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| Title | Authored on | Regions / Country | Abstract | measures summary | Description/integral text (Internal-not for publishing) | Topics | Tags | Status | URL | |
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| Schweiz: Bern und Zürich wollen gemeinsame E-Health-Plattform | 2017-04-10 | switzerland | Inside-IT (22.03.2017) Die Kantone Bern und Zürich wollen beim Aufbau einer überregionalen E-Health-Plattform zusammenspannen. Angestrebt wird eine gleichberechtigte, partnerschaftliche Lösung, die auch anderen Kantonen offen steht. |
Health, Information and communication technology | http://www.inside-it.ch/articles/46960 | monitor | ||||
| [Publication] Healthcare fraud, corruption and waste in Europe | 2017-04-10 | EHFCN (21.03.2017) It is undeniable that healthcare fraud, corruption and waste are a serious and growing threat to the sustainability and the quality of European healthcare systems. Unfortunately for many years, a lack of objective information and hard evidence has stood in the way of finding… |
Governance and administration, Error, evasion and fraud, Health | http://www.ehfcn.org/ehfcn-nza-book-healthcare-fraud-corruption-waste-europe | monitor | |||||
| Gabon: Sécurité sociale : Le Blaisac transféré à Libreville | 2017-04-10 | gabon | L'UNION | L'actualité du Gabon (23.03.2017) Initialement basé à Yaoundé au Cameroun, le Bureau de liaison de l'Association internationale de sécurité sociale pour l'Afrique centrale, est désormais implanté dans la capitale gabonaise pour un mandat de trois ans, éventuellement… |
issa | http://www.union.sonapresse.com/gabon-culture-societe/securite-sociale-le-blais… | monitor | ||||
| Joint Employment Report 2017: Main findings from the Scoreboard of key employment and social indicators | 2017-04-10 | european union | Europa (14.03.2017) The EPSCO Council adopted the 2017 Joint Employment Report (JER) on 3 March, including the Scoreboard of key employment and social indicators. The table below summarizes its main findings. |
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=2757&furtherNews=… | monitor | |||||
| [Rapport] France: L'insertion professionnelle des jeunes | 2017-04-10 | france | France Stratégie (24.01.2017) C’était une des onze mesures pour la jeunesse promises par le gouvernement au printemps 2016. La concertation en faveur de l’insertion professionnelle des jeunes, lancée en septembre dernier, s’est conclue mardi 24 janvier 2017 par la remise d’un rapport de… |
Employment of young workers | youth employment | http://www.strategie.gouv.fr/publications/linsertion-professionnelle-jeunes | monitor | |||
| German roundup: pension reform, custodians | 2017-04-10 | germany | IPE (17.03.2017) All parties in the German parliament have agreed that the country’s proposed pension reform is a step in the right direction – with just one dissenter. |
Pensions | managing reforms | https://www.ipe.com/countries/germany/german-roundup-pension-reform-custodians/… | monitor | |||
| [Report] Starting strong: Implementation of the social SDGs in Latin America | 2017-04-10 | latin america | Southern Voice on Post-MDGs Development Goals (23.11.2016) This research paper, commissioned as part of the series ‘Starting Strong: the first 1000 days of the SDGs’, identifies key actions toward addressing the unfinished business of the MDGs and how to reach those who are furthest behind in… |
poverty | http://southernvoice.org/starting-strong-implementation-of-the-social-sdgs-in-l… | monitor | ||||
| France: Assurance-chômage - le patronat annonce un accord avec les syndicats | 2017-04-10 | france | Le Monde (29.03.2017) Les partenaires sociaux ont « trouvé un accord » sur l’assurance-chômage, mardi 28 mars au soir, au terme d’une séance de plus de douze heures de négociations, a annoncé le patronat. « Nous nous réjouissons que le dialogue social ait montré une fois de plus son efficacité… |
Unemployment | managing reforms | http://www.lemonde.fr/emploi/article/2017/03/28/assurance-chomage-le-patronat-a… | monitor | |||
