A guide to public-private-community partnerships

Demographic transformation in the EU: understanding change and adapting to its consequences

This paper examines how the European Union (EU) promotes gender equality in development cooperation through gender mainstreaming and targeted gender-equality actions. It asks whether this twin-track approach delivers ...

Breaking the cycle of disadvantage - Reviewing EU policy through the lens of poverty

This study examines the growing financialisation of housing in the EU, focusing on the role of institutional investors and corporate landlords in rental housing markets. It identifies two forms of speculation: valuati...

The unemployment rate across the European Union has fallen to historic lows. After years of persistent decline, the average unemployment rate is now around 6%, down from nearly 12% at its peak in 2013. Looking ahead, ...

This policy brief examines how the green transition is reshaping labour demand, with a focus on emerging occupations in clean energy technology and associated skill needs in the European Union. Drawing on data from on...

Child poverty in the EU remains persistently high. Progress towards the 2030 objective of reducing the number of children at risk of poverty or social exclusion by at least 5 million has stalled. Nearly one in four ch...

The Union Civil Protection Mechanism’s rescEU reserve

Childhood violence and its lifelong impact 2026 edition

Skills for fair, efficient labour migration: research evidence for new policies and actions: thematic report

Spotlight on jobs and skills: Belgium 2026

Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: sugar-manufacturing sector

Behind the numbers: analysing police and justice data on intimate partner violence and domestic violence

Online platform work in the European Union: implications for working conditions and access to information

Women Entrepreneurs in Europe: data, barriers, and recommendations for support

Making the EU Budget Work for Citizens

Partnership and Civil Society Participation in MFF

Europe faces a set of interconnected crises in which economic, geopolitical, environmental, and social challenges interact and increase societal vulnerability. Strengthening societal resilience is a stated priority in...

The strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030 remains the EU’s main policy framework for achieving a Union of Equality for persons with disabilities. This enhanced strategy will strengthen the C...

Equality in the EU: a snapshot

90 million people in the EU live with a disability—whether present from birth, acquired later in life, or related to ageing. This means disability can affect anyone, anytime. Ensuring inclusion in all aspects of lif...

This report aims to examine the challenges and risks facing the EU and its Member States (MSs) regarding frictions in the labour market and the adaptation of the workforce’s skill set to meet the demands of the clim...

This policy brief examines how organisations are adapting their work organisation and practices to hybrid work. Based on case studies and on data from the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) 2024, it examines ho...

Findings from the 2025 (eighth) round of Eurofound’s Living and Working in the EU e-survey suggest persistent economic strain and uneven levels of resilience across Member States. Despite lower inflation (2.1% as of...

This report presents the mapping of the national requirements pertaining to the regulation, education and training of physiotherapists in the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries, including a...

The long-term care (LTC) sector is a pillar of the EU’s social market economy, directly providing essential support to older people and individuals with disabilities. As emphasised in the 2022 European care strategy...

This concept paper develops a framework for Eurofound’s forthcoming research into the implications of the digital age for work, employment and living conditions, defining key concepts and articulating the initial as...

Europe’s labour markets are being reshaped by digital and green transitions and a shrinking working age population. Labour markets across Europe remain historically tight, with persistent shortages in sectors such a...

This paper analyses the incidence, trends and micro-drivers of involuntary non-standard employment (INE) across EU Member States between 2006 and 2024, using a composite indicator capturing workers employed involuntar...

This document contains guidance for Member States and SPOs on how to prepare for, organise, carry out and follow up on cross-border inspections supported and coordinated by the European Labour Authority (ELA). In line...

This report analyses labour shortages and surpluses across European employment services (EURES) countries in 2025, drawing on information collected from EURES national coordination offices and complementary EU-level d...

Europe has made significant strides in quality of life, positioning the European Union as a global leader in well-being. Yet demographic ageing, combined with the green and digital transitions, is putting increasing p...

The EU’s Action Plan is stepping up actions to tackle cyberbullying and make the online world safer and better for children and young people.

Accessible and sustainable housing for persons with disabilities : Italy

Due to a lack of data, we do not have an overview of the housing situation for people with disabilities. The issue of disability and housing has been overlooked in public statistics surveys and research in France. Hou...

