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The European Care strategy

Prijaté on 25/01/2023
Referenčné dokumenty: 
SOC/741-EESC-2022
Referral: 
COM(2022) 440 final COM(2022) 441 final 2022/0264 NLECOM(2022) 441 final 2022/0264 NLECOM(2022) 442 final 2022/0263 NLE
Rapporteur: 
Kinga JOÓ (Diversity Europe - GR III / Hungary)
Co-rapporteur: 
Zoe TZOTZE-LANARA (Workers - GR II/Greece)
Plenárne zasadnutie: 
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.

Stanovisko EHSV: The European Care strategy

Legal migration – Skills and talents package

Prijaté on 26/10/2022
Referenčné dokumenty: 
SOC/733-EESC-2022
Referral: 
COM(2022) 650 final 2022/0134 CODCOM(2022) 650 final 2022/0134 CODCOM(2022) 655 final 2022/0131 CODCOM(2022) 655 final 2022/0131 CODCOM(2022) 657 final
Rapporteur: 
José Antonio MORENO DÍAZ (Workers - GR II / Spain)
Co-rapporteur: 
Milena ANGELOVA (Employers - GR I/Bulgaria)
Plenárne zasadnutie: 
573 -
Oct 26, 2022 Oct 27, 2022

Stanovisko EHSV: Legal migration – Skills and talents package

Health Workforce and Care Strategy for the future of Europe

Prijaté on 21/09/2022
Referenčné dokumenty: 
SOC/720-EESC-2022
Rapporteur: 
Danko RELIĆ (Diversity Europe - GR III/Croatia), Zoe TZOTZE-LANARA (Workers - GR II/Greece) (Diversity Europe - GR III / Croatia)
Plenárne zasadnutie: 
572 -
Sep 21, 2022 Sep 22, 2022

This opinion presents the EESC's contribution to the current discussion on the future of care and health across Europe and to the European Care Strategy. The Committee recommends setting common minimum standards to ensure that every one living in the EU has access to affordable, accessible and high-quality care, that there is proper investment in the care services and in health, that the health sector, care providers and health workers are properly recognised and valued, including through investment in skills, decent working conditions,  and the creation of quality jobs.

Stanovisko EHSV: Health Workforce and Care Strategy for the future of Europe

Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2021 (additional opinion)

Prijaté on 20/10/2021
Referenčné dokumenty: 
ECO/556-EESC-2021
Referral: 
COM(2020) 575 final
Rapporteur: 
Gonçalo LOBO XAVIER (Employers - GR I / Portugal)

The EESC strongly believes in the importance of the next Semester cycle as a key instrument for implementing the Recovery and Resilience Facility.

However, it is still concerned about the lack of clarity in most Member States as regards their National Recovery and Resilience Plan governance systems and the distribution of responsibilities for their implementation.

The EESC would also draw attention to the need to measure progress in implementation, for which good monitoring indicators are needed; in this connection it welcomes the "Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard" initiative.

Moreover, the COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the need for a strong industrial policy to avoid dependence on other economic zones for many products and services.

The EESC wants to see real action in this respect by Member States, in terms of investment in education, infrastructure and industrial policy to raise employment and boost European industry.

Stanovisko EHSV: Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2021 (additional opinion)

Action plan on the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights

Prijaté on 07/07/2021
Referenčné dokumenty: 
SOC/679-EESC-2021
Referral: 
COM(2021) 102 final COM(2021) 102 final
Rapporteur: 
Cristian PÎRVULESCU (Diversity Europe - GR III/Romania), Carlos Manuel TRINDADE (Workers - GR II/Portugal) (Diversity Europe - GR III / Romania)

In this opinion, the EESC underlines that the Action Plan on the European Pillar of Social Rights should be based on concreteness and tangibility, with actions that are measurable and accompanied by monitoring frameworks jointly agreed among relevant stakeholders and encompassing the social, environmental, and economic criteria. The EESC acknowledges the diversity and the common basis of social models across the EU. Competitiveness and higher productivity based on skills and knowledge are a sound recipe for maintaining the well-being of European societies. The EESC further believes that greater efforts can be made at EU and Member State level in the area of combating poverty, in line with the first Sustainable Development Goal under the UN 2030 Agenda.

Stanovisko EHSV: Action plan on the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights

Integration of women, mothers and families with a migrant background in the EU Member States and target language levels for integration (Exploratory opinion at the request of the German presidency)

Prijaté on 29/10/2020
Referenčné dokumenty: 
SOC/641-EESC-2020
Rapporteur: 
Indrė VAREIKYTĖ (Lithuania)

The EESC describes integration as a dynamic process, involving both migrants and the receiving society. It believes that migration challenges should be addressed in a holistic manner.  Gender equality should become one of the key pillars in integration. Migrant families and parents should be involved in the local and school community as from the early stages of reception. On language training, the EESC believes that this should foresee cultural exploration and involvement in the community and society, as well as guidance and information to migrants on the advantages and the aims of language training. In view of the disparities that exist in Member States with regard to language teaching, the EESC calls for common EU guidelines for language training, which can help ensure a unified and holistic approach.

Stanovisko EHSV: Integration of women, mothers and families with a migrant background in the EU Member States and target language levels for integration (Exploratory opinion at the request of the German presidency)

Diversity management in the EU Member States (Exploratory opinion at the request of the German presidency)

Prijaté on 29/10/2020
Referenčné dokumenty: 
SOC/642-EESC-2020
Rapporteur: 
Adam ROGALEWSKI (Poland)

This opinion, requested by the German Presidency of the Council, makes the following main recommendations:
- data collection and monitoring of diversity policies in the labour market must be improved at all levels;
- the principles of diversity management must be integrated into EU rules and generalised;
- more funds should be allocated to diversity management, in order to support the work of civil society organisations working with racialized groups and the diversity policies put in place by the social partners;
- to tackle the underutilisation of migrants' skills and increase their participation in the labour market, these need to be further recognised. In addition, migrants should benefit from free and universal training, including language courses;
- migrants should be active, not only in the labour market, but also in politics;

Stanovisko EHSV: Diversity management in the EU Member States (Exploratory opinion at the request of the German presidency)

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