In the March issue of the EESPN newsletter, we are pleased to announce the appointment of Anette Scoppetta as the new Executive Director, effective 1 March 2026. In her new role, she will continue to strengthen the European Centre’s bridge building activities together with colleagues working on BB and further advance collaboration across the network. You…
In January 2026, the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research hosted the 11th BBinar titled “Job quality and working conditions in the Western Balkans.” The online event presented findings from a comparative analysis conducted by the European Centre and the Foundation for the Advancement of Economics (FREN) in Serbia, based on the European…
The Austrian Federal Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection organized a Networking Forum “Innovating social services: Pathways to inclusion and Sustainability” together with the Albanian Ministry of Health and Social Protection, the North Macedonian Ministry of Social Policy, Demographics and Youth as well as with UNICEF on 17 and 18 November…
The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research held its 51st General Assembly Meeting (GAM) on 22 and 23 October 2025 at the United Nations Office at Vienna, bringing together Board Members, National Liaison Officials (NLOs), and experts from across Europe and beyond. The meeting was opened by Andreas Schaller on behalf of the Austrian Federal…
In the frame of the JUSTMIG project, nine policy briefs on temporary migrants working conditions and protection were published. Each of the briefs focusses in one of the countries covered by the project, namely Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Finland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Ukraine. The briefs provide insights into the conditions of…
The European Centre is supporting the Austrian Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy (BMAW) in implementing bilateral labor market cooperation in the Danube region with the accession states Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Moldova and Ukraine with services such as studies, reviews and policy advise services during 2025-2029. Check out the project here.
The new project ‘Sustainable and socially just transnational sectoral labour markets: Industrial relations and labour market adjustment to the rise in temporary labour migration’ kicked off on the 10 January 2024 with a two-day event in Bratislava, Slovakia.
In the August issue, we inform you about the current BB flag-ship project: ‘BB Peer Reviews and Trainings’ which implements mutual learning between the BB countries. Check out the timeline of the respective BB Peer Reviews and Trainings and enjoy reading the rest of the August issue of the EESPN newsletter here!
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…
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.