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Impact of the digital healthcare revolution on health insurance | monitor | European Economic and Social Committee (20.09.2017) The EESC believes that equal access to healthcare, one of the main objectives of health policies, can benefit from digital support provided certain conditions are met: equal geographical coverage; bridging the digital divide; interoperability among the various components of the digital architecture (databases, medical devices); and protection of health data which must under no circumstances be used to the detriment of patients. The EESC highlights the need to develop and facilitate people's digital health literacy to encourage a critical approach to health information and to support the development of a nomenclature of reimbursable treatments and wellbeing services |
digital economy | Health, Service quality | |
Macronisme, l’ubérisation de la protection sociale et l’Etat plateforme | Le Club de Mediapart | -filhon | Mediapart (01.10.2017) Macronisme, l’ubérisation de la protection sociale et l’Etat plateforme : Les dessous d’une disruption à la française. Analyse proposée par Matthieu Montalban, membre du comité d'animation des Économistes atterrés. |
digital economy | Employment policies, Human resource management, Social policies & programmes | france |
Frontier issues: Artificial intelligence and development - YouTube | -filhon | digital platforms | Employment, Technological transition | ||
Elefante en la cristalería: ¿Cómo abordar la irrupción de las plataformas colaborativas? | ruggia | (BID/IADB, September 2017) Luego de generar una conmoción parecida a la de un elefante entrando en una cristalería, las plataformas colaborativas como Uber o Airbnb han pasado a ser parte de nuestra vida cotidiana. Millones han utilizado ya este tipo de estructuras digitales para facilitar su vida cotidiana: trasladarse, comprar comida o libros, procurar una pareja y hasta tener a alguien para acompañarle a hacer las compras. Sin embargo, en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) el impacto aun es desigual, lo que genera dudas sobre su progreso y regulación apropiadas.
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digital platforms | Employment, Information and communication technology | latin america |
El papel de las plataformas en la revolución del mercado laboral | ruggia | (GOVUP, July 2017) La plataformización del trabajo es un concepto que, si bien es relativamente reciente, ha irrumpido con fuerza en el mercado laboral a nivel global. Si bien es cierto que nuestro marco normativo dista mucho de otras regulaciones, como la estadounidense, con distintos parámetros de contratación y, en definitiva, de relación laboral. Bajo esta premisa, y con el objetivo de despejar muchas de las incógnitas que sobrevuelan sobre el tema del trabajo en las plataformas digitales, la Asociación Española de la Economía Digital (Adigital) con el apoyo de GoVup, policy lab de innovación pública, hemos elaborado un informe que recoge las principales ideas que rigen este nuevo marco de relación económica entre individuos y empresas, de la mano de varios expertos en la materia, y que propone una serie de cambios normativos para contribuir a normalizar esta actividad de futuro. |
digital platforms | Employment, Information and communication technology | spain |
After Falcon Funds - Big PPM changes expected by June - Investment Europe | -filhon | Pension funds fraud in Swedish Premium pension framework |
managing reforms | Pensions, Population ageing, Investment, Financing, Error, evasion and fraud | sweden |
India: Savings via DBT cross Rs 58k cr mark: Ravi Shankar Prasad | massetti | The Economic Times (28.09.2017) Government has saved Rs 58,000 crore through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme used in various subsidy programmes, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today. The electronics and IT minister said the government is utilising digital technology to bring about changes that benefit poor and underprivileged. |
Technological transition, Service delivery | india | |
Observatoire de l'Ubérisation et de l'Economie Collaborative | Observatoire de l'Ubérisation et de l'Economie Collaborative | massetti | ||||
France: Présentation du PLFSS - Ce qui va changer dans les prestations familiales à la garde d'enfants | monitor | 20minutes (02.10.2017) Que l’on ait recours à une assistante maternelle ou que l’on place ses enfants en crèche : les modes de gardes des tout-petits ont un coût qui pèse sérieusement sur le budget des parents, un coût que nombre d’entre eux financent grâce aux prestations familiales. Mais le calcul de ces aides va être modifié. Le gouvernement, qui entend « faire du soutien aux familles les plus fragiles l’une de ses grandes priorités » a présenté ce jeudi son projet de loi de finances de la Sécurité sociale (PLFSS) 2018. |
managing reforms | Family benefits | france |
The Netherlands: Still brooding on a new system | monitor | ipe.com (September 2017) All stakeholders continue to work on creating a sustainable Dutch pension system |
netherlands | ||
Uber tells tribunal self-employed drivers not ‘novel or unusual’ | massetti | ft.com (27.09.2017) Ride-hailing app seeks to overturn ruling on status of UK workers |
digital platforms | united kingdom | |
Designierter ISSA-Construction Präsident Karl-Heinz Noetel: "Wir brauchen international mehr Transparenz im Arbeitsschutz" | monitor | Finanzen (29.09.2017) Laut der Internationalen Arbeitsorganisation (ILO) erleiden weltweit jedes Jahr mehr als eine Millionen Beschäftigte tödliche Arbeitsunfälle. Und gerade in der Baubranche gibt es viele Risiken. "Deshalb brauchen wir eine weltweite Datenbank mit guten Beispielen |
Occupational accidents and diseases | ||
Des milliers de robots s’activent chez les géants du commerce en ligne | massetti | Des milliers de robots s’activent dans les entrepôts du géant chinois du commerce en ligne, Alibaba, comme chez son concurrent américain, Amazon. Quasiment sans présence humaine. Selon la Banque mondiale, entre 1990 et 2007, le déploiement des robots aura eu un effet massif sur l’emploi : en moyenne, aux États-Unis, l’implantation d’un robot pour 1 000 salariés fait disparaître cinq à six postes de travail. Près de 70 % des emplois dans les pays développés seraient concernés par la robotisation.