| India: No ID, no benefits: thousands could lose lifeline under India’s biometric scheme | 2017-04-10 | india | The Guardian (21.04.2017) Controversial Aadhaar card restricts fundamental rights, argue critics, limiting access to free school meals and exposing 1 billion people to privacy risks |
Governance and administration, Information and communication technology, Inequalities | biometric | https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/mar/21/no-id-no-benefits-th… | monitor | |||
| [Opinion] No Need For Basic Income: Five Policies To Deal With The Threat Of Technological Unemployment | 2017-04-10 | socialeurope.eu (27.03.2017) The potential threat of technological unemployment is one of the most hotly debated economic issues of our times: in boardrooms and trade union offices but also increasingly amongst policy-makers. |
Unemployment, Inequalities | digital economy | https://www.socialeurope.eu/2017/03/no-need-basic-income-five-policies-deal-thr… | monitor | ||||
| Suisse: Les primes d'assurance-maladie devraient doubler d'ici 2040 | 2017-04-10 | switzerland | Bilan (20.03.2017) La prime mensuelle moyenne de l'assurance-maladie obligatoire pourrait passer à 517 francs en 2040 contre 274 francs en 2015, selon une étude de Credit Suisse. |
Health, Financing | http://www.bilan.ch/argent-finances/primes-dassurance-maladie-devraient-doubler… | monitor | ||||
| Canada: Occupatioanal diseases - Three cancers added to list of firefighters' illnesses eligible for coverage in B.C. | 2017-04-10 | canada | CTV Vancouver News (06,03.2017) The British Columbia government is adding three types of cancer to those that could be considered occupational diseases suffered by firefighters. A release from the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training says breast cancer, prostate cancer and multiple… |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://bc.ctvnews.ca/three-cancers-added-to-list-of-firefighters-illnesses-elig… | monitor | ||||
| [Pension] Infrastructure: Narendra Modi government eyes Rs 50,000 cr from funds via toll-operate-transfer mode for NHAI | 2017-04-10 | india | The Financial Express (20.03.2017) In a move that could fetch the government upwards of R50,000 crore, a host of pension funds, sovereign funds and private equity funds may invest in the 75 road projects to be bid out in the toll-operate-transfer (TOT ) mode. |
Pensions, Financing | http://www.financialexpress.com/economy/infrastructure-narendra-modi-government… | monitor | ||||
| Sénégal: Gestion du système des retraites : Le grand chantier de l’Etat en 2017 | 2017-04-10 | senegal | Lequotidien (28.03.2017) Améliorer les conditions de vie des retraités du secteur privé comme ceux du public, assurer la viabilité financière des régimes de retraite et les étendre aux travailleurs non pris en compte dans le système : C’est autant de points que l’Etat du Sénégal devra négocier… |
Pensions | managing reforms | http://www.lequotidien.sn/gestion-du-systeme-des-retraites-le-grand-chantier-de… | monitor | |||
| [Opinion] Europe: We must tackle long-term job insecurity, not just the excesses of the ‘gig economy’ | 2017-04-10 | european union | Europe’s World (14.03.2017) Over the last decade the economic prospects facing European workers have changed. For most, it’s been a change for the worse: less job security, less wage growth, more low-paid work, erosion of pensions and healthcare, and increased fears about future employment… |
Employment of young workers, Inequalities | youth employment, digital economy, labour markets | http://europesworld.org/2017/03/14/long-term-job-insecurity-not-just-gig-econom… | monitor | |||
| Canada: Les défis économiques du congé parental prolongé | 2017-04-10 | canada | ICI.Radio-Canada (25.03.2017) Le prolongement du congé parental à 18 mois, annoncé dans le récent budget fédéral, pourrait constituer un défi économique pour des familles et des employeurs. |
Family benefits, Parental leave | megatrends | http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1024388/defis-economiques-conge-parental-pr… | monitor | |||
