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| [Report] 2018 eHealth Market Trends, Players & Outlook | businesswire (08.01.2018) This report introduces the key components of the ehealth market and identifies the products and services of most interests in the health industry, including IoT-enabled medical devices, telemedicine and remote patient monitoring. The particular nature of health… |
Health, Information and communication technology, Service quality | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180108006116/en/2018-eHealth-Market-Tr… | fabbri | |||||
| Uber dealt blow after EU court classifies it as transport service | Europe | Reuters (20.12.2017) Uber Technologies Inc should be classified as a transport service and regulated like other taxi operators, the European Union’s top court said in a landmark ruling on Wednesday that could impact other online businesses in Europe. Uber, which allows passengers to summon a… |
Uber, which allows passengers to summon a ride through an app on their smartphones, has transformed the taxi industry since its launch in 2011 and now operates in more than 600 cities globally. In the latest of a series of legal battles, Uber had argued it was simply a digital app that ac |
Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-court/uber-dealt-blow-after-eu-court-cl… | fabbri | ||||
| [Report] Social protection after the Arab Spring | socialprotection.org (December 2017) When countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) achieved their independence, formal social protection schemes established by former colonial powers were, to varying degrees, assimilated or mimicked by the State, particularly pension… |
When countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) achieved their independence, formal social protection schemes established by former colonial powers were, to varying degrees, assimilated or mimicked by the State, particularly pension systems for government and formal-sector workers. Thes |
Extension of coverage | extending coverage | Published_SS_Monitor | http://socialprotection.org/discover/publications/social-protection-after-arab-… | fabbri | |||
| Social protection affordable in low-income countries, says ILO | The Nation Nigeria (05.01.2018) The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in its World Social Protection Report 2017-2019 has said the poorest countries can afford to extend social protection to all citizens. According to the ILO report, the universal coverage in old-age pensions… |
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in its World Social Protection Report 2017-2019 has said the poorest countries can afford to extend social protection to all citizens. According to the ILO report, the universal coverage in old-age pensions has been achieved by more |
Extension of coverage | extending coverage | Published_SS_Monitor | http://thenationonlineng.net/social-protection-affordable-low-income-countries-… | fabbri | |||
| France: RSI - ce qui a changé à partir du 1er janvier 2018 | france | minutenews (03.01.2918) Le temps du RSI est désormais révolu pour les travailleurs indépendants.C’était l’une des principales promesses de campagne d’Emmanuel Macron : la mesure est entrée en application dès le 1er janvier. La fin du RSI est donc désormais effective… |
Un changement progressifCela faisait plusieurs années que le RSI était largement décrié à la fois par les assurés et par des observateurs officiels comme la Cour des comptes. En effet, celle-ci l’avait même qualifiée de “catastrophe industrielle” dans un rapport récent. Emmanuel Macron |
managing reforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.minutenews.fr/actualite/politique/rsi-ce-qui-a-change-a-partir-du-1… | fabbri | |||
| [Opinion] Uganda's pension pilot has been a huge success — but can it survive? | uganda | Devex (03.01.2018) Every week, the speaker presiding over Uganda’s 426-member parliament fields questions, comments, complaints, demands, and even threats regarding the uncertain future of Uganda’s elderly population, who have been left vulnerable after decades of difficulties. Since 2010… |
Every week, the speaker presiding over Uganda’s 426-member parliament fields questions, comments, complaints, demands, and even threats regarding the uncertain future of Uganda’s elderly population, who have been left vulnerable after decades of difficulties. Since 2010, some districts of |
Old-age pensions, Population ageing, Social assistance | adequacy, managing reforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.devex.com/news/uganda-s-pension-pilot-has-been-a-huge-success-but-c… | fabbri | ||
| [blog] Towards a predictive society | finland | Sitra (September 2017)Towards a predictive society Public administration in Finland is undergoing major systemic change. How can one of the most efficient administrative entities in the world aim to make the everyday lives of people and companies easier through co-operation? Solutions for this… |
Public administration in Finland is undergoing major systemic reform. Finland’s central government is one of the world’s most efficient administrative bodies that executes legally mandated tasks. TermSystemic changeSystemic change |
Employment, Service quality, Social policies & programmes | digital economy | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.sitra.fi/en/blogs/towards-predictive-society/ | ruggia | ||
| [Report] Social protection and inclusive rural transformation | socialprotection.org (15.12.2017) This research paper discusses the interactions between social protection, rural transformation and inclusiveness. The questions addressed are: How does social protection reach and facilitate the rural transformation process? What key social protection… |
