Communiqué, issue 5, 2003
Articles
- Approaching enlargement
- Changes in Europe's financial services market
- Foundation seminar: living and working conditions in 2010
- EIRO expands to cover ten enlargement countries
- Promoting employee financial participation
- Enlargement: longer working hours in the acceding and candidate countries
- European Restructuring Monitor
- Observers from the acceding countries join the Administrative Board
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Foundation seminar
The demand for a new organisation of time over working life, the ageing of the population, low fertility rates and the need for ongoing business innovation in the face of globalisation are among the most important factors for the future quality of life and work in Europe over the coming decade.
These were some of the findings to emerge during the lively debate at the Foundation seminar, Working and living conditions in Europe in 2010, held in Ljubljana on 9-10 October.
The seminar brought together about 50 participants representing the social partners and public authorities at EU and national level, as well as the research community, from all over Europe. The need to refocus on the workplace as a crucial factor influencing quality of life as a whole was also stressed. Naturally, the impact of the forthcoming enlargement of the EU underpinned much of the debate.
Issues such as the movement of labour and capital and increasing disparities between countries and social groups were also addressed during the seminar. The findings will provide an important input to the ongoing debate about the future development of the Foundation’s work.