Communiqué February 2005
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- Director's diary
- A positive year for working conditions in Europe 2004
- Health, social services and education sectors most at risk from stress
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Director’s diary
This month, the President of the European Commission presented a revised and re-branded EU-level strategy on how to reach the Lisbon objectives, in addition to the new European Social Agenda for the coming five years. The new Partnership for growth and jobs will place the Foundation’s work at the centre of the political debate in Europe, with our current and upcoming research – on quality of work and life, the ageing workforce and management of change – as outlined in the Foundation’s work programme for 2005. Of particular importance is our work on how to improve the quality of life of the disadvantaged and to support the reintegration of more vulnerable groups into the labour market.
Also this month, the second annual review of working conditions in Europe is due to be published and an EMCC company seminar will gather representatives from business and public authorities in Tallinn, Estonia, to look at the effects of outsourcing in business-related service industries. In addition, following the presentation of the European Quality of Life Survey findings in Austria, earlier this year, the road show will go to Hungary, where a visit takes place in Budapest, on 1 March 2005.
Willy Buschak
Acting Director