbon transition.
Multistakeholder Agreements in Climate Governance and Energy Transition: The Dutch Energy Agreement: GA
Reports
Ireland
NESC
Climate Change
Secretariat Paper 15_Cost-Benefit Analysis, Environment and Climate Change
All public investment projects in Ireland with a capital value in excess of €20 million are required to be subject to appraisal in the form of either Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) or Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA). The practice and application of policy appraisal has undergone significant change globally, driven in large part by sustainability and climate change considerations. This paper examines key practice issues including discount rates, time horizon, the range of costs and benefits to be appraised and carbon pricing. The paper is mainly concerned with how changes within CBA can make it more appropriate to the context of climate change and transition. However, it also examines the way in which key characteristics of climate transition challenge conventional approaches to CBA and points to the need to explore other analytical and strategic approaches to transition.
Opinions
Belgium
CNT-NAR
Labour
Paid educational leave – Draft royal decree – School year 2018-2019 – Opinion No. 2,106
Paid educational leave – Draft royal decree – School year 2018-2019 – Opinion No. 2,106: FR
Heavy work – Opinion 2,105 issued with the view to listing the criteria of exposure to risks of hard work, and increasing the age conditions for the regime of unemployment with company allowance for the construction industry, night work and heavy work
Heavy work – Opinion issued with the view to listing the criteria of exposure to risks of hard work, and increasing the age cond: FR
ILO – Annual follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (article 19, 5. (e) of the ILO Constitution) – Abolition of forced labour – Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 – Opinion No. 2,100
ILO – Annual follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (article 19, 5. (e) of the ILO Consti: FR
Jobs Deal – Relaxation of the conditions for an exemption from social security contributions for allowances based on collective agreement No. 104 – Opinion No. 2,102
Jobs Deal – Relaxation of the conditions for an exemption from social security contributions for allowances based on collective : FR
Coordination platform for the actors involved in the voluntary return to work process of persons with a health problem – Evaluation and propositions concerning the regulation relative to reintegration – Opinion No. 2,099
Coordination platform for the actors involved in the voluntary return to work process of persons with a health problem – Evaluat: FR
Recovery strategy – Trainee schemes – Introduction of a global commitment for employers – Annual evaluation – Report No. 112 (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 – Report No. 112 (Jo: FR
Introduction of a mobility budget and adaptation of the mobility allowance scheme – Opinion No. 2,095 (Joint opinion of the National Labour Council and the Central Economic Council)
Introduction of a mobility budget and adaptation of the mobility allowance scheme – Opinion No. 2,095 (Joint opinion of the Nati: FR
Associative work – Royal decree implementing article 12, § 3, second subparagraph of the law of 18 July 2018 on the economic recovery and the strengthening of social cohesion – Opinion No. 2,097
Associative work – Royal decree implementing article 12, § 3, second subparagraph of the law of 18 July 2018 on the economic rec: FR
Modification of the law of 16 November 2013 containing various social provisions – “Flexi-jobber” posted by a temporary-work agency – Opinion No. 2,093
Modification of the law of 16 November 2013 containing various social provisions – “Flexi-jobber” posted by a temporary-work age: FR
Draft royal decree modifying article 19, § 2 of the National Social Security Office decree / Exemption of travel expenses from social security contributions / Mobility allowance – Opinion No. 2,094
Draft royal decree modifying article 19, § 2 of the National Social Security Office decree / Exemption of travel expenses from s: FR
Research Paper 12_Low Work Intensity Households and the Quality of Supportive Services: Detailed Research Report
This NESC Research paper is the detailed research to NESC report No.146 'Moving from Welfare to Work: Low Work Intensity Households and the Quality of Supportive Services'. It examines the experiences of low work intensity households and the services they interact with, through 92 interviews with households, service provider organisations, employers, senior officials in government departments and agencies, and national stakeholder organisations.
Low Work Intensity Households and the Quality of Supportive Services: Detailed Research Report: EN
Reports
Belgium
CNT-NAR
Labour
Implementation by the Belgian social partners of the European social partners’ Autonomous Framework Agreement on Active Ageing of 8 March 2017 – Report No. 109
Implementation by the Belgian social partners of the European social partners’ Autonomous Framework Agreement on Active Ageing : FR
