Policy Pillar

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Policy Pillar
Deadlines

• Workshop
• End November
• Workshop Summary report
• December
• Analytic al Mapping Report
• May 2006

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Policy Pillar
Thematic and geographical areas

• Thematic Areas
• Labor and Work Regulation (working time, health
  and safety, etc.
• Education and training
• Industrial relations
• Labor Market policy
• Gender
• Government Incentives (also research policy)
• Innovation policies (also for SMEs)
• Geographical Areas
• What role should they play?
• How should they be defined?

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Policy Pillar
Potential Areas of Competency

• Thematic Areas
• Labor and Work Regulation (FORBA (A) ISF (D))
• Education and training (ISF (D) UPSPS (G))
• Industrial relations (ISB (H) FORBA (A))
• Labor Market policy (UT (N)
• Gender (NIWL (S) FORBA (A))
• Government Incentives (also research policy)
• Innovation policies (also for SMEs) (UPSPS (G)

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Policy Pillar
Sources

• National level data sources (census, enterprise
  survey, labor force survey, etc.)
• EIRO
• EWCO
• OECD
• Eurostat
• ILO
• Studies from trade union institutes, both
  national and European level
• Ester
• Dynamo
• Foundation (comparative IR)

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Policy Pillar
Workshop Preparations

• Topics
• First reports on thematic and geographical
  mapping
• First reports on sources
• Operationalizing our data for the qualitative
  and
• quantitative pillars

• Invitees
• Additional expertise on topics and
  geographical area
• Additional expertise on sources

• Dates
• Lisbon, November 28th and 29th

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Policy Pillar
Next steps

• Define the nexus between institutional and policy
  trends and the effects at the level of work
• Decide how many topics we can cover (what are the
  most relevant)
• Operationalize topic areas (identify indicators)
  and formulate questions that can be researched in
  the case studies
• Decide how much geographical area we can cover
• Decide what is National versus European

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