Persons with disabilities in Spain face significant housing challenges: most live in private dwellings, with limited access to social housing (under 2 % of the stock), and those with high support needs continue to rel...

Across all regions of Belgium, housing trends highlight persistent inequalities faced by persons with disabilities. They are disproportionately affected by housing cost overburden and poor housing conditions. They are...

There is a significant shortage of accessible housing, meaning that persons with disabilities face considerable difficulties in finding suitable accommodation. The existing funding options are still insufficient. It i...

This report examines intergenerational fairness (IGF) through the analysis of 700 stories selected from a larger dataset of 4.015 citizen contributions gathered through the #OurFutures initiative. These stories were c...

This report examines how processes of ir/regularisation shape the everyday lives and working conditions of migrant workers across Europe. While restrictive border regimes and mobility frameworks have intensified, irre...

Youth access to affordable and quality housing: a comparative analysis of national policies : youth wiki

Students and young people in training across the EU are seriously affected by the housing crisis, facing high housing costs, shortages, and insecurity to varying degrees across Member States. This negatively affects s...

Bringing young people into sustainable employment has been one of the biggest employment challenges for many EU member states during the past decade. To address this challenge, the EU established a strategic framework...

This report provides a synthesis overview and analysis of the country reports written by the 30 EDE national experts, covering the 27 EU Member States, plus Norway, Lichtenstein and Iceland. The country experts provid...

Increasing damage from natural disasters has prompted a better integrated approach to disaster risk management in Europe. Although the current European Union budget supports ex- ante action (prevention and preparednes...

European Skills Intelligence Observatory : first brief to the European skills high level board

Employment prospects for Palestinians in europe and the gulf: insights from online labour market data

Employment of persons with disabilities: an assessment of the effectiveness of national policies : Belgium

Employment of persons with disabilities : an assessment of the effectiveness of national policies: Sweden

Feasibility of monthly house price indices and price level indicators from web-scraped data 2026

Overheated and underprepared : Europeans′ experiences of living with climate change

Eurofound work programme 2026, programming document 2025–2028 - supporting better policies for a strong social Europe

Young EU movers and labour market mismatches

Flash reports on labour law. Reports on Labour Law - summary and country reports

Poverty dynamics in the EU - exploring the experience and trajectories of poverty over time

Aggregation of periods for unemployment benefits - report on U1 portable documents for mobile workers : reference year 2024

Cross-border healthcare in the EU under social security coordination - reference year 2024

Maternity and equivalent paternity benefits in cash - reference year 2024

Employment of persons with disabilities in Belgium

The dual nature of labour shortages - a cause of weak productivity growth and a consequence of poor working conditions?

Employment of persons with disabilitiesi n Sweden

Spain's recovery and resilience plan - addressing structural challenges in the labour market

Employment protection, adjustment costs, and technology adoption

Gender balance in politics 2025

Foresight study on the occupational safety and health implications of future climate change-related developments and crises - Report

Spotlight on jobs and skills en Croatia

Skill development and employment pathways for adults with low skill levels

The consumer policy take on the update of the Energy Union and Climate Action Governance Regulation

Eurochambres input for the European Pillar of Social Rights

Eurochambres position on the European

Eurochambres Input on the Quality Jobs Act

High job quality standards are at the heart of the European social market economy. Many workers in the EU work in jobs that pay well, offer good work-life balance, have good learning and career opportunities, and prov...

Critical Changelab Handbook

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Civil Society Organisations Group at the EESC

On 7 September 2022, the European Commission presented the European Care Strategy (European Commission, 2022), designed to ensure high-quality, affordable and accessible care services across the European Union (EU) an...

This report presents the mapping of the national requirements pertaining to the regulation, education and training of physiotherapists in the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries, including a...

An unemployed person has the right, under certain conditions and for a limited period, to search for a job in another Member State while retaining the unemployment benefit from the competent Member State. The Portable...

One of the key pillars of the European single market is undoubtedly the free movement of persons. From the earliest days of the European Economic Community (EEC), it was recognised that genuinely free movement require...

Recovery procedures - Compendium of national procedures for the recovery of foreign debts according to Article 78 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 and of all designated institutions responsible for recovery matters and their contact information

This report examines the living and working conditions of irregularised migrants across five European countries (Austria, Italy, Poland, Sweden, and the UK) and four sectors of work (agriculture and food processing, r...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force in the wake of rapid technological advances. Although still in the early stage of evolution with new advances every day, AI has already hit the headli...

