Centre for European Policy Studies (02.07.2018) Focusing on Austria, this report provides an overview of online platforms matching supply and demand for paid work, looking at different platforms and activities, working conditions, legal developments, and trends and changes in the labour market. It discusses the different concepts and definitions of platform work and describe how platforms operate. Furthermore, it will look at the characteristics of platforms, reflecting the extraordinary heterogeneity of this new form of employment.

The ongoing digital transformation of economies and societies holds many promises to spur innovation, generate efficiencies, and improve services, and in doing so boost more inclusive and sustainable growth as well as enhance well-being. But these benefits go hand-in-hand with disruptions. Our interactions with one another and with society more broadly are being transformed, as are the nature and structure of organisations and markets, raising important issues around jobs and skills, privacy, security, and how to ensure that technological changes benefit society as a whole, among others.

Le Monde (30.07.2018)  Le roi Mohammed VI a longuement évoqué dans un discours télévisé prononcé dimanche 29 juillet au soir la « question sociale » au Maroc, exhortant le gouvernement à prendre des « mesures d’urgence », notamment en matière de santé et d’éducation. Malgré les « réalisations accomplies (…) j’ai le sentiment que quelque chose continue à nous faire défaut en matière sociale », a déclaré le souverain marocain dans une allocution marquant le 19e anniversaire de son accession au trône.

EurActiv (27.07.2018) Le manque de main d’oeuvre en Pologne a poussé le gouvernement a assouplir sa politique d’accueil des travailleurs étrangers

Por Carlos Juan Martín Pérez y Jennifer Nelson.

Además de la telemedicina y la innovación tecnológica, la recolección de datos y las aplicaciones informáticas serán de los principales elementos que impactarán la salud. De hecho, ya lo están haciendo. Y no hay que mirar muy lejos para encontrar ejemplos. ¿Cómo será el futuro de la medicina en la era de la transformación digital?

El caso de El Salvador

Le Monde (27.07.2018) Les conclusions de la commission d’enquête sont rendues publiques mercredi. Le thème de la santé au travail figure à l’agenda social qu’Emmanuel Macron veut traiter à partir de la rentrée.  Pour réduire les maladies causées par le travail, il faut frapper au portefeuille des chefs d’entreprise en leur appliquant un « malus » s’ils restent passifs face au problème.

National curriculum in England

The national curriculum is a set of subjects and standards used by primary and secondary schools so children learn the same things. It covers what subjects are taught and the standards children should reach in each subject.

Citizenship programmes in  the national curriculum cover income and expenditure, credit and debt, insurance, savings and pensions, financial products and services, and how public money is raised and spent

The Social Security Education Program is developed in Uruguay since 2007.

The Program incorporates thematic axes related to Social Security as a compulsory subject in the curricula of study of the education plans of all the public and private centers of the country.

Education materials are available on the website.

- Student's book 'Growing together'

Emerging-Europe (20.07.2018) Ukraine’s pension reform was introduced in October 2017. Most of the amendments it brings to the existing system are long term and haven’t really had time to play out yet. However, some important changes are already in place.

ILO (20.07.2018) New ILO programme brings together businesses, schools, employment services, the social partners and other civil society organizations to create jobs for youth, women and people in rural areas.