Communiqué October 2005
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The Foundation’s work programme for 2006 will be presented to the Governing Board on 21 October, outlining the suggested aims of the Foundation’s work during next year. Research data and findings on working conditions and an ageing workforce will be presented during the year, as well as new work contributing to the European Year of Mobility. The second external evaluation of the Foundation’s work will be carried out, and the Foundation Forum 2006 will focus on competitiveness.
The gathering of the Foundation’s stakeholders also marks the introduction of a new set of governing regulations, primarily to accommodate the sheer size of the Foundation’s decision-making body following enlargement of the European Union. While maintaining its tripartite structure, the former administrative board is now called the governing board and it will meet once a year, apart from the annual group meetings. The bureau has been enlarged to take on its widened responsibilities. These changes have its basis in a Council regulation which updates and amends the Foundation’s original regulation (EEC) 1365/75.
Also amended and updated are the Foundation’s staff regulations,
realigning the rights and obligations of its staff with those of the
other EU institutions and European bodies.
Next month will see the launch of the new thematic magazine Foundation
Focus and the first case studies on the ageing workforce will be published
on EuroFound.
Willy Buschak
Acting Director