This research paper discusses the interactions between social protection, rural transformation and inclusiveness. The questions addressed are: How does social protection reach and facilitate the rural transformation process? What key social protection interventions can better support inclusive tr |
Extension of coverage | coverage | Published_SS_Monitor | http://socialprotection.org/discover/publications/social-protection-and-inclusi… | fabbri | |||
| ILO Social Protection Floors Calculator: Social protection is affordable, even in the majority of low income countries | ILO (14.12.2017) Even the poorest countries can afford to extend social protection to all their citizens, the ILO said in its recently released World Social Protection Report 2017-19 . |
ILO releases a number of easy-to-use tools and guides, which show that most countries could afford to provide social protection floors if they chose to. Even the poorest countries can afford to extend social protection to all their citizens, the ILO said in its recently released |
Social protection floor | data analytics, poverty | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_613784/lang--en/inde… | fabbri | |||
| WHO | Global Health Expenditure Database | The Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED) presents internationally comparable health expenditures for all WHO Member States from 1995 to present |
Medical care | data analytics, database | http://www.who.int/health-accounts/ghed/en/ | massetti | |||||
| Les inégalités dans le monde, en hausse depuis quarante ans | lemonde.fr (14.12.2018) Selon un rapport, les 1 % les plus riches ont profité deux fois plus de la croissance des revenus que les 50 % les plus pauvres. Et entre les deux les revenus ont stagné ou baissé. |
Inequalities | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2017/12/14/les-inegalites-dans-le-m… | massetti | |||||
| World Inequality Report: Fight wealth inequality with taxes | dw.com (14.12.2017) Income inequality can lead to "catastrophes," but there are ways to fight it, according to the World Inequality Report. "Everything depends on the choices that will be made," says renowned economist Thomas Piketty. |
People living in the Middle East face bigger income inequality than anywhere else in the world, with Europeans being the least affected by the income gap, experts say in the latest World Inequality Report published on Thursday. The team behind it, which includes French economist Thomas |
Inequalities | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.dw.com/en/world-inequality-report-fight-wealth-inequality-with-taxes… | massetti | ||||
| Malaysia: NIOSH urges better safety, health management in tourism sector | malaysia | nst.com.my (25.11.2017) The tourism sector should adopt good Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) management and practices to reduce the number of accidents and health problems in the sector |
Prevention of occupational risks | issa | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/11/307415/niosh-urges-better-safety-hea… | massetti | |||
| France: Le numérique doit révolutionner notre relation soignant/soigné | france | FrenchWeb (11.12.2017) Avec tous les outils numériques à sa disposition, le patient n’est plus passif et devient un véritable acteur de son parcours de soin. Une nouvelle dynamique que les professionnels de santé doivent rapidement appréhender pour s’adapter et intégrer le patient comme co… |
Avec tous les outils numériques à sa disposition, le patient n’est plus passif et devient un véritable acteur de son parcours de soin. Une nouvelle dynamique que les professionnels de santé doivent rapidement appréhender pour s’adapter et intégrer le patient comme co-acteur du parcours de soins. |
Health | digital economy | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.frenchweb.fr/le-numerique-doit-revolutionner-notre-relation-soignan… | fabbri | ||
| Romania, last in EU for the share of welfare expenditure in GDP | romania | romania-insider (11.12.2017) Romania ranked last in the EU for the share of social protection expenditure in its GDP, with 14.6%. By comparison, the spending on social protection represented 29% of the GDP in the European Union in 2015, according to data from EU’s statistical office… |
Romania ranked last in the EU for the share of social protection expenditure in its GDP, with 14.6%. By comparison, the spending on social protection represented 29% of the GDP in the European Union in 2015, according to data from EU’s statistical office Eurostat. The share of social prot |
Financing | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.romania-insider.com/romania-welfare-expenditure/ | fabbri | |||
| Malta amongst lowest ratios of EU GDP spent on social protection | malta | maltatoday (11.12.2017) While almost almost a third of EU GDP is spent on social protection, Malta’s expenditure has dropped over the years, sitting below the EU average in 2015 data S ocial protection expenditure stood at 17.5% in Malta in 2015, decreasing from 19.3% in 2010, Eurostat data… |
Financing | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/82933/malta_with_one_of_the_lowest_s… | fabbri | ||||
| Non-standard forms of employment: Recent trends and future prospects | Background paper for Estonian Presidency Conference ‘Future of Work: Making It e-Easy‘, 13-14 September 2017 |
digital platforms | Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_DOCUMENTS | https://www.eu2017.ee/sites/default/files/2017-09/FoW%20Eurofound%20background%… | massetti | |||||
