Past events

On 16 and 17 November 2022, the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission is organising its inaugural annual flagship event in Brussels, the European Employment & Social Rights Forum. Eurofound Research Manager Daniel Molinuevo will be speaking on the panel 'Ensuring equal access to quality care services' at 11:40 – 12:25 (CEST) on 17 November.

Eurofound organised a #EurofoundLIVE webinar on Building a stronger Europe - Making the European Care Strategy work on 27 October 2022 - Time: 14:00-15:00 Irish time, 15:00-16:00 European time. Drawing on its latest research findings about care, long-term care and early childhood education and care, and in the context of the European Commission’s new European Care Strategy on quality, affordable and accessible care services across the EU, as well as the European Parliament’s resolution Towards a common European action on care, Eurofound facilitated a one-hour live discussion on this theme. A video is available.

High-level conference: Tackling energy poverty: EU approach & sharing best practices, 24 October 2022, Prague, Czechia. Massimiliano Mascherini, Head of social policies at Eurofound, spoke at the session on Gender aspects of energy poverty. 

This informal ministerial meeting brought together 27 ministers responsible for employment and social policy. On 14 October, following interventions by the EU Presidency and Nicolas Schmit, EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Eurofound’s Executive Director, Ivailo Kalfin, fed into the discussions drawing on Eurofound’s most recent data with a presentation on the impact of raising energy prices on the social situation of EU Member States.