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Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States

Aviz adoptat on 19/06/2019
Referințe: 
SOC/625-EESC-2019
Referral: 
COM(2019) 151 final 2019/0056 NLE
Rapporteur: 
Ana BONTEA (Romania)

In a context where the European Commission proposed the reiteration of the 2018 Employment guidelines, the EESC opinion refers to and builds on the findings and recommendations it made in its 2018 opinion. Furthermore, it develops some additional aspects in view of recent developments and documents of the European Commission – such as the 2019 country reports. Thank you for clicking on the title of the opinion to read some more on the opinion's content!

Avizul CESE: Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States

For a better implementation of the Social Pillar, promoting essential services (own-initiative opinion)

Aviz adoptat on 19/06/2019
Referințe: 
TEN/692-EESC-2019
Rapporteur: 
Raymond HENCKS (Luxembourg)
Co-rapporteur: 
Krzysztof BALON (Diversity Europe - GR III/Poland)

The EESC welcomes the fact that principle 20 of the European Pillar of Social Rights reaffirms the right to access essential services/SGEIs. These are a vital component of social justice and are underpinned by the principle of equal treatment of users, prohibiting any kind of discrimination or exclusion whatsoever, and by the principle of universal access to services of a high level of affordability and quality.

Avizul CESE: For a better implementation of the Social Pillar, promoting essential services (own-initiative opinion)

European Philanthropy: an untapped potential (Exploratory opinion at the request of the Romanian Presidency)

Aviz adoptat on 15/05/2019
Referințe: 
SOC/611-EESC-2018
Rapporteur: 
Petru Sorin DANDEA (Workers - GR II / Romania)

The objective of the opinion, requested by the Romanian Presidency, is to explore which measures and initiatives should be taken at EU and national level in order to promote organised philanthropy and eliminate barriers within the internal market that are hindering the realisation of its full potential, so as to maximize its contribution to EU values, such as cohesion, social justice and European Policies, and to the competitiveness of the European economy.
The opinion is expected to feed into the Romanian presidency programme and into the political priorities for the new Commission.

Avizul CESE: European Philanthropy: an untapped potential (Exploratory opinion at the request of the Romanian Presidency)

Gender equality issues (own initiative opinion)

Aviz adoptat on 15/05/2019
Referințe: 
SOC/610-EESC-2018
Rapporteur: 
Indrė VAREIKYTĖ (Lithuania)

Gender equality is not only a human rights issue; it is a social and economic necessity for the EU, its Member States and businesses, as it hugely impacts on sustainable growth and GDP, while allowing to use the potential of 51% of the EU population. The EU needs to elevate gender equality to a stand-alone goal with a binding strategy, centred in the following measures: fighting the economic inequality affecting women and the current backlash of their rights; ratifying and implementing the Istanbul Convention on all forms of violence against women (including harassment); addressing once and for all gendered stereotypes, namely through the media; and supporting civil society organisations working for greater gender equality.

Avizul CESE: Gender equality issues (own initiative opinion)

Supportive education systems to avoid skills mismatches – what transition is needed? (own-initiative opinion)

Aviz adoptat on 21/03/2019
Referințe: 
SOC/576-EESC-2018
Rapporteur: 
Milena ANGELOVA (Employers - GR I / Bulgaria)

Skills mismatches are one of the biggest challenges that currently jeopardises European growth and sustainable job creation. Future prospects are even more challenging. With the rapid, even revolutionary change of technologies, business models as well as customer expectations, the nature of work is often changing in an unprecedented and almost unpredictable manner. This has brought to light the growing gap between the needs of the businesses and the qualifications, skills and competences of the human resources. Current developments also underline the growing importance of soft and transversal as well as other skills often gained through informal learning. This challenges the current education systems to adapt and also raises issues linked to recognition and validation of the informal education and training.

Avizul CESE: Supportive education systems to avoid skills mismatches – what transition is needed? (own-initiative opinion)

Employment opportunities for economically inactive people (own-initiative opinion)

Aviz adoptat on 20/03/2019
Referințe: 
SOC/575-EESC-2018
Rapporteur: 
José Custódio LEIRIÃO (Portugal)

In this opinion, the EESC notes that a substantial part of the population is still neither working nor included in unemployment statistics, yet carries significant potential for employment and wealth creation. Therefore, it issues a series of concrete recommendations that you can read by clicking on the title of the opinion. 

Avizul CESE: Employment opportunities for economically inactive people (own-initiative opinion)

Resources for the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative (Amendment)

Aviz adoptat on 20/03/2019
Referințe: 
SOC/617-EESC-2019
Referral: 
COM(2019) 55 final 2019/0027 CODCOM(2019) 55 final 2019/0027 COD

In this opinion, the Committee endorses, without comments, the Commission's proposal on the resources for the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative.

The objective of the proposal is to adapt the amounts of resources available for economic, social and territorial cohesion set out in Article 91(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/20131, the amount of resources for the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative ('YEI') set out in Article 92(5) of that Regulation and the annual breakdown of commitment appropriations reflected in Annex VI of that Regulation to reflect the increase of the resources of the YEI, in line with the adopted budget for 2019. More specifically, commitment appropriations for the specific allocation for the YEI should be increased by an amount of EUR 116,7 million in current prices, bringing the overall amount for 2019 up to EUR 350 million.

Avizul CESE: Resources for the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative (Amendment)

Resilient Democracy through a strong and diverse civil society (own-initiative opinion)

Aviz adoptat on 20/03/2019
Referințe: 
SOC/605-EESC-2018
Rapporteur: 
Christian MOOS (Diversity Europe - GR III / Germany)

Liberal democracy relies on civil liberties and a pluralistic civil society, but considerable political forces in today's Europe are challenging liberal democracy. The social, political and legal framework must allow for a pluralistic civil society. Strong social partners and civil society are needed to defend EU values. The EESC calls for the creation of a Democracy Semester, a European control mechanism, corrective economic measures for non-respect of fundamental EU values, the creation of a European statute for CSOs, or interinstitutional CSO authorisation and, tax incentives to support civil society. Burning social questions must be tackled, ensuring social sustainability and inclusive education.

Avizul CESE: Resilient Democracy through a strong and diverse civil society (own-initiative opinion)

For a European Framework directive on a Minimum Income (own initiative opinion)

Aviz adoptat on 20/02/2019
Referințe: 
SOC/584-EESC-2018
Rapporteur: 
Georges DASSIS (Greece)

The EESC launched the idea of a Framework Directive on a European Minimum Income already in 2013 (SOC/482). As the principle of minimum income was integrated in the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), it was again supported twice by the EESC (SOC/542 and SOC/564). Applying the open method of coordination (OMC) as the only mechanism to reduce poverty continues to be insufficient to achieve the target set in the Europe 2020 Strategy. Introducing a binding European framework for a decent minimum income in Europe, enabling minimum income schemes in the Member States to be made "decent" (adequate) is a key European response to the serious and persistent problem of poverty in Europe.

Avizul CESE: For a European Framework directive on a Minimum Income (own initiative opinion)

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