Social protection in Europe: Facing up to changes and challenges

The various sections of the book deal with the relationship between employment and social protection, the financing of social security systems and aspects of pension systems, unemployment benefit and health care provision.

Jobs first

 Jobs First is the first publication to be published jointly by the ETUC and TUAC, the Paris-based Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD.

European labour law and the EU Charter fundamental rights

Summary version

The analysis contained in this commentary is a contribution to the work of the Convention on the Future of Europe, whose members, and others, are concerned with the future of labour law and industrial relations in Europe.

CEE countries in the EU companies strategies of industrial restructuring and relocation

The book describes the main trends in the inflow of foreign direct investment to the ten CEE countries which are candidates for EU accession and the position within these countries of capital originating in the EU.

The enlargement of social Europe. The role of social partners in the European Employment Strategy

This publication presents the results of close collaboration between the SALTSA-programme - the National Institute for Working Life and the Swedish Trade Unions in Co-operation, the CREER - the Centre de Recherche Européenne pour l'emploi et les ressources humaines and the ETUI.

Entrepreneurship in the European employment strategy

Two thirds of all employees in the European Union work in undertakings that have less than 250 employees.  This is where most new jobs are created.

Contested territory. Entrepreneurship in the European Employment Strategy

This is the second publication by the ETUI and SALTSA programme on entrepreneurship in the European employment strategy.

Tackling youth unemployment in Europe

This book is the fruit of a joint project between ETUI and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES, Brussels). Referring to six countries (the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Germany and Belgium), it shows exactly what kind of efforts have been made to fight youth unemployment and how effective these measures actually were in practice.

Gender mainstreaming in the European employment strategy

This book gathers together expert contributions to the debate, covering developments in twelve European countries, and comparing the adaptation of gender mainstreaming in national employment strategies.

Enhancing youth employability through social and and civil partnership: monitoring the European employment strategy for young people

The contributors to this publication discuss the role played by the actors responsible for youth-related programmes and, on the basis of specific references to the successful implementation of particular practices, the partnership networks established between these actors in the countries in question.