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| Social Services for Digital Citizens: Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean | latin america | iadb (2018) Disruption is the new norm and the digital transformation can spur innovation growth across many activities. Emerging technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) can help governments reduce costs while improving services. Not every emerging technology will alter the social… |
Spanish version: Servicios sociales para ciudadanos digitales: Oportunidades para América Latina y el Caribe Disrupción es la nueva norma y la transformación digital puede detonar innovación en un amplio rango de actividades. Las tecnologías emergentes de la cuarta revolución indu |
Information and communication technology | digital economy | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_DOCUMENTS | https://publications.iadb.org/handle/11319/8885 | ruggia | ||
| Economía digital en América Latina y el Caribe: Situación actual y recomendaciones | latin america | En Latinoamérica, la productividad ha sido identificada en numerosos estudios como una de las principales barreras hacia el desarrollo. La economía digital, y en concreto el ecosistema de nuevas aplicaciones y servicios digitales, puede propiciar un impacto transversal sobre los distintos… |
Employment | digital platforms | https://publications.iadb.org/handle/11319/8701 | ruggia | ||||
| France: L’exécutif plaide pour une protection sociale des travailleurs « ubérisés » | france | Le Monde (09.05.2018) La protection sociale des travailleurs « ubérisés » va-t-elle s’améliorer ? Tel est, en tout cas, l’objectif affiché par le gouvernement et par plusieurs députés de la majorité qui veulent ajouter des mesures allant dans ce sens dans le projet de loi « … |
La protection sociale des travailleurs « ubérisés » va-t-elle s’améliorer ? Tel est, en tout cas, l’objectif affiché par le gouvernement et par plusieurs députés de la majorité qui veulent ajouter des mesures allant dans ce sens dans le projet de loi « avenir professionnel |
Information and communication technology | digital platforms | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://mobile.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2018/05/09/l-executif-plaide-pour-un… | fabbri | ||
| China launches national association to speed up integration of AI with healthcare | OpenGovAsia | china | opengovasia.com (08.05.2018) The newly launched Chinese Intelligent Medicine Association will provide a platform for research, exchange and cooperation in intelligent medicine. |
Medical care | artificial intelligence | Proposition_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.opengovasia.com/articles/china-launches-national-association-to-spe… | massetti | |||
| Inequality and the Digital Economy | SpringerLink | This chapter examines the impacts of the digital economy on employment, the drivers of change, and the options to alleviate the emerging problems. The digital economy was supposed to replace and enhance industrial jobs, but it has also accelerated the outmigration of blue-collar and service jobs… |
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-78420-5_8 | massetti | |||||||
| Exposure to carcinogens at work in EU’s crosshairs | european union | EurActiv (03.05.2018) The EU Agency for Safety and Health at Work has launched a joint campaign with the European Commission and the Bulgarian EU Presidency aimed at raising awareness of dangerous substances at work while sounding the alarm about the surging costs related to cancer |
The EU Agency for Safety and Health at Work has launched a joint campaign with the European Commission and the Bulgarian EU Presidency aimed at raising awareness of dangerous substances at work while sounding the alarm about the surging costs related to cancer The EU Agency for Safet |
Prevention of occupational risks | OSH | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.euractiv.com/section/diabetes-cancer-hepatitis/news/exposure-to-car… | fabbri | ||
| Longevity and the limits of the welfare state in Europe | european union | EurActiv (04.05.2018) In November 2017, the EU proclaimed the European Pillar of Social Rights. However, there are still many shortcomings within the current welfare state and unless policies reflect values then plummeting fertility rates or fading solidarity between young and old will… |
In November 2017, the EU proclaimed the European Pillar of Social Rights. However, there are still many shortcomings within the current welfare state and unless policies reflect values then plummeting fertility rates or fading solidarity between young and old will persist, writes Anna Záborsk |
Old-age pensions | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/opinion/longevity-and-the-limits-… | fabbri | |||
| Report recognises efforts to ensure adequate pensions in the EU, but more needs to be done | european union | Europa (30.04.2018) The 2018 Pensions Adequacy Report analyses how current and future pensions help prevent old-age poverty and maintain the income of men and women for the duration of their retirement. It underlines that Member States pay more and more attention to sustainable, adequate… |
The 2018 Pensions Adequacy Report analyses how current and future pensions help prevent old-age poverty and maintain the income of men and women for the duration of their retirement. It underlines that Member States pay more and more attention to sustainable, adequate pensions in their reforms, b |
Pensions | adequacy | Published_SS_Monitor | http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=9096&furtherNews=… | fabbri | ||
| Suisse: La baisse record du chômage étonne les experts | switzerland | Le Temps (08.05.2018) Le taux de chômage a reculé à 2,7%, le niveau de 2012. En Suisse romande, la baisse a été supérieure à la moyenne Le taux de chômage continue de décliner en Suisse. Profitant d’une conjoncture favorable, il s’est inscrit à 2,7% en avril, en baisse de 0,2 point par… |
