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September 7, 2022 - Project News

New report examines ways to improve the attractiveness of social services jobs in Europe

On the occasion of the EU Care Strategy launch, the FORESEE project partners present a new report titled “Improving the attractiveness of social services jobs in Europe: social partner initiatives”.

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DDSkills Transnational Project Meeting: Updates on the national training pilots courses

October 17, 2022 - Project News

DDSkills Transnational Project Meeting: Updates on the national training pilots courses

On 3rd October, the DDSkills project consortium met in Rome to discuss the last details to start the national training pilots courses. Those will target 20 care professionals in each of the six countries: Greece, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania, Germany and Cyprus.

New report examines ways to improve the attractiveness of social services jobs in Europe

September 7, 2022 - Project News

New report examines ways to improve the attractiveness of social services jobs in Europe

On the occasion of the EU Care Strategy launch, the FORESEE project partners present a new report titled “Improving the attractiveness of social services jobs in Europe: social partner initiatives”.

Launch of the FORTE Project

August 31, 2022 - Project News

Launch of the FORTE Project

On 30 August, the Social Employers and EPSU with the affiliate partner Nexem launched the FORTE Project. The project outcomes will feed into joint discussions and outputs in the framework of sectoral social dialogue in social services.

New report: Impact of Covid-19 on the social services sector and the role of social dialogue

March 10, 2022 - Project News

New report: Impact of Covid-19 on the social services sector and the role of social dialogue

The FORESEE project consortium launches a new, extensive report on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on social services and the role of social dialogue in alleviating the crisis.

FORESEE project partners meet to discuss 2022 activities

January 20, 2022 - Project News

FORESEE project partners meet to discuss 2022 activities

On 17 January, the FORESEE project partners gathered online to discuss the state of play of the project, the latest updates and next steps in 2022.

DDSkills project: 3rd Transnational Meeting and Workshop

October 21, 2021 - Project News

DDSkills project: 3rd Transnational Meeting and Workshop

On 12 and 13 October, the Social Employers participated in the third transnational meeting of the DDSkills project and in a workshop presenting the DDSkills project and its digital toolkit.

Social Employers and Unipso launch a new project to strengthen social dialogue and reinforce the attractiveness of social services across Europe

March 23, 2021 - Project News

Social Employers and Unipso launch a new project to strengthen social dialogue and reinforce the attractiveness of social services across Europe

On 22 March, the Social Employers launched together with Unipso, the leading partner, a new project called FORESEE. The project focuses on capacity building of EU and national-level social partners in social services and aims to promote the attractiveness of the sector.

Social Dialogue – Which Benefits for Social Services?

December 16, 2020 - Project News

Social Dialogue – Which Benefits for Social Services?

A new Social Employers report aims to showcase the advantages of social dialogue for the social services sector and gather examples and recommendations for setting up such structures.

New project on social dialogue in childcare and long-term care

December 3, 2020 - Project News

New project on social dialogue in childcare and long-term care

On 2 December, the Social Employers participated in the kick-off meeting of a new project they are partner of, the Sowell (Social dialogue in welfare services) project. The meeting was hosted online by the project coordinator, the University of Milan’s Department for Social and Political Sciences.

DDSkills project meeting: 2nd Transnational Project Meeting

November 18, 2020 - Project News

DDSkills project meeting: 2nd Transnational Project Meeting

On 3rd November, the project coordinator To Ergastiri hosted online the 2nd Transnational Project Meeting in the framework of the DDSkills project.

DDSkills project: new report on existing practices for new technologies courses in the Health and Social Care Sectors

November 10, 2020 - Project News

DDSkills project: new report on existing practices for new technologies courses in the Health and Social Care Sectors

The report aims are to identify and evaluate existing courses for the development of digital skills in the health and social care domains.

DialogueS Final Conference “Social Dialogue in Social Services for a strong social Europe”

October 27, 2020 - Social Dialogue News Project News

DialogueS Final Conference “Social Dialogue in Social Services for a strong social Europe”

On 19th October 2020, the Social Employers and EPSU co-hosted online the Final Conference of the DialogueS project. The topic of discussion was “Social Dialogue in Social Services for a strong social Europe".

Capacity building for Social dialogue in Social services: 2nd national event in Greece

October 7, 2020 - Project News

Capacity building for Social dialogue in Social services: 2nd national event in Greece

On 5th October the Social Employers together with Margarita and Pepsaee, discussed on the state of play of social dialogue in social services sector in Greece, in an online national event.

2nd Capacity building event for Social dialogue in Romanian Social services

October 1, 2020 - Project News

2nd Capacity building event for Social dialogue in Romanian Social services

On 29th September, the Social Employers together with our Romanian member, FONSS hosted online the 2nd capacity building event to discuss the updates on social dialogue in the Romania social services sector.

Meeting on Safe and healthy workplaces in Social Services during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of Social Partners

June 25, 2020 - Project News

Meeting on Safe and healthy workplaces in Social Services during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of Social Partners

On 9th June 2020, the Social Employers and EPSU co-hosted the 3rd European Thematic Meeting in the framework of DialogueS, online in the form of a Webinar. The topic of discussion was “Safe and healthy workplaces in Social Services during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of Social Partners".

Joint EPSU/Social Employers Webinar: Safe and healthy workplaces in Social Services during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of Social Partners

June 4, 2020 - Social Dialogue News Project News

Joint EPSU/Social Employers Webinar: Safe and healthy workplaces in Social Services during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of Social Partners

On Tuesday 9th June, the Social Employers together with EPSU will host their 3rd European Thematic Meeting in the framework of the DialogueS Project.

Meeting on Social Services Workforce: Key Learnings and Recommendations

March 24, 2020 - Social Dialogue News Project News

Meeting on Social Services Workforce: Key Learnings and Recommendations

On 27th February 2020, the Social Employers and EPSU co-hosted the second European Thematic Meeting in the framework of DialogueS. The topic of the discussion was “How to manage diversity and mobility of the workforce in more attractive social services”.

Capacity building for Social dialogue in Social services: national event in Greece

March 23, 2020 - Project News

Capacity building for Social dialogue in Social services: national event in Greece

On 14th February The Social Employers together with Margarita and Pepsae, hosted a national event in Athens on the topic “Social Services and sectoral social dialogue: strengthening the capacity of social partners”.

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