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Maneka Gandhi Clashes With NITI Aayog on Replacing Food With Cash Transfers | monitor | The Wire (21.09.2017) The government is finalising a pilot project in line with NITI Aayog’s recent suggestion that children and mothers be given cash transfers instead of cooked or uncooked food. |
published, cct | Conditional cash transfers, Inequalities | india |
Colombia: La Asociación Nacional de Instituciones Financieras (Anif) propone ampliar la edad de pensión en 5 años | monitor | portafolio (28.09.2017) Para evitar activar una ‘bomba fiscal’ que resultaría de aplicar los exagerados y regresivos subsidios pensionales hoy vigentes, la Asociación Nacional de Instituciones Financieras (Anif) propone en un estudio una reforma estructural al sistema pensional, que incluye ampliar la edad de pensión en 5 años. |
managing reforms, published | Pensions | colombia |
Youth and Employment in North Africa: YENA Conference 2017: The Future on Youth and Employment in North Africa | monitor | ILO (27.09.2017) The International Labour Organization (ILO) will host a High-Level Conference on Youth and Employment in North Africa with participants from Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia, as well as development partners and major stakeholders to agree on a five-year plan of action and roadmap to enhance youth employability in the sub-region. |
published, youth employment | Employment of young workers | Africa |
Belgique: Allocations familiales à Bruxelles - jusqu'où moduler le système? | monitor | RTB (14.09.2017) Quel type d'allocations familiales mettre en place à Bruxelles ? Jusqu'à quel point lier les allocations aux revenus des parents ? Faut-il changer le système pour tous les enfants ou seulement pour les enfants nés après l'instauration du nouveau modèle ? La Flandre et la Wallonie ont tranché ces questions, mais ce n'est pas le cas de Bruxelles. |
Family benefits | belgium | |
Suisse: Primes maladie: les politiques impuissants, les assurés résignés | monitor | Le Temps (28.09.2017) En début d'après-midi, l'administration fédérale dévoilera le montant exact des hausses de primes. Face à la spirale des coûts de la santé, le PDC, le PS et certains cantons dont Genève et Vaud bougent. En partant dans des directions très diverses |
published | Financing, Health | switzerland |
América Latina: ¿Estamos preparados para los trabajos del futuro? | fabbri | El País (13.02.2017) Este cambio tiene más que ver con unos frenéticos avances tecnológicos que están provocando transformaciones profundas en la naturaleza del trabajo y que, al mismo tiempo, hacen tambalear a muchas ocupaciones actuales. De hecho, algunas estimaciones aventuran que cerca de la mitad de los empleos que hoy existen serán ocupados por máquinas y que esta sustitución podría ser aún más acentuada en América Latina. |
digital economy, megatrends | Employment, Employment policies, Employment of young workers | latin america |
Distributed ledger technology: beyond block chain | massetti | Gov.uk (19.01.2016) This report sets out the findings of a review exploring how distributed ledger technology can revolutionise services, both in government and the private sector. A specific example (p66 ; Case 2) is on UK Department for Work and Pensions. |
Information and communication technology, Technological transition | united kingdom | |
Five ways to win with digital platforms: Many new platforms will fail, but small businesses and traditional incumbents can succeed by taking five steps | ruggia | Accenture 2016 - Digital platform companies are transforming the way we do business by creating vast markets, compelling customer experiences and new ways to innovate. But how will small and traditional companies find success in a platform landscape dominated by digital born companies? This report identifies the critical platform success factors for businesses and policy makers. |
digital platforms | Employment, Information and communication technology, Technological transition | |
What do people want from their social services agencies? Guess what: the answer depends on which country you ask… | LinkedIn | massetti | People in virtually every country in the world now come into contact with digital technology and experiences every day. And research shows consistently that their expectations and attitudes towards digital vary widely. When you ask citizens in different countries how comfortable they feel about sharing data online, data privacy, or the risk of their data being misused, you consistently find their responses differ sharply. As social services across the world move towards digital delivery to boost effectiveness and efficiency, many agencies are asking whether similar national differences in citizens’ attitudes will emerge. And now we have an answer – provided by results our 2017 Accenture Public Citizen Survey. |
Service quality | ||
¿Los millennials ven a los robots como una amenaza para sus empleos o profesiones? | monitor | Merca20 (26.09.2017) El tema de la presencia de los robots y bots en la industria reporta un crecimiento importante desde hace varios años, sectores como el automotriz, farmacéutico, manufacturero, el de seguridad, incluso los hemos visto en periodismo y publicidad. Esto ha hecho surgir la pregunta si en algún momento sustituiría a los humanos. |
digital economy, published, robotization, youth employment | Employment of young workers, Technological transition | |
US: New tool reveals high cost of untreated sleep disorders in workplace | monitor | news-medical (25.09.2017) Sleep disorders and sleep deficiency are hidden costs that affect employers across America. Seventy percent of Americans admit that they routinely get insufficient sleep, and 30 percent of U.S. workers and 44 percent of night shift workers report sleeping less than six hours per night. In addition, an estimated 50-70 million people have a sleep disorder, often undiagnosed. Costs attributable to sleep deficiency in the U.S. was estimated to exceed $410 billion in 2015, equivalent to 2.28 percent of the gross domestic product. |
Health, Occupational accidents and diseases | United States | |
Canada: Several workplace exposures may increase risk of developing Parkinson’s disease | monitor | Canadian Occupational Safety (12.09.2017) Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s. It is estimated more than 100,000 Canadians have Parkinson’s disease and more than 25 people are diagnosed daily, according to Parkinson Canada. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | canada |