Official statistics depend on traditional methods and primary data sources such as censuses, surveys and administrative data. These ensure consistency and reliability but are generally costly and not very flexible or ...

The Joint Employment Report (JER) by the European Commission and the Council monitors the employment situation in the Union and the implementation of the Employment Guidelines, in line with Article 148 of the TFEU. Th...

Unlike past high-inflation episodes, the euro area labour market remained surprisingly resilient during the inflation surge of the early 2020s. This paper investigates the drivers of this resilience by combining long-...

On the financing needs and market potential for the establishment of a Social Investment Fund in Romania

Gender Training Manual

Education, skills and employment — trends and developments 2025 - An ETF cross-country monitoring report

Lending to European households and non-financial corporations

The impact of reforms supported by the Recovery and Resilience Facility in the area of the labour market

Unfulfilled Promises? The state of the social contract in the 21st century

Facilitating investments in affordable and social housing - Revision of the state aid rules on services of general economic interest

This report presents an in-depth compilation of evidence and analysis on how the EU’s principle of equal pay for the same work and work of equal value can be implemented in practice, with a particular focus on work ...

This report analyses and compares the content of 94 collective agreements in three low-paid sectors – manufacture of food, leather, textiles and clothes; residential and social care; and retail – across 11 EU Memb...

Launched in 2019, the EU Product Safety Award is a symbolic award that encourages and honours innovative business initiatives and research that make a difference for consumer product safety. The award also aims to rai...

Between December 2024 and February 2025, CEPOL conducted an Operational Training Needs Analysis (OTNA) on Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) to identify relevant priority training needs across the European Union (EU). Th...

The purpose of the EIB Group Dignity at Work Policy (hereinafter the “policy”) is to establish the formal procedure for dealing with all forms of harassment in the workplace (hereinafter “harassment”).

The transition toward a climate-neutral and sustainable economy requires reliable and harmonised indicators to assess how employment adapts to environmental objectives. Yet, there is no agreed standard for measuring g...

Spotlight on Jobs and Skills Denmark

Spotlight on jobs and skills en Lithuania

An open civic space with a vibrant civil society is at the core of our democracies. Civil society organisations are essential: they contribute to policymaking and raise awareness about important social issues and fost...

The European Union is facing important challenges as it navigates a changing global economic and political landscape. In this context, this joint report by the SPC and the European Commission highlights the crucial ne...

Social economy refers to a specific way of doing business that combines three elements: working towards collective or interest, reinvesting profits and participatory governance. It is increasingly recognised as a driv...

Supporting Civil Society Under Pressure - How Charity Lotteries Can Help Reshape The Funding Landscape In Europe

Civil Society at the Heart of Europe. Delivering together a Union of opportunities, safety and resilience.

This report looks at the breadth and depth of violence and neglect faced by people with disabilities living in institutions. It highlights the shortcomings by EU Member States in preventing violence and protecting tho...

Against the background of demographic change resulting in a rising proportion of older people in society as well as increased life expectancy, the Peer Review focused on improvements in social protection and inclusion...

Gender Pay Gap Report 2025

Competence Framework for European Citizenship Educators

This paper presents a novel approach to measuring sustainable and inclusive well- being in cities and rural areas of the European Union (EU). By introducing a measure of social progress in cities, towns and suburbs, a...

This report examines the implementation of Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which guarantees the right to live independently and be included in the community. Although...

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of financial literacy across the EU, focusing on the challenges and opportunities for fostering financial competences among students. While progress has been made in align...

This publication, based on contributions from members of the Cedefop community of apprenticeship experts, sheds light on how selected incentives for learners and employers participating in apprenticeships across Europ...

Academic staff are indispensable to the higher education system, playing a pivotal role in delivering quality education, fostering innovation, and driving economic growth. This report on “Academic Staff in Europe”...

Inequalities Pandemics And Social Protection

This study investigates the integration and effects of artificial intelligence and algorithmic management (AM) technologies within European workplaces, extending beyond the realm of platform work. It thoroughly examin...

The purpose of this study is to take a closer look at how different countries are progressing in the areas of employment and adult training, and to share the recommendations of those who know the realities on the grou...