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European Foundation for the European Foundation for the Improvement of Improvement of

Living and Working ConditionsLiving and Working Conditions

Lessons learned

Living and Working Conditions

ETF, Eurofound and OSHA

Lisbon, 26.11.2009

Jorma Karppinen

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Welcome/ Welcome/ FáilteFáilte

Witamy Witamy serdecznieserdecznie

LabasLabas

BienvenueBienvenue

Dobre doshli Dobre doshli

Ahoj Ahoj

God dagGod dag

Kalos irthate Kalos irthate Merhba Merhba

Hej Hej

¡Hola! ¡Hola!

Buna ziuaBuna ziua

BenvenutiBenvenuti

Isten hoztaIsten hozta

TervetuloaTervetuloa

TereTere tulemasttulemast

Goedendag Goedendag Dobry den Dobry den

Vitame vás Vitame vás Velkommen Velkommen

Willkommen Willkommen

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WëllkommWëllkomm Bem-vindoBem-vindo

Bun venitBun venit VitajteVitajte

BienvenidosBienvenidos

Hos geldinizHos geldiniz

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Reasons for cooperation (needs)

Challenges and problems

Key success factors

Lessons Learned

Goals of the sessions Goals of the sessions

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European Foundation (Dublin) European Foundation (Dublin)

Exploratory social and economic research

Established in 1975

First European Union Agency (with Cedefop)

Annual budget: EUR 20 m

Ca. 100 staff in Dublin

Brussels Liaison Office

Network of European Observatories (NEO) in 28 countries

Three European Surveys

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Communicating and sharing experiencesCommunicating and sharing experiencesHighlightsHighlights

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2009-2012

Research focus and topics 2009-2012Employment growth

and demand and supply of labour

in changing labour markets

More and better jobs and higher

productivity through partnership

Promotion of social inclusion and

sustainable social protection

Labour market adjustment to structural change: European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) and European Jobs Monitor (EET/EJM) Flexicurity Addressing labour demand and shortages New services and prospects for employment Mobility of workers

Working conditions (inequalities in WC, Social dialogue & WC, Gender) Industrial relations and organisation of work (Industrial relations systems, organisation of work, productivity and social innovation) New forms of corporate ownership and governance Industrial relations and sustainability

Families and working life Social, economic and cultural integration of migrants Quality services in health and social welfare Health: a factor for social inclusion Intergenerational solidarity

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InitiatesCollectsStoresDisseminates

Short briefs Comparative reportsAnnual reportIR in EU, Japan & USA

European Industrial Relations European Industrial Relations ObservatoryObservatory

29 National Centres including EU 25, Norway, Bulgaria and Romania. There is also a EU-level

centre

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Three surveys every four yearsThree surveys every four years Gather and analyze data on

workers, citizens, companies, establishments or others

Increase coherence among own Eurofound’s surveys &

research and with third organisations’ research: :

Research methods (2)

European Working Conditions Survey

(EWCS)

European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS)

European Company Survey (ECS)

  Fieldwork of the 5th EWCS in 2010

Descriptive report and secondary analysis of 2nd EQLS in 2009

2nd ECS: Descriptive report; supplementary interviews; data quality assessment report in 2009

3rd EQLS planned for 2011-2012

3rd ECS will follow in 2012-2013

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Finally, satisfaction with working conditions is very Finally, satisfaction with working conditions is very high everywhere, although some countries are more high everywhere, although some countries are more

satisfied than otherssatisfied than others

(And again, (And again, DenmarkDenmark comes first) comes first)

Satisfaction with working conditions, composition by country %

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Figure 1: Life satisfaction and happines index, by country

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Eurofound Second Quality of Life Survey 2008

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SOURCE ERM REPORT 2007

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Source: Eurobarometer in

ERM REPORT 2007

Flexicurity (external)Flexicurity (external)

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Five projects with acceding countries 2002 … 2011

Total value EUR 3 m

1. Phare CEEC 2002 … 2004

2. Phare Bulgaria and Romania 2005 … 2006

3. Phare Turkey and Croatia 2006 … 2007

4. IPA Turkey, Croatia, FYR Macedonia 2008 … 2009

5. IPA Turkey, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Albania,

Kosovo and Montenegro 2009 … 2011

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Earlier projects

1. Phare CEE Countries 2002 … 2004

2. Phare Bulgaria and Romania 2005 … 2006

Present Conference

Turkey, Croatia 2006 … 2011

FYR Macedonia 2008 … 2011

Albania and Kosovo 2009 … 2011

Montenegro 2009 … 2011 ?

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia open

Participating Countries (IPA)Participating Countries (IPA)

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1. Reasons for cooperation: (A) Eurofound’s support to the accession process in

providing comparable data from our surveys, in supporting social dialogue processes.

(B) Eurofound to get to know the country specific details relevant to improving living and working conditions by having workshops in the countries and inviting national experts at its meetings

2. Challenges and problems: finding contractors (e.g. for the

observatories), investment in understanding the national

context before being able to make comparisons with other

countries,

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3. Key success factors: organising meetings in the country,

translation of documents in the national language, and also

(and quite fundamental) good human relationships

4. Lessons learned: investing in contacts and networking

before tendering, joining forces with other agencies (to be

done).