e taux de chômage continue de décliner en Suisse. Profitant d’une conjoncture favorable, il s’est inscrit à 2,7% en avril, en baisse de 0,2 point par rapport au mois précédent, selon les chiffres publiés mardi par le Secrétariat d’Etat à l’économie (Seco). Le fléchissement enregistré en a |
Unemployment | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.letemps.ch/economie/baisse-record-chomage-etonne-experts | fabbri | |||
| Estonia: New health minister doesn't support incentive-based or private health care | estonia | ERR (04.05.2018) Minister of Health and Labour Riina Sikkut (SDE), sworn in earlier this week, does not support changing Estonia's health care system away from the current solidarity-based model. Sikkut rejects the idea of a new model based on punishing people for unhealthy lifestyle choices as… |
Minister of Health and Labour Riina Sikkut (SDE), sworn in earlier this week, does not support changing Estonia's health care system away from the current solidarity-based model. Sikkut rejects the idea of a new model based on punishing people for unhealthy lifestyle choices as well as the state |
Health promotion | Published_SS_Monitor | https://news.err.ee/828700/new-health-minister-doesn-t-support-incentive-based-… | fabbri | |||
| France: E-santé - comment la technologie repense l’assurance santé | france | Les Echos (03.05.2018) En s’appuyant sur la technologie, les assureurs santé cherchent à prévenir les risques et réduire les coûts de traitement tout en repensant leur relation client. Le secteur de la santé est l'un des trois piliers de l'industrie de l'assurance, avec 1 400 milliards de… |
En s’appuyant sur la technologie, les assureurs santé cherchent à prévenir les risques et réduire les coûts de traitement tout en repensant leur relation client.Le secteur de la santé est l'un des trois piliers de l'industrie de l'assurance, avec 1 400 milliards de dollars de primes d' |
Health promotion, ICT governance | digital platforms | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/cercle/cercle-182326-e-sante-comment-la-te… | fabbri | ||
| Ireland: Govt to launch campaign over false self-employment | ireland | RTE (07.05,2018) The Government is to launch a public awareness campaign on false self-employment amid concerns about the rise in workers deprived of entitlements by being forced to work as self-employed. Workers categorised as self-employed may lose out on many entitlements under… |
The Government is to launch a public awareness campaign on false self-employment amid concerns about the rise in workers deprived of entitlements by being forced to work as self-employed. Workers categorised as self-employed may lose out on many entitlements under employment legislation, |
Error, evasion and fraud | self-employed | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0507/960768-campaign-self-employment/ | fabbri | ||
| Turkey's social protection expenditures grow exponentially | turkey | Daily Sabah (03.05.2018) For the last two decades, Turkey's welfare system has changed exponentially. Once "being a social state" was just a provision in the Turkish Constitution, which had no determining value in the real world. But now the country has turned into being an interesting… |
or the last two decades, Turkey's welfare system has changed exponentially. Once "being a social state" was just a provision in the Turkish Constitution, which had no determining value in the real world. But now the country has turned into being an interesting experiment of the welfare state. |
Financing | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.dailysabah.com/op-ed/2018/05/04/turkeys-social-protection-expenditu… | fabbri | |||
| How can we create sustainable healthcare systems? | Europe | Euractiv (07.05.2018) The healthcare systems of EU member states are under huge pressure to meet the growing demand for care and simultaneously support innovation in the sector. |
he healthcare systems of EU member states are under huge pressure to meet the growing demand for care and simultaneously support innovation in the sector. Combined with an ageing population and the alarming burden of chronic illnesses, several experts emphasise the need to move towards a |
Health promotion | sustainability | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/special_report/how-can-we-cre… | fabbri | ||
| [Report] ILO: Informal economy - More than 60 per cent of the world’s employed population are in the informal economy | ILO (30.04.2018) A new ILO report shows that 2 billion people work informally, most of them in emerging and developing countries. The majority lack social protection, rights at work and decent working conditions. |
Two billion people – more than 61 per cent of the world’s employed population – make their living in the informal economy, the ILO said in a report, stressing that a transition to the formal economy is a condition to realize decent work for all. |
Difficult-to-cover groups | coverage, megatrends, poverty | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_627189/lang--en/inde… | fabbri | |||
| OECD: Putting faces to the jobs at risk of automation | OECD (May 2018) Automation may also be putting downwards pressure on wages and working hours There are reasons why the future may not be jobless |
Information and communication technology | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://www.oecd.org/employment/future-of-work/Automation-policy-brief-2018.pdf | fabbri | |||||
| France: Epargne retraite: Ce que la réforme Pacte va changer pour les épargnants | france | 20 Minutes (04.05.2018) Le ministre de l'Economie Bruno Le Maire a détaillé ce jeudi plusieurs mesure de sa réforme Pacte qui visent à développer l'épargne retraite des Français.Le futur projet de loi prévoit ainsi d'instaurer la « portabilité totale » des dispositifs d’épargne… |
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Pensions, Investment, Financing | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.20minutes.fr/economie/2265591-20180503-epargne-retraite-reforme-pac… | fabbri | |||
