News
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02/09/2015
Persistent poverty in the EU: time matters!
While more and more people experience poverty at some point in their life, a short-lived experience is certainly different in nature than long-term poverty.
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15/06/2015
Access City Award 2016
EU cities are invited to participate in the sixth edition of the Access City Award - The European Prize for making cities more accessible to people with disabilities and older people.
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29/04/2015
First overview of integrated social services in the EU and best practices
The European Commission published a first overview today of the integrated social services related to labour market and social (re)integration in the EU and identified best practices.
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09/04/2014
Improving the communication between deaf and hard of hearing persons and the EU institutions
The Insign project was demonstrated for first time on 9 April 2014 at an event in the European Parliament. Deaf sign language users and hard of hearing citizens during two live demonstrations contacted different Members of the European Parliament with the innovative Insign platform
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04/04/2014
Roma integration: EU Framework triggers first results
Concerted action by the European Commission has put Roma integration firmly on the political agenda across Europe.
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09/12/2013
First ever EU legal instrument for Roma inclusion adopted
All 28 EU countries today committed to implementing a set of recommendations, proposed by the European Commission, to step up the economic and social integration of Roma communities.
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07/11/2013
Tracking quality of life in Europe – new analysis by the Eurofound
The third wave of the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) records many aspects of the quality of life in Europe in 2011-12. These include social, economic, environmental and work-related elements, as well as subjective well-being and the quality of society. Together they make up a multidimensional picture of quality of life relevant to policymaking within the EU.
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26/06/2013
Roma: Commission calls on Member States to step up efforts on integration
The European Commission has called on Member States to deliver on their commitments to ensure equality and to do more to improve the economic and social integration of Europe's 10 to 12 million Roma.
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17/06/2013
Major reforms needed to improve the quality of care for older people, says new report
According to a new OECD report sponsored by the European Commission. the fastest-growing age group are people over 80 whose number will almost triple by 2060, rising from 4.6% of the population to 12% in 2050 in the European Union.
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15/04/2013
Commission maps local authorities striving to include their Roma populations
The European Commission has prepared an interactive map of regions, cities and municipalities that are committed to integrate their Roma population and that have joined initiatives to support them to reach this goal.