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Surveys and observatories:

EIRO: Extension of the network to the following CEE

Countries: Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland,

Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia (2003/2004)

NEO: unsuccessful tendering procedures, only once a

‘situation report’ on industrial relations in Turkey

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European Working Conditions Survey: 3rd edition was carried out separately in the 10 accession countries

Two secondary analyses of the Candidate Countries Working

Conditions Survey (CCWCS): one on gender, the other one on time.

“Countries of Central and Eastern Europe” (2003/4)

5th European Working Conditions Survey: Albania and Kosovo will be included. It will be the first time

that these countries are to be included in this survey in which workers will be interviewed about quality of work. The fieldwork will take place in January 2010.

We also received an expression of interest from the Minister of Health of Montenegro (Dr. Radunovic) in relation to the same survey but no further contact has been formalised thus far.

We did also write to contacts in Bosnia and Herzegovina but we have not further pursued this

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European Company Survey: 2nd edition includes Turkey and Croatia (fieldwork

done 2009)

European Quality of Life survey: 1st (Bulgaria and Romania + 10 new MS) and 2nd edition (Croatia and Turkey)

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Research: 1. Promotion of Social Dialogue in the Candidate Countries (2003-

5)

Monitor the impact of social dialogue and assisting the implementation of the development in the AC 10 (and later Bulgaria and Romania + Croatia) through workshops in each country and expert reports. It describes the social dialogue processes and their capacity for conflict resolution as well as for the implementation of EU directives and agreements.

From 2007 inclusion of Romania and Bulgaria/ Croatia and Turkey in the following projects:

1. Employment initiatives for an ageing workforce Examining the situation of the ageing workforce by looking at examples of

measures in policy and practice to improve employment options for older workers and to extend working life. The Foundation has been covering the situation in the EU15 and in 2005 it will focus on the 10 new Member States and – within the context of this project – Bulgaria and Romania.

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Research:

2. Sustainable care services

This activity focuses on promotion of employment in those

care services that provide support to dependent children,

adults or older people with health and social care needs.

Eurofound did research and subsequently held a workshop on

childcare in Turkey to present Eurofound’s research on

childcare for children 0 to 12 years and the situation of

families in groups of the New Member States in comparison

to the candidate countries (Turkey and Croatia)

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3. CLIP: Cities for Local Integration Policies 3rd and 4th module

Communication activities in aceeding countries:

1. Sub-regional Tripartite Conference on the Right of Information and Consultation in Practice in an Enlarged Europe (2003)

The Foundation financed the participation of the participants from Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia from PHARE funds and presented based on EIRO

2. Participation in Forum (Bulgaria and Romania 2006) 3. Workshops and conferences 4. Publications programme (samples at our exhibition stand)

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Current projects 1. 5th European Working Conditions Survey

In 2009 and 2010, Eurofound will carry out its fourth European-wide survey on working conditions.

field work in Croatia, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. In addition expressions of interest from ministries in Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro have been received to be included in the survey.

2. 2nd European quality of life survey Eurofound carried out its second survey on quality of life in Europe in

2008 and is to continue its in-depth analysis in 2009 and 2010. The survey covered Croatia, Turkey and the former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia and it is intended to analyse the data from these countries in a special report, which will serve as the main input to a workshop in one of the three countries, possibly in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to debate the results of this analysis in 2010.

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Current projects 3. Information providing services for the European industrial relations

observatory and the European working conditions observatory and the European Monitoring Centre on Change

Eurofound has established networks covering the EU Member States and the acceding countries to provide short reports and in-depth comparative analysis on developments in the area of quality of work and employment, industrial relations and management of change and restructuring.. The products are used as an input for debate and analysis and are published via dedicated websites of Eurofound:

Quality of work and employment (EWCO) www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco

Industrial relations (EIRO) www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int

European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/erm

To ensure awareness raising of the available information, seminars are organised to discuss topics of a comparative nature. It is planned to choose Croatia for such a seminar in 2010.

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4. European Network of Cities for Local Integration Policy for

Migrants (CLIP) improve local integration policies and practice of

migrants through a scientifically supported benchmarking and peer review process of cities in Europe.

In 2009, CLIP will prepare and carry out the fourth series of case studies in cities, including Zagreb and Istanbul on self-employment through setting up one’s own business. Ethnic entrepreneurship also provides, in several cases, opportunities for an increased female involvement in the labour market. This is important considering the overall lower activity rate of migrant women.

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Thank you!Thank you!

Blagodaria Blagodaria

Tak Tak

Dank u Dank u

Bedankt Bedankt

Aitäh Aitäh Kiitos Kiitos

Danke schön Danke schön Ευχαριστώ Ευχαριστώ

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Grazie Grazie Paldies Paldies

Dekoju Dekoju

Obrigado Obrigado

Hvala Hvala

Gracias Gracias

Tack Tack

Tesekkür ederim Tesekkür ederim

MerciMerciDziakuju Dziakuju

Dêkuji Dêkuji

Paldies Paldies

Grazzi Grazzi

Dziękuję Dziękuję Multumesc Multumesc

Dakujem Dakujem

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