| [Editorial]|Dos mil millones de informales | Jornada net (02.05.2018) El panorama global para los trabajadores es cada vez más incierto de acuerdo a organismos internacionales. Dos mil millones de personas prestan servicios en la economía informal y la calidad del empleo es cada vez más deficiente. Se trata de una situación que ya se… |
El panorama global para los trabajadores es cada vez más incierto de acuerdo a organismos internacionales. Dos mil millones de personas prestan servicios en la economía informal y la calidad del empleo es cada vez más deficiente. Se trata de una situación que ya se registró en los datos oficiales |
Difficult-to-cover groups | labour markets, megatrends, poverty | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.jornadanet.com/Opinion/n.php?a=6453 | fabbri | |||
| Belgique: La digitalisation aura un impact positif sur l'emploi | belgium | Metro (03.05.2018) Les nouvelles technologies auront un effet bénéfique sur l’emploi d’après un employeur belge sur quatre, selon l’étude « Révolution des Compétences 2.0 » publiée par ManpowerGroup. Par ailleurs, 66 % des employeurs belges prévoient de maintenir leurs effectifs… |
Les nouvelles technologies auront un effet bénéfique sur l’emploi d’après un employeur belge sur quatre, selon l’étude « Révolution des Compétences 2.0 » publiée par ManpowerGroup. Par ailleurs, 66 % des employeurs belges prévoient de maintenir leurs effectifs au cours des deux prochaines |
Information and communication technology | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://fr.metrotime.be/2018/05/03/start/la-digitalisation-aura-un-impact-posit… | fabbri | |||
| [Opinion] Europe: Widening The Social Protection Safety Net | Europe | Social Europe (01.05.2018) What makes Europe different from many other parts of the world? One answer is social protection: the principle of assisting the most vulnerable in society and guaranteeing a minimum standard of wellbeing – a social safety net. |
What makes Europe different from many other parts of the world? One answer is social protection: the principle of assisting the most vulnerable in society and guaranteeing a minimum standard of wellbeing – a social safety net. In the nineteenth century, writers like Victor Hugo and Charle |
Social protection floor | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.socialeurope.eu/widening-the-social-protection-safety-net | fabbri | |||
| France: Le système de santé "à bout de souffle", selon le président de l'Ordre des médecins | france | francetvinfo /29.04.2018) "Il y a urgence à tout repenser de fond en comble". Patrick Bouet, président du conseil national de l'Ordre des médecins, demande, dimanche 29 avril, au gouvernement "une réforme globale" du système de santé qu'il juge "à bout de souffle"… |
Il y a urgence à tout repenser de fond en comble". Patrick Bouet, président du conseil national de l'Ordre des médecins, demande, dimanche 29 avril, au gouvernement "une réforme globale" du système de santé qu'il juge "à bout de souffle", dans un entretien au |
Financing | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/hopital/le-systeme-de-sante-a-bout-de-souffle… | fabbri | |||
| Maroc: Sécurité sociale - Une décennie positive | morocco | Les Eco (30.04.2018) La CFCIM a organisé, jeudi 26 avril, son Forum adhérents, animé par le directeur général de la CNSS. Saïd Ahmidouch y a présenté les principaux indicateurs de l’activité. Entre 2005 et 2017, le nombre de salariés déclarés est passé de 1,58 à 3,38 millions. L’… |
La CFCIM a organisé, jeudi 26 avril, son Forum adhérents, animé par le directeur général de la CNSS. Saïd Ahmidouch y a présenté les principaux indicateurs de l’activité. Entre 2005 et 2017, le nombre de salariés déclarés est passé de 1,58 à 3,38 millions. L’année dernière, la populat |
managing reforms | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.leseco.ma/economie/65930-securite-sociale-une-decennie-positive.html | fabbri | |||
| Work safety among ministry's priorities | newburghgazette (29.04.2018) He said that the Chamber co-operated with the official bodies to develop legislation and laws that contributed to improving living standards and safety of workers and encouraging the private sector to raise the level of occupational safety and health requirements by… |
He said that the Chamber co-operated with the official bodies to develop legislation and laws that contributed to improving living standards and safety of workers and encouraging the private sector to raise the level of occupational safety and health requirements by selecting the best companies. |
Prevention of occupational risks | issa, OSH | Published_SS_Monitor | http://newburghgazette.com/2018/04/29/work-safety-among-ministrys-priorities/ | fabbri | |||
| China's social security card goes digital | china | Chinadaily (23.04.2018) The Chinese Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Sunday issued the country's first electronic certificate of social security, at the opening of the Digital China Summit in Fuzhou, capital of East China's Fujian province. |
The Chinese Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Sunday issued the country's first electronic certificate of social security, at the opening of the Digital China Summit in Fuzhou, capital of East China's Fujian province. The e-certificate, which is applicable nationwide, con |
Information and communication technology | brics | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/23/WS5addbf5da3105cdcf6519fae.html | fabbri | ||
| Report: Digital labour platforms and the future of work | ilo.org (20.09.2018) This report provides one of the first comparative studies of working conditions on five major micro-task platforms that operate globally. |
digital platforms | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_DOCUMENTS | https://www.ilo.org/global/publications/books/WCMS_645337/lang--en/index.htm | massetti |