Inspired by a European spirit, the EU's national economic and social councils and the EESC worked together tirelessly to create a European network of economic and social councils. Thanks to the commitment of the presidents and members of all the councils, the network has helped forge systematic...

As the European Union grows in size and diversity, it becomes increasingly challenging to summarise the impact of state actions on the lives of citizens. One approach to this complexity is to group countries based on characteristics relevant to quality of life. This report develops a country...

Mit zunehmender Größe und Vielfalt der Europäischen Union wird es immer schwieriger, die Auswirkungen staatlicher Maßnahmen auf das Leben der Bürger zusammenzufassen. Diese Komplexität lässt sich u. a. dadurch angehen, dass Länder anhand von Merkmalen, die für die Lebensqualität von...

This publication presents the first broad international comparison across all EU and OECD countries of the outcomes for immigrants and their children. It is the fruit of a joint co-operation between the European Commission (DG Migration and Home Affairs) and the OECD’s International Migration...

The given article reflects the situation of Slovak social economy. It takes into account and presents the evolution of social economy and its present perception in Slovakia. Within the Central European countries, Slovakia was the first country to define social economy in terms of legislative...

Gender is a common term where as gender discrimination is meant only for women, because females are the only victims of gender discrimination. Females are nearly 50 percent of the total population but their representation in public life is very low. Recognizing women’s right and believing...

Departing from the work and employment concepts as operational elements of the welfare state we propose a wide discussion of work and emplyment concepts in a new dimension as a recentring approach of the analisys focus.