Priorities of the Czech Republic for the Presidency in the Research

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Key Priorities of the Czech EU Presidency Three
Es

• Economy A Competitive Europe
• Energy and Climate Change
• External Relations An Open and Secure Europe

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Czech Presidency Priorities and Programme in the
field of Employment and Social Affairs January -
June 2009
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Employment and Social Affairs Presidency
Priorities

• Mobility / FMW / Migration
• Employment
• Social Protection and Social Inclusion
• Family Policy Reconciliation

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Mobility - employment

• Informal Meeting of Ministers
• 22 24 January 2009, Luhacovice
• Mobility of the European Work Force
• Geographical
• Professional
• From inactivity do activity
• Informal Meeting of the Employment Committee
• 26 27 March 2009, Prague
• Skills , Migration, Mobility

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Mobility - Free movement of workers

• The impact of free movement of workers in the
  context of EU enlargement Report on the 1st
  phase of the transitional agreement Council
  conclusions
• EU Enlargement 5 Years After, Presidency
  Conference
• 2 March 2009, Prague
• Macro-Financial Stability
• EU Internal Market
• Labour Market Mobility within the EU
• Meeting of the Heads Public Employment Services
• 25 26 June 2009, Prague
• Meeting of EURES Managers
• 4 5 June 2009, Prague

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Mobility - social security

• Coordination of Social Security Schemes
• Regulation on extension of Regulation 883/2004 to
  third-country nationals
• Meeting of the CASSMT
• 11 12 June 2009, Prague

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Migration

• Strengthening EU Competitiveness Potential of
  Migrants on the Labour Market and Social
  Cohesion, Presidency Conference
• 26 27 February 2009, Prague
• - integration of migrant workers
• - benefits of migrants for host society x costs
  of integration
• - effective and successful integration of
  migrants
• Directive on a single application procedure for a
  single permit for third-country nationals to
  reside and work in the territory of a Member
  State and on a common set of rights for
  third-country workers legally residing in a
  Member State

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Employment

• Increasing Employment and Labour Market
  Flexibility through General Flexicurity
  Principles
• practical implementation of the Integrated
  Guidelines for Growth and Jobs and of the general
  principles of flexicurity
• flexible employment relationships and social
  services based on the principle of making work
  pay strengthening motivation for an active
  approach to reintegration into the labour market
  enhancing the quality of human resources through
  the training prevention of social protection
  abuse

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Employment Lisbon strategy / European Plan of
Economic Recovery

• Council Decision on Employment Guidelines
• Council Recommendations
• Joint Employment Report
• European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
• Working Time Directive
• New Skills for New Jobs (Council conclusions)
• Post-Lisbon after 2010

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Employment

• Implementing flexicurity in times of crisis,
  Presidency conference
• 25 26 March 2009, Prague
• Implementing the Common Principles of Flexicurity
  in the new economic context
• Supporting transitions a key aspect for the
  implementation of flexicurity policies
• Lifelong learning matching skills and labour
  market needs on the path to recovery
• Focusing on the most vulnerable enhancing social
  protection and activation

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Social Protection and Social Inclusion

• Social Services Instrument for the mobilization
  of the labour force and for the strengthening
  of the social cohesion, Presidency Conference
• 22 23 April 2009, Prague
• Quality and Accessibility of Social Services
• Social Services Creating New Job Opportunities
• Social Services An Effective Tool for Active
  Inclusion
• Informal Meeting of the Social Protection
  Committee
• 24 April 2009, Prague
• Council conclusions on social services

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Social Protection and Social Inclusion

• 8th Meeting of the people with experience of
  Poverty
• 15 - 16 May, Brussels
• Over-indebtness
• Housing
• Access to basic services
• European conference on Care and Protection of
  Senior Citizens
• 25 26 May 2009, Prague
• Concept EDAN (Elder Dignity, Abuse and Neglect)
• Promotion of health potentional in old age
  (medicine and health care)
• Deinstitutionalization, long-term care and
  community care
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Social Protection and Social Inclusion

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• 17th European Conference on Social Services
• (supported by Presidency)
• 22 24 June 2009, Prague

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Family Policy - Reconciliation

• Horizontal Support for Families within EU
  Policies
• reconciliation of working, private and family
  life
• parental childcare and its relation to employment
  policy
• autonomy and freedom of choice for families
• qualitative aspect of childcare services
• Barcelona objectives in the field of pre-school
  childcare services
• legislative proposals

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Family Policy - Reconciliation

• Informal Meeting of Ministers for Family Affairs
• 4 5 February 2009, Prague
• Discussion on Barcelona targets
• Quality care for children
• Best interest of child
• Autonomy of family to freely choose how to
  reconcile working and family life

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Family Policy - Reconciliation

• Parental Childcare and the Employment Policy,
  Presidency conference
• 5 - 6 February 2009, Prague
• Modern family policies and their relation to
  employment and equal opportunities
• Parenthood as an occupation and informal domestic
  care as an option amongst various activities
• Forms of public financial support for parents in
  daylong childcare
• Comparison of alternative forms of support of
  childcare in various EU Member States
• Revision of 92/85/EEC Directive

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Equal Opportunities and Antidiscrimination

• Council conclusions on Equal opportunities for
  women and men 50 in active life and dignified
  ageing
• HLG on Gender Mainstreaming
• 8 9 January 2009, Prague
• European Conference on New Ways of Overcoming
  Gender Stereotypes
• 27 May 2009, Prague
• Directive on equal treatment for self-employed

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Equal Opportunities and Antidiscrimination

• Antidiscrimination Directive
• Report from the HLG on Disability on the
  implementation of the UN Convention

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Health and safety at Work

• Safety and Health at Work in Europe in 21st
  Century - Better Regulation and/or Good Practice,
  Presidency Conference
• 27 April 2009, Prague
• Better regulation Impact of OHS on business
• Workers key players of OSH improvement on
  company level
• Costs and Benefits of OSH a forward looking
  approach
• Workplace Health Promotion in Europe
• Safety and Health at Work in Europe in 21st
  Century, European Campaign on Risk Assessment
  2008-2009, Good Practice Award
• 27 April, 2009, Prague

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International dimension

• United Nations
• Commission for Social Development
• 4 -13 February 2009
• relationship between poverty eradication and full
  employment and decent work for all
• policies and strategies to achieve full
  employment and decent work, including specific
  measures to promote gender equality and foster
  social integration for social groups
• Commission on Status of Women
• 2 13 March 2009
• equal sharing of responsibilities between women
  and men, including caregiving in the context of
  HIV/AIDS
• equal participation of women and men in
  decision-making processes at all levels
• International Labour Organisation
• 98th International Labour Conference

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