Igangværende (updated on 24/01/2023)
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SOC/748-EESCRapporteur:
Justyna Kalina OCHĘDZAN (Poland)
Plenarforsamling:
578 -
Apr 26, 2023 Apr 27, 2023
Health Workforce and Care Strategy for the future of Europe - Related Opinions
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Vedtaget on 25/01/2023
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SOC/741-EESC-2022Referral:
COM(2022) 440 final COM(2022) 441 final 2022/0264 NLECOM(2022) 441 final 2022/0264 NLECOM(2022) 442 final 2022/0263 NLERapporteur:
Kinga JOÓ (Hungary)
Co-rapporteur:
Plenarforsamling:
575 -
Jan 24, 2023 Jan 25, 2023
The EESC proposes to launch a European Care Guarantee, which would ensure life-long access to affordable quality healthcare and care services for everyone living in the EU. It also underlines the importance of supporting families in their fundamental role as caregivers and asks for adopting specific measures to tackle Gender equality, namely addressing gender stereotypes, attracting more men in the sector and ensure better distribution of care within households.
In addition, the Committee highlights the need for a life cycle approach promoting healthy and active ageing and calls for the development of a European Strategy for Older Persons.
Vedtaget on 26/10/2022
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SOC/730-EESC-2022Rapporteur:
Pietro Vittorio BARBIERI (Italy)
Plenarforsamling:
573 -
Oct 26, 2022 Oct 27, 2022
This opinion draws attention to the needs of family members taking care of older, chronic ill or disabled relatives. Informal carers, as they are called, represented by a majority of women, work for free, and are more vulnerable to falling into poverty. The opinion calls for public policies in this field and a recognition of their important societal role.
Vedtaget on 19/01/2022
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SOC/687-EESC-2021Rapporteur:
Miguel Ángel CABRA DE LUNA (Spain)
This Own-initiative Opinion analyses the structural causes that have led to the elderly care systems in general and to the nursing homes in particular, to become some of the most contagious and lethal factors of this pandemic. To this end, the different systems that exist in EU Member States are compared to learn useful lessons.
In addition, the opinion calls for the need to address the demographic transition as one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century, alongside environmental and digital transitions.
Vedtaget on 07/07/2021
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SOC/682-EESC-2021Referral:
COM(2021) 137 final 2021/0070 NLECOM(2021) 142 final COM(2021) 142 final COM(2021) 142 final Rapporteur:
Kinga JOÓ (Hungary)
Co-rapporteur:
The EESC welcomes both the Strategy on the Rights of the Child and the Child Guarantee, and considers that their implementation will help support efforts at European and national level aimed at promoting children's well-being and reducing child poverty. This opinion calls for the consultation and involvement of organised civil society, children's and family organisations, amongst other stakeholders, in the drafting of national action plans and their monitoring mechanisms. The EESC recommends all Member States to earmark ESF+ funding for lifting children out of poverty, with the designated 5% taken as a minimum. Furthermore, it recommends them to grant free access to early childhood education and care, education and school-based activities and healthcare or grant these services free of charge.
Vedtaget on 27/04/2021
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SOC/665-EESC-2020Referral:
COM(2020) 724 final COM(2020) 725 final 2020/0321 CODCOM(2020) 726 final 2020/0320 CODCOM(2020) 727 final 2020/0322 CODCOM(2020) 727 final 2020/0322 CODRapporteur:
Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS (Greece)
The opinion, presenting EESC's position on the four proposals of the Health package published by the European Commission in November 2020, supports and welcomes these initiatives but draws the attention on some elements.
- The EU and Member States should ensure that everyone has equal access to quality, well staffed, well equipped health and social services. This is particularly important in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic which has deepened existing inequalities.
- Special attention in future EU policies should be given to healthcare workers and the need to improve working conditions, including pay, recruitment and retention, as well as their health and safety.
- The new EU health package should be combined with the roll-out of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), particularly its principles 12, 16, 17 and 18 and the Action Plan on the EPSR. It should also be part of achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.
Vedtaget on 18/09/2020
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SOC/656-EESC-2020Rapporteur:
Antonello PEZZINI (Italy)
Co-rapporteur:
Alain COHEUR (Belgium)
Vedtaget on 15/07/2020
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SOC/633-EESC-2020Referral:
COM(2020) 152 final Rapporteur:
Co-rapporteur:
Indrė VAREIKYTĖ (Lithuania)
In this opinion the EESC makes the following points:
1. The EU and Member States should ensure that the gender perspective is fully integrated in COVID-19 recovery measures.
2. Gender equality should be fully taken into account in the forthcoming Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027.
3. The Gender Equality Strategy should be coordinated involving all Member States, social partners and civil society organisations.
4. To put an end to the gender pay gap (16%), binding measures on gender pay transparency are unavoidable.
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Vedtaget on 05/05/2020
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SOC/628-EESC-2019Rapporteur:
Stéphane BUFFETAUT (France)
Co-rapporteur:
Adam ROGALEWSKI (Poland)
The EU's demographic situation requires a holistic approach that embraces social and economic policies, active labour market and cohesion policies, policies supporting families, measures for ageing workers etc. The best answer to the labour drain related to internal migration is the social and economic upward convergence of Member States. The COVID-19 crisis will strongly affect the policies on demographic challenges. We need urgent measures to protect citizens from the negative effects of this crisis.
Vedtaget on 06/12/2017
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SOC/529-EESC-2017-02275-00-01-AC-TRA Rapporteur:
Co-rapporteur:
Vladimíra DRBALOVÁ (Czech Republic)
The EESC thinks the "work-life balance" package is a step in the right direction, to be further analysed and be improved in the future. Social partners throughout Europe should be encouraged to examine additional practical solutions to promote a work-life balance that suits the specificities of workplaces, particularly in SMEs. Moreover, there is need for investment in high-quality, affordable and available care services and facilities for all families, as well as for tax deductions that help working parents to continue working.
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