| America rose to defend healthcare. But Trump’s attack on the poor is not over | 2017-04-10 | United States | The Guardian (27.03.2017) Obamacare will be the law of the land for the “foreseeable future”, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, admitted in the aftermath of the abject failure of Donald Trump or the Republican party to “repeal or replace” Obama’s flagship Affordable Care… |
Health, Health insurance, Inequalities | managing reforms, poverty | https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/mar/27/america-cuts-health-insurance-o… | monitor | |||
| Suisse: Prévoyance Vieillesse 2020 : le Parlement accepte la réforme des retraites, le dernier mot reviendra au peuple | 2017-04-10 | switzerland | arcinfo.ch (17.03.2017) Vendredi, le vote final du Parlement a validé la réforme des retraites "Prévoyance Vieillesse 2020" en vote final. Le peuple votera sur cet objet le 24 septembre 2017. |
Pensions | http://www.arcinfo.ch/articles/suisse/prevoyance-vieillesse-2020--le-parlement-… | monitor | ||||
| France: L'Assurance-maladie veut lutter contre le renoncement aux soins | 2017-04-10 | france | francetvinfo.fr (29.03.2017) Plus d'un quart des Français auraient déjà renoncé à se soigner pour des raisons financières. L'Assurance-maladie a décidé de s’attaquer à ce problème en lançant un dispositif d’accompagnement personnalisé. |
Service quality | services quality | http://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/patient/droits-et-demarches/l-assurance-maladi… | monitor | |||
| Norway needs to secure welfare state | 2017-04-10 | norway | newsinenglish.no (03.04.2017) Few countries are as financially fit to secure social welfare systems as Norway, which has spent the past 20 years stashing away its oil wealth for future generations. Most of that money, though, is meant to preserve pensions, so the government now needs to keep its… |
http://www.newsinenglish.no/2017/04/03/aiming-to-secure-the-welfare-state | monitor | |||||
| France: Les femmes premières victimes des maladies professionnelles | 2017-04-10 | france | bfmtv (16.03.2017) Au travail, les femmes développent près de deux fois plus de troubles musculo-squelettiques que les hommes. Moins visibles, leurs tâches sont tout autant pénibles,. Et parfois davantage. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | http://www.bfmtv.com/sante/les-femmes-premieres-victimes-des-maladies-professio… | monitor | ||||
| [Report] ILO to launch new book on social dialogue trends in the EU | 2017-04-10 | european union | ILO (30.03.2017) New ILO study highlights emerging trends and good practices in social dialogue based on case studies in eleven EU Member States. |
http://www.ilo.org/brussels/press/press-releases/WCMS_548748/lang--en/index.htm | monitor | |||||
| Using Income Transfers to Improve the Lives of Families with Children and the Unemployed in Argentina | 2017-04-10 | argentina | worldbank.org (22.03.2017) To help create the preconditions for expanding its social safety net, Argentina increased the effectiveness of its income transfer programs for the unemployed and for families with children. |
Family benefits, Unemployment | http://www.worldbank.org/en/results/2017/03/22/income-transfer-improve-lives-ar… | monitor | ||||
| MENA countries: Food security missing in region’s social protection plans — report | 2017-04-10 | Africa, Asia | Jordan Times (29.03.2017) Despite plans implemented to provide support to refugees and host communities, the national social protection strategies of the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region lack food security as a core component, according to a recent report. |
Social assistance, Inequalities | poverty, megatrends | http://jordantimes.com/news/local/food-security-missing-region%E2%80%99s-social… | monitor | |||
| Costa Rica: Ser pobre en el país más feliz de América Latina | 2017-04-10 | El Pais (23.03.2017) Pese a ser uno de los países más prósperos de la región, una quinta parte de los costarricenses vive en la pobreza. Así trata el Gobierno de ayudarles a salir de ella |
poverty | http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/03/23/planeta_futuro/1490226439_201337.html | monitor |