Consolidated annual activity report of the Authorising Officer for the year 2015

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Annual report

Consolidated annual activity report of the Authorising Officer for the year 2015

Published: 15 June 2016

This is the Consolidated annual activity report of the Authorising Officer for the year 2015. The report describes Eurofound's activities, particularly its research, information and communication programmes and policy achievements, in relation to the objectives set in the Work Programme 2015. A chapter is dedicated to the management and external evaluation control systems and assessment of their effectiveness. A presentation of Eurofound’s research findings and how they are embedded in the current policy context is also provided in Eurofound Yearbook 2015: Living and Working in Europe - see Related content.

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Number of pages

86

Reference no.

EF1623

Annual report

31 May 2016

Eurofound yearbook 2015: Living and working in Europe

Eurofound celebrated the 40th anniversary of its founding in 2015. In 1975, the then European Community set up the Agency, charging it with the task of contributing to the planning and design of better living and working conditions in Europe. The social policy agenda and priorities may have changed over those 40 years, but Eurofound’s mission throughout has been constant: to support policymakers to develop the best solutions to the social- and work-related challenges faced by the European Union. This celebratory year for Eurofound proved to be another year of upheaval for Europe, with the surge of refugees in unprecedented numbers widening the political fractures opened by the economic crisis. Yet the need to address disparities, to improve social cohesion, and to regain the path to social and economic convergence has not receded, and it is here that Eurofound makes its presence felt. The yearbook is accompanied by the Consolidated annual activity report of the Authorising Officer for 2015, which is the Agency’s formal reporting on operations, staff and budgets - see Related content.

Work programme

10 December 2014

Annual work programme 2015

The year 2015 marks the third year of implementation of Eurofound’s four-year work programme 2013–2016, From crisis to recovery: Better informed policies for a competitive and fair Europe. The multiannual strategy laid down in the four-year programme provides Eurofound with a clear framework for the development of its annual programmes. The programme describes the policy context in which the Agency operates and defines the mission of the organisation and its core areas of expertise. It identifies four policy priority areas where Eurofound will provide high-quality, timely and policy-relevant knowledge as input to better informed policies. This is the Agency’s strategic objective for the 2013–2016 period.