European Parliament own-initiative report on the ESF+ post-2027

18 Dec 2024 | News

As part of the reflections and contribution to the design of Cohesion Policy beyond 2027, the European Parliament is working on an own-initiative report on the European Social Fund Plus post-2027. The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs is taking the lead of...

Relevant priorities of the Polish Presidency of the EU

17 Dec 2024 | News, Presence in relevant fora

From 1 January to 30 June 2025, Poland will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. With the Polish Presidency starts the next trio of Presidencues, composed of  Poland, Denmark and Cyprus, which will work following a common agenda. Poland is taking...

Adopted EU Employment guidelines and Roma

16 Dec 2024 | News, Other, Position papers and recommendations

In the context of the 2025 European Semester cycle, the Council has adopted the guidelines for Member States’ employment policies. They call on Member States to tackle discrimination in all its forms, to ensure gender equality and to support the employment of groups...

Council adopts Conclusions on labour and skills shortages in the EU

16 Dec 2024 | News

Although the conclusions do not mention Roma people, Member States are invited to implement measures focusing on young people and paying a special attention to NEETs, group in which Roma are overrepresented. They are also asked to make full use of relevant EU funding...

Council Conclusions on access to services by people at risk of poverty or social exclusion, including Roma

13 Dec 2024 | Featured news, News, Slider home

On 2 December the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council adopted the Council Conclusions elaborated under the Hungarian EU Presidency on improving access to services to promote the social inclusion of people at risk of poverty or social...