Eurofound 2020 : desk calendar.
Date: 2020-01-03
Institutions: Eurofound
Subjects: Eurofound, quality of life, social policy, working conditions

Eurofound is an Agency  
of the European Union

Meet Eurofound’s 
Executive Director

Juan Menéndez-Valdés, Eurofound’s Executive 
Director, leads a team of more than 100 researchers, 
communication specialists and support staff in 
the implementation of the work programmes, 
which are geared towards providing knowledge to 
assist policymakers in the development of social, 
employment and work-related policies.

Follow @JuanMenendezEF on Twitter 
Learn more at https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ 
about-eurofound/who-we-are/staff

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Under the spotlight: 
Quality of life and public 
services in the European Union

Quality of life is a broad concept, covering both 
objective factors such as health, work status and living 
conditions, as well as the subjective assessments of 
an individual’s life situation and perception of quality 
of society. The new flagship report Challenges and 
prospects in the EU: Quality of life and public services 
analyses major developments in quality of life and 
public services in Europe in recent years.

Learn more at eurofound.link/qualityoflife

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Meet Eurofound’s 
Deputy Director

Maria Jepsen is Eurofound’s Deputy Director, 
appointed in 2019. Maria is Danish and holds a PhD in 
economics from the Free University of Brussels (ULB). 
She was formerly Director of the research department 
at the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and 
associate professor in labour economics at ULB.

Follow @MariaJepsenEF on Twitter 
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Opportunities and challenges 
for work and employment 
in the digital age

Digitalisation is triggering a new level of change in 
the economy and labour market in Europe. Recent 
developments are having increasingly disruptive 
effects on employment. Eurofound has identified 
three main vectors of change affecting employment 
– automation, digitalisation and platforms – and 
investigates and monitors them for different outcomes 
for the labour market and working conditions.

Sign up and subscribe now at eurofound.link/digitalage

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Monitoring and analysing 
trends in industrial relations

National industrial relations systems differ in how 
they regulate the employment relationship, reflecting 
different legal traditions, institutional arrangements 
and historical developments. Social partners have 
a crucial role to play in establishing effective and 
stable industrial relations, specifically in setting the 
terms and conditions of employment, ensuring fair 
treatment for workers and providing a stable and 
predictable framework for employers.

Sign up and subscribe now at eurofound.link/industrialrelations

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Living and working in Europe

Eurofound’s Yearbook brings together research data, 
findings and analysis on the quality of life, work and 
employment of EU citizens over the past year, and it 
answers key questions about the living standards, 
well-being and working conditions of Europeans, 
highlighting where policymaking needs to target its 
efforts if it is to be seen to deliver.

Sign up and subscribe now at eurofound.link/subscribe

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Monitoring upward convergence 
in the European Union

Upward convergence is a process whereby 
the performance of EU Member States in a given 
domain or range of domains is seen to improve 
while gaps between Member States are also 
reducing. Achieving upward convergence is of 
crucial importance to the EU, as the increase of 
disparities among Member States threatens the 
cohesion of the Union by counteracting citizens’ 
expectations that EU membership will lead working 
and living conditions to improve.

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Become part of 
Eurofound’s network

Let us keep you up to date about our work by 
subscribing to notifications and newsletters at 
eurofound.link/subscribe. You can listen to the 
opinions of our experts, get involved in the debates 
around issues high on the public social agenda, 
and take part in our #EurofoundLive events by 
following Eurofound on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, 
and Instagram.

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Capturing the views of 
workers and management

The European Company Survey, covers the 
opinions of workers and management in over 
25,000 establishments in all EU Member States, 
on a range of issues, such as workplace practices 
in relation to work organisation, human resource 
management, skills use, skills strategies, digitalisation, 
direct employee participation and social dialogue. 
The ECS 2019 is the fourth edition of this survey, 
carried out jointly by Eurofound and Cedefop.

Sign up to be notified as soon as the ECS 2019 becomes available at 
https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/report/2020/
european-company-survey-2019-overview-report

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Focus on sustainable work and 
good working environment
The demographic challenge of an ageing population 
and the increasing diversity of working life have led 
to a greater focus on the concept of sustainable work 
over the life course. This emphasises the relevance 
of the quality of a worker’s job and their working 
environment over the entire course of their working 
life. Eurofound monitors and analyses working time 
and work–life balance, workplace health, safety and 
well-being, training and skills, work organisation, 
earnings and prospects, and job satisfaction.

Sign up and subscribe now at eurofound.link/workingconditions

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Changing labour markets and 
new forms of employment

The employment landscape in Europe is continually 
reshaped by structural change, driven largely by 
technology and globalisation. Eurofound provides 
information on various aspects of the labour market 
adjustment to structural change and how at both 
Member State and European levels this adjustment 
can best promote better living and working 
conditions. Changing labour markets, organisational 
restructuring and job creation are central to the 
activities in this area, as is research on new forms 
of employment.

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Explore Eurofound’s 
country-level data

Eurofound undertakes a programme of activities at 
national level as part of its work to map and analyse 
socioeconomic and related trends across the Member 
States. It aims to provide relevant and timely input 
to the policymaking process at both EU and national 
levels, and to support the objectives of the Europe 
2020 growth and jobs strategy. With input from the 
Network of Eurofound Correspondents, Eurofound 
maintains country profiles of EU Member States and 
Norway, candidate countries, and other countries.

Explore the country level at data and insights at  
eurofound.link/country

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The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) is a tripartite European Union 
Agency, whose role is to provide knowledge in the area of social, employment and work-related policies. Eurofound was 
established in 1975 by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1365/75 to contribute to the planning and design of better living and 
working conditions in Europe.

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