On 16th April the HELPDESK project consortium, including the Social Employers, hosted over 90 participants from across Europe in Brussels to share the project’s tools that will help to unlock EU funds for social services. These tools are available to Managing...

The Federation of European Social Employers manifesto for the June 2024 European electionsThe Social Employers’ Manifesto for the upcoming European elections aims to demonstrate to future European legislators that the social services sector, which employs more than...

The IWorCon partners from France, Elisfa and Nexem hosted a delegation of employers' organisations from the social services sector, in the framework of the project on 28 and 29 March.Elisfa is the employers' union for social and early childhood centres, and Nexem...

The further implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights is one of the priorities of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU. During the high-level Conference in La Hulpe on 15 and 16 April 2024, policymakers aim to adopt an interinstitutional...

From 29 February to 1 March project partners met in Milan for the kick-off meeting of the DEVCOBA project. The meeting was hosted by the project managers from the University of Milan at the Department of Social and Political Sciences. DEVCOBA examines the care...

To address the labour and skills shortages affecting many sectors in Europe, the Commission has decided to launch an action plan at the end of March 2024. The Social Employers and EPSU presented their joint contribution to this plan.The contribution points out the...

16 April 2024, 09h30 - 17h00 Location:European Economic and Social Committee - Rue Belliard 99/101, 1040 Bruxelles, BelgiumThe Helpdesk – EU Funds for Social Services project is organising its Conference on ‘Unlocking EU Funds for Social Inclusion: Investing in...

The FWSS project partners published their guidelines & recommendations on the employment of foreign workers in the social services sector to foster inclusivity and ensure the equitable treatment of all employees.The FWSS project aims to remove barriers and...

From 7 to 9 February the Coordinator of the IWorCon project, UNIPSO, hosted its study visit in Brussels. The aim of the visit was to present UNIPSO, their work as an employer’s organisation and to understand how social dialogue works in Belgium.UNIPSO is a...

The European employers and trade unions for the social services sector are concerned about the EU Council mandate for the negotiations on the review of the EU’s economic governance rules.The EU institutions are currently working on a reform of the EU economic...