Communiqué January 2006
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During 2006, the Foundation will bring its research findings and analysis on employment creation, industrial restructuring, worker mobility, and work–life balance to debates and social policymakers across the European Union. As outlined in its comprehensive programme of work for 2006, it will also present the results of the 2005 European Working Conditions Survey, and contribute to the 2006 European Year of Workers’ Mobility. The third Foundation Forum, devoted to the topic of competitiveness and globalisation, will take place in Dublin in November.
The Foundation’s 2006 projects will explore geographical and labour market mobility, employment creation, and managing restructuring and its effects. The links between social dialogue, working time arrangements and reconciliation of work and personal/family life, as well as the attractiveness of workplace, will be the key topics related to the work–life balance issue. Other research will analyse the Europanisation of collective bargaining, industrial relations in the public sector, wage flexibility, the integration of migrants, and the social dimension of competitiveness.
In the coming month, the Life’s jigsaw campaign will be launched. The campaign is designed to give an overview of how an ageing workforce, an uneven gender division, and working time constraints challenge Europe’s social structure, the social security system, as well as family and working patterns. During the coming six months, the Foundation will offer in-depth analysis based on its surveys, reports and cases studies and present possible solutions to the problems.
In my new role as Director of the European Foundation, I am looking forward to an exciting and challenging year. I trust that through our research and analysis we can provide our customers with relevant and timely information. I extend my sincere wishes to you all for a successful and fulfilling year in 2006.
Jorma Karppinen
Director