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  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 January 2014

    New ETUCE Project: Development of teacher unions’ expertise on exiting the crisis through quality education

    In December 2013, a new ETUCE project was launched to tackle the issue of ‘Developing teacher unions’ expertise on exiting the crisis through quality education’, with the objective of addressing the global EU policy aim of exiting from the crisis through improved expertise in industrial relations and social dialogue.

    New ETUCE Project: Development of teacher unions’ expertise on exiting the crisis through quality education
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 December 2013

    The first results of the survey of Adult Skills - Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)

    The OECD's PIAAC survey is the first world-wide survey on adults' skills. It tested literacy, numeracy and problem solving ICT skills of adults aged 16-65. PIAAC covers only 17 countries from Europe.

    The first results of the survey of Adult Skills - Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2013

    Failure of the EU’s Eastern Partnership

    The Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius that took place on 28-29 November 2013 ended as a failure.

    Failure of the EU’s Eastern Partnership
  4. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2013

    Annual Growth Survey strongly criticised by Members of the European Parliament

    The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) criticised strongly the European Commission for its Annual Growth Survey, which repeatedly gives over-optimistic economic forecasts. According the MEPs, the European Commission is not taking sufficient account of these errors and not adapting its economic reform recommendations to tackle the ensuing social problems.

    Annual Growth Survey strongly criticised by Members of the European Parliament
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2013

    ETUCE conference: Preventing Early School Leaving through ICT

    On 28-29 November 2013, the final conference of the ETUCE project Teacher Unions Preventing Early School Leaving through the Use of ICT in Education took place in Bratislava, Slovakia.

    ETUCE conference: Preventing Early School Leaving through ICT
  6. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 November 2013

    ETUCE Final Conference on the Teaching Profession, Berlin

    The Final conference of the ETUCE project: “The development of the teaching profession in times of the economic crisis as a key task for social partners in education. Finding joint strategies to tighten the links between education and the labour market.” is to be held in Berlin on 13-14 November...

    ETUCE Final Conference on the Teaching Profession, Berlin
  7. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 October 2013

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  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 October 2013

    High-level social partners agreement with the Commission on education and training

    During the recent years, ETUCE has issued a number of positions and had several meetings with the Directorate-General of Education and Culture of the European Commission, wherein we urged the European Commission to invite the social partners to more dialogue on policy initiatives of the European Commission on education and...

    High-level social partners agreement with the Commission on education and training
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 October 2013

    Spain: 83% of education employees take part in general strike

    The Spanish unions CCOO, FETE-UGT and STES-I stated that the general strike of the education employees, which took place on 24 October 2013 across Spain and was called for by the National Platform for Public School, was very successful.

    Spain: 83% of education employees take part in general strike
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 October 2013

    ETUCE Conference on Solidarity for Healthy and Safe Workplaces in the Crisis

    At the closing conference of the ETUCE Project “Teacher Trade Unions in Solidarity for Healthy and Safe Workplaces in the Economic Crisis” in Madrid on 10-11 October 2013, more than 50 representatives from European teacher trade unions discussed policy recommendations on how to promote healthy and safe working conditions in...

    ETUCE Conference on Solidarity for Healthy and Safe Workplaces in the Crisis
  11. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 October 2013

    ETUCE Comittee Meeting

    The ETUCE Committee meeting has been held in Brussels on 23-24 October 2013. The yearly meeting of the Standing Committee for Equality has been held in conjunction with the ETUCE Committee meeting, on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 October 2013 and has elected the new Chair and Vice-chairs of the...

    ETUCE Comittee Meeting
  12. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 October 2013

    ETUCE Special Meeting “What is needed to improve the Quality of Education in Europe?”

    ETUCE will hold a Special meeting on “What is needed to improve the Quality of Education in Europe?” in Brussels on 23 October 2013 where experts on quality education will share their knowledge and a forum will provide ample opportunity to discuss measures, strategies and tools that are needed to...

    ETUCE Special Meeting “What is needed to improve the Quality of Education in Europe?”
  13. Equity and inclusion 10 October 2013

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  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 October 2013

    2014 Draft Budget: update in favour of students

    On 18 September 2013 the European Commission proposed adjustments to its proposal for the 2014 EU budget.

    2014 Draft Budget: update in favour of students
  15. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 October 2013

    ETUCE YouTube Channel

    ETUCE videos released on new YouTube Channel

    ETUCE YouTube Channel
  16. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 September 2013

    France: Improved status for support workers for students with disabilities

    EI affiliates the Syndicat national des enseignements de second degré (SNES-FSU), the Syndicat national unitaire des instituteurs, professeurs des écoles et PEGC (SNUipp-FSU), and the Union nationale des syndicats autonomes-Education (UNSA-Education) welcomed the announcement by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault of the permanent appointment of 28,000 support workers for students with...

    France: Improved status for support workers for students with disabilities