| Indonesia: Social protection in Timor Leste: The difference dialogue can make in protecting the poor | indonesia | ILO (07.12.2017) Despite being the youngest nation in Asia, Timor-Leste is taking a proactive and coordinated approach to ensure a better life for its citizens with a national Social Protection Strategy for 2017-2030. |
Aida Mota is one of the dedicated government officials behind the development of Timor-Leste’s first Social Protection Strategy. As National Director for Contributory Social Security at the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS), she has been tirelessly engaged with the social protection policies of |
Extension of coverage | poverty | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.ilo.org/asia/media-centre/articles/WCMS_613329/lang--en/index.htm | fabbri | ||
| [Interview] France: Ils sont malades « de longue durée » et ils travaillent | france | theconversation.com (27.11.2017) Dans votre ouvrage, Que font dix millions de malades ? (éditions Erès), vous interrogez le rapport entre travail et affections de longue durée, en donnant notamment la parole aux malades. Quelles sont ces maladies ? Et pourquoi vous emparer de cette problématique… |
Nous avons proposé aux deux agences qui ont financé cette recherche, l’Agence nationale de recherche sur le sida-VIH et les hépatites virales (ANRS) et l’Institut national du cancer (INCa), de mettre le focus sur des maladi |
Health insurance, Disability, Employment policies, Workplace health promotion, Return to work | big data, data analytics, individuals, labour markets | Published_SS_Monitor | https://theconversation.com/ils-sont-malades-de-longue-duree-et-ils-travaillent… | -filhon | ||
| Maroc: Les chiffres de la Sécurité sociale ne sont pas si rassurants que ça : Seules 200.000 entreprises jouent le jeu | morocco | Libération (07.12.2017) «2016 a été une année importante pour le régime de sécurité sociale puisqu’elle a été marquée par l’augmentation du nombre des affiliés et des entreprises déclarantes ». C’est ce qui ressort de l’intervention de Mohamed Yatim, ministre du Travail et de l'Insertion… |
«2016 a été une année importante pour le régime de sécurité sociale puisqu’elle a été marquée par l’augmentation du nombre des affiliés et des entreprises déclarantes ». C’est ce qui ressort de l’intervention de Mohamed Yatim, ministre du Travail et de l'Insertion professionnelle, lors du C |
Governance and administration, Extension of coverage | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.libe.ma/Les-chiffres-de-la-Securite-sociale-ne-sont-pas-si-rassuran… | fabbri | |||
| New Blockchain-Based Startups Create New Opportunities for Healthcare | (09.11.2017) Blockchain technology has huge potential to disrupt a wide range of industries, ranging from data management, security and healthcare as a few examples. |
Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://cointelegraph.com/news/new-blockchain-based-startups-create-new-opportu… | massetti | ||||||
| Uruguay: Nuevo régimen de aportes para conductores de Uber y otras Apps | uruguay | Crónicas (24.02.2017) Desde el Poder Ejecutivo se anunció la firma de un Decreto que pretenderá la formalización de los trabajadores de plataformas digitales de transporte. Mediante el mismo, se buscará establecer el régimen de tributación, así como de aportes a la seguridad social. A… |
Desde el Poder Ejecutivo se anunció la firma de un Decreto que pretenderá la formalización de los trabajadores de plataformas digitales de transporte. Mediante el mismo, se buscará establecer el régimen de tributación, así como de aportes a la seguridad social. A continuación analizaremos lo que |
Health, Information and communication technology | digital economy | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://www.cronicas.com.uy/columnas/nuevo-regimen-aportes-conductores-uber-otra… | fabbri | ||
| Liberia: Gov’t, Partners Hold Second Dialogue on Social Protection | liberia | Liberian Observer (06.12.2017) The Government of Liberia and the International Labor Organization (ILO) have begun holding the second National Dialogue on Social Protection in the country. The meeting is in line with the second strategic objective policy mechanism that seeks to support poor and… |
The Government of Liberia and the International Labor Organization (ILO) have begun holding the second National Dialogue on Social Protection in the country. The meeting is in line with the second strategic objective policy mechanism that seeks to support poor and vulnerable groups – whic |
Extension of coverage | extending coverage, poverty | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.liberianobserver.com/columns/women/govt-partners-hold-second-dialog… | fabbri | ||
| Citizen action can help improve social protection programmes, finds review | Developmentpathways.co.uk (30.11.2017) Social accountability initiatives, such as spending audits that involve citizens, can help tackle corruption and improve social protection programmes, a review of the evidence has found. |
Information and communication technology, Service quality | services quality | Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/resources/citizen-action-can-help-improve-… | massetti | ||||
| Ireland: Compulsory retirement age for public sector staff set to rise to 70 | ireland | Irish Times 06.12.2017) The new changes will not apply to frontline groups such as gardaí and firefighters Thousands of public service staff will in future be permitted to work until the age of 70 under new Government returns. |
Thousands of public service staff will in future be permitted to work until the age of 70 under new Government returns. The Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe said the |
Old-age pensions | managing reforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/compulsory-retirement-age-fo… | fabbri |