Georgian Miners are on strike – AGAIN

Georgian Miners are on strike – AGAIN

Protest demonstrations have been arising from time to time demanding both miners’ labor and social rights, such as: improving safety guarantees, enhancing working conditions and providing equitable wages. Currently, on June 14, 2023, in the western mining city 3,000 miners went on strike demanding increase in wages, improvements in safety conditions, better insurance, and nutrition, 12-hour shifts, vacations, technology upgrades and curbing of pollution caused by the extraction.

Third-country companies and workers in the European construction sector

Third-country companies and workers in the European construction sector

The final outputs of the FELM project have been published in a final report that includes a regulatory, quantitative and qualitative analysis of third-country companies and workers’ access, trends and characteristics in the European construction market. The report served as the basis for EFBWW and FIEC, the social partners in the European construction industry, to…

The social investment approach in Western Balkan & Eastern Partnership countries
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The social investment approach in Western Balkan & Eastern Partnership countries

At the 5th BBinar on 13 June 2023 about 40 stakeholders came together to discuss what role the social investment approach to social welfare policies can and should play in supporting sustainable development in the Western Balkan and the Eastern Partnership countries.

European Centre organised the 2nd BB Policy Review on gender equality and care for relatives
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European Centre organised the 2nd BB Policy Review on gender equality and care for relatives

The European Centre organised the 2nd BB Policy Review on ‘Gender Equality and Care for relatives’ on 05 and 06 June 2023. Around 40 representatives registered from ministries and public bodies from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, and Ukraine.

EESPN relaunch

EESPN relaunch

We relaunched our EESPN website! The new website offers a clear mission statement and includes more details about the BB region, namely the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership countries, in a concise user-friendly overview. The interconnected activities, events and publications linked to each country reveal the uniqueness of our network in the BB region….

Enhancing social inclusion of persons with disabilities in the Western Balkans

Enhancing social inclusion of persons with disabilities in the Western Balkans

In this policy brief, the team explores challenges and barriers persons with disabilities face to full social inclusion and propose policy options to address them through investment in and better access to (vocational) education, public funding of personal assistance, and improved data collection for evidence-based policy making.