Eurofound News November/December 2007

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Reaching out to a wider audience

In an attempt to cast its information net over a wider area, Eurofound has recently produced a video that serves the dual purpose of both showcasing its work and highlighting the issue of access into employment for young people. The new video was launched during the second seminar in the Foundation’s seminar series for 2007, on the topic of ‘Youth and work’, held in Madrid last month. As a way of stimulating debate at the seminar, the video gives young people the opportunity to describe their experience of unemployment, job-seeking and work. The video will also be used in communication activities over the coming months and run on Eurofound’s own channel on the online video portal YouTube.

For the remainder of 2007, Eurofound continues its work of facilitating debate and discussion. On November 13, Eurofound hosted a high-level seminar examining the impact of globalisation on social dialogue, attended by Finnish President, Tarja Halonen. At the end of November, Eurofound’s roadshow visits Turkey to present research findings to representatives of government and the social partners, and – at the ILO headquarters in Geneva – Eurofound research staff will compare the current state-of-play of Europe’s industrial relations with those of its global competitors.

Finally, it was with great sadness that Eurofound learned of the sudden, tragic death of its esteemed colleague Henrik Litske on 24 October in Jamaica. Henrik had worked in Eurofound for the past 19 years, and was committed to Eurofound’s role in achieving better living and working conditions across Europe. He will be greatly missed by all who worked with him, both in Eurofound and in the organisation’s wider tripartite network.

Jorma Karppinen
Director