2022 RSA Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
The 2022 RSA CEE Conference will be held in the first half of 2022. It is the third event in a series which started in 2017.
Serbia: Posting from a candidate country and its implications for the social protection of workers
Posting workers as a concept is not straightforward and it is often confused with some forms of emigration. Four situations are related to the concept of posting. Different situations imply different policy responses, though there are common recommendations for all. The clarification of the workers status is the first step in identifying the social protection…
POW-BRIDGE Newsletter 3
The latest news on the POW-BRIDGE project can be found in its third and final Newsletter.
Final Steering Group Meeting
The POW-BRIDGE project had its final Steering Group Meeting, on 9 December 2021. The project coordinators of all seven partner organizations came together to discuss lessons learned, best practices and ideas for future collaboration. In the POW-BRIDGE project coordinated by the European Centre, the partners delivered 8 case study reports, 8 policy briefs, 8 video…
Free videos with practical guides for posting companies
The POW-BRIDGE team produced video podcasts in the form of practical guides for posting companies in the eight project countries.
1st BBinar: Social spending in times of Covid-19
The inaugural BBinar (Bridge-Building Webinar) took place on 30 November 2021 and focused on social spending in times of Covid-19 in the Western Balkan region. Members of the Eastern European Social Policy Network (EESPN), European Centre colleagues, and a wider audience participate in these BBinars in order to exchange at a practical level about common…
POW-BRIDGE final conference
The POW-BRIDGE consortium invites to attend the project’s Final Conference, taking place on 9th November on ZOOM.
New European Centre initiative: BBinars on Social Policies in Eastern Europe
The European Centre is launching BBinars, a series of webinars, on social policy in Eastern Europe. The new initiative offer EESPN members, European Centre colleauges and a wider audience, a possibility to exchange at a practical level about common challenges and progress on different social policy areas in the Western Balkans and the Easternship Partnership region.
2021 Reviews of the European Pillar of Social Rights: Updates in the Western Balkans
The European Centre completed the 2021 updates of the six reviews of the Western Balkan countries regarding the European Pillar of Social Rights. This year, the European Centre also prepared a comparative overview report.
The socio-economic situation in Ukraine and measures to combat the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic
During 2020 there was a steady increase in people’s incomes. The nominal incomes of the population increased by 6.1% compared to the preceding year and in the first quarter of 2021 there was an additional rise by 16.1%.