SOCIAL SOCIAL IMPACTS OF IMPACTS OF EUROPEAN EUROPEAN

AGENDA 2020AGENDA 2020General assembley of ENSA,General assembley of ENSA,

MadridMadrid

SOCIAL ASPECTS OF SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE AGENDATHE AGENDA

Aim: to enhance Aim: to enhance the the performance and international performance and international attractiveness of European higherattractiveness of European higher education institutions and raise the education institutions and raise the overall quality of all levels of overall quality of all levels of education and training in the EU, education and training in the EU, combining both excellence and combining both excellence and equity, by promoting students and equity, by promoting students and trainees' mobility, and improve the trainees' mobility, and improve the employment situation of young employment situation of young people.people.

1.1. Integration and enhancement Integration and enhancement of of the EU's the EU's mobility, university and researchers' mobility, university and researchers' programsprograms and linkand linkinging them up with national them up with national programs and resources;programs and resources;

2.2. Modernization of agenda on higher education Modernization of agenda on higher education by benchmarking university performance and by benchmarking university performance and educational outcomes in a global contexteducational outcomes in a global context

3.3. PromPromotionotion of of entrepreneurship through entrepreneurship through mobility programs for young professionalsmobility programs for young professionals

4.4. Promotion of non-formal and informal Promotion of non-formal and informal learninglearning

5.5. LaunchingLaunching a youth employment framework a youth employment framework outlining policies outlining policies

1.1. Make lobbying on the regional level in order to Make lobbying on the regional level in order to enhance efficient investment in education and enhance efficient investment in education and training systems at all levels (pre-school to tertiary); training systems at all levels (pre-school to tertiary);

2.2. Improve cooperation between the members of ENSA Improve cooperation between the members of ENSA with an aim to improve the exchange of best practice with an aim to improve the exchange of best practice on educational systems between European regions on educational systems between European regions

3.3. Build partnership with other EU networks tackling Build partnership with other EU networks tackling the similar issues: for example Leonardo group on the similar issues: for example Leonardo group on mobilitymobility

4.4. Stimulate participation of young people in Stimulate participation of young people in Community programmes (LLL, Youth in Action)Community programmes (LLL, Youth in Action)

5.5. Improve young people's entry into the labor market Improve young people's entry into the labor market 6.6. Stronger cooperation between the members on EU Stronger cooperation between the members on EU

financed projectsfinanced projects

EmploymentEmployment

Aim: Creation of conditions for Aim: Creation of conditions for modernization of labor markets in modernization of labor markets in order to raise employment levels and order to raise employment levels and ensuring the sustainability of social ensuring the sustainability of social models. This means empowering models. This means empowering people through the acquisition of new people through the acquisition of new skills to enable current and future skills to enable current and future workforce to adapt to new conditions workforce to adapt to new conditions and potential career shifts, reduce and potential career shifts, reduce unemployment and raise labor unemployment and raise labor productivity productivity

Measures to be taken on EU Measures to be taken on EU level:level:

Definition and implementation of the Definition and implementation of the second phase of the flexicurity agenda in second phase of the flexicurity agenda in order to identify ways to manage better order to identify ways to manage better economic transitions and to fight economic transitions and to fight unemployment unemployment

Adaption of the legislative framework as Adaption of the legislative framework as regards the working time, posting of workers, regards the working time, posting of workers, new risks for health and safety at work; new risks for health and safety at work;

Facilitation and promotion of intra-EU labor Facilitation and promotion of intra-EU labor mobility and better matching of labor supply mobility and better matching of labor supply with demand with appropriate financial with demand with appropriate financial support from the structural fundssupport from the structural funds

Cooperation in education and training Cooperation in education and training involvinvolvement of ement of all stakeholders which all stakeholders which should result in the implementation of life-should result in the implementation of life-long learning principles (in cooperation with long learning principles (in cooperation with Member States, social partners, experts) Member States, social partners, experts)

Reinforcement of the attractiveness of Reinforcement of the attractiveness of vocational education and training. vocational education and training.

EnsuringEnsuring that the competences required to that the competences required to engage in further learning and the labor engage in further learning and the labor market are acquired and recognized market are acquired and recognized throughout general, vocational, higher and throughout general, vocational, higher and adult educationadult education

Enhancement ofEnhancement of the capacity of social the capacity of social partners andpartners and ensuring ensuring full use of the full use of the problem-solving potential of social dialogueproblem-solving potential of social dialogue

Fight against the povertyFight against the poverty

The aim is to ensure economic, The aim is to ensure economic, social and territorial cohesion, building social and territorial cohesion, building on the current European year for on the current European year for combating poverty and social exclusion combating poverty and social exclusion so as to raise awareness and recognize so as to raise awareness and recognize the fundamental rights of people the fundamental rights of people experiencing poverty and social experiencing poverty and social exclusion, enabling them to live in exclusion, enabling them to live in dignity and take an active part in society. dignity and take an active part in society.

Measures to be taken on Measures to be taken on the EU levelthe EU level Creation of platform for cooperation, peer-review Creation of platform for cooperation, peer-review

and exchange of good practice and taking and exchange of good practice and taking concrete action, including through targeted concrete action, including through targeted support from the structural funds (ESF)support from the structural funds (ESF)

Design and implementation of programmes Design and implementation of programmes which promote social innovation and provide which promote social innovation and provide innovative education, training, and employment innovative education, training, and employment opportunities , fight against discrimination (e.g. opportunities , fight against discrimination (e.g. disabled), and development a new agenda for disabled), and development a new agenda for migrants' integrationmigrants' integration

An assessment of the sustainability of social An assessment of the sustainability of social protection and pension systems, and protection and pension systems, and identification of the ways to ensure better access identification of the ways to ensure better access to health care systems. to health care systems.

What we as ENSA can What we as ENSA can do?do?

Raise awareness on regional level on shared Raise awareness on regional level on shared collective and individual responsibility in collective and individual responsibility in combating poverty and social exclusioncombating poverty and social exclusion;;

Define and implement measures addressing the Define and implement measures addressing the specific circumstances of groups at particular specific circumstances of groups at particular risk (such as one-parent families, elderly, women, risk (such as one-parent families, elderly, women, minorities, Roma, disabled and the homeless); minorities, Roma, disabled and the homeless);

Stimulate interregional cooperation in order to Stimulate interregional cooperation in order to foster the dialogue concerning social policies foster the dialogue concerning social policies with the European Institutions with the European Institutions

IMPLEMENTING IMPLEMENTING BODIESBODIES