On Wednesday 18 June, the European Commission launched a consultation and a call for evidence on the future Action Plan on the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and its 20 key principles drawn up in 2021 (see EUROPE 12671/12).
The new Action Plan will present “a positive agenda, creating a new momentum for Social Europe and mainstreaming social policies across all EU priorities. This is also important to reach the 2030 social headline targets”, says the call for evidence.
The “initiatives in the first Action Plan were delivered as planned but implementation on the ground is often only beginning and only limited ex-post evaluations are available”.
In addition, there is also uneven progress on the sub-targets, namely: the gender employment gap, provision of early childhood education and care, decrease in the rate of young people neither in employment, nor in education or training, basic digital skills, early school leaving, and child poverty.
New initiatives are needed to adapt to the needs of the EU’s labour markets and social protection systems.
The consultation and call for evidence will remain open until 10 September.
For further information: https://aeur.eu/f/hdz (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)