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What is the European Child Guarantee?
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An EU initiative to support children in need: persons under 18 at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
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What percentage of children in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2019?
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22.2% - nearly 18 million children.
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What percentage of Roma children live in severe material deprivation?
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Around 60%.
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What percentage of Roma children are at risk of poverty or social exclusion?
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80%
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What services should Member States guarantee free and effective access to for children in need?
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Early childhood education and care, education and school-based activities, healthcare, and nutrition.
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What services should Member States guarantee effective access to for children in need?
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Healthy nutrition and adequate housing.
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What percentage of learners with disabilities leave early from education and training?
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19.9%, compared to 9% of pupils without disabilities.
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What percentage of ESF+ funds must Member States most affected spend on fighting child poverty?
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5% of their allocated funds.
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How many Member States have pilot child guarantee programmes with UNICEF?
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7 Member States.
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What is the EU Directive on adequate minimum wages?
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A directive in force since 2022 establishing a common framework to combat in-work poverty and promote collective bargaining.
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What percentage of young trainees found a job after completing a traineeship?
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68%
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How many young people have secured jobs through Youth Guarantee programmes since 2013?
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Around 50 million.
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How many apprenticeship placements has the European Alliance for Apprenticeships provided since 2013?
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2.5 million.
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How many organisations are involved in EU-funded Centres of Vocational Excellence?
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Over 900 organisations.
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How many social economy entities are there in Europe?
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2.8 million entities employing 14 million people.
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What is the gender pay gap in the EU?
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Women earn 13% less than men for the same job.
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What are the new EU rules on pay transparency?
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Employers must provide pay information in job notices, employees can request pay information, and employers with 100+ employees must publish pay gap data.
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What is the target for women on corporate boards?
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At least 40% of non-executive director posts or 33% of all director posts in big publicly listed companies.
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What are European Works Councils?
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Information and consultation bodies ensuring employees are involved in decisions related to transnational issues affecting them.
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What percentage of EU companies have difficulties finding workers with necessary skills?
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More than three-quarters.
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What is the EU target for adult learning by 2030?
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At least 60% of the adult population should take at least one training course per year.
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How many people benefited from training under the Pact for Skills in 2022?
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2 million people.
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How much did the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund allocate in 2021-2022?
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€51.8 million to help over 13,000 dismissed workers from 9 Member States.
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What is EASE?
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Effective Active Support to Employment - helping Member States ease job transitions and modernise vocational training.
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What is the EU Talent Pool?
A proposed mechanism to help recruit non-EU jobseekers to address labour shortages.
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How many people will job markets in Europe lose every year between now and 2050?
One million people per year due to an ageing society.
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How much higher are labour shortages in manufacturing and construction compared to 10 years ago?
3 times more.
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How much higher are labour shortages in services compared to 10 years ago?
Over 50% more.
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What percentage of jobs require digital skills?
Over 90%.
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What percentage of adults in Europe possess basic digital skills?
Only 56%.
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How many people work through digital labour platforms in the EU?
More than 28 million people.
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How many platform workers may be wrongly classified as self-employed?
5.5 million.
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How many platforms are there in the EU?
More than 500 platforms.
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What is the EU Strategic Framework on health and safety at work?
A framework adopted in 2021 to guarantee workers a safe working environment.
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What is the new exposure limit for asbestos?
10x lower: from 0.1 fibres/cm³ to 0.01 fibres/cm³.
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What is the new exposure limit for lead?
5x lower: from 0.15 mg/m³ to 0.03 mg/m³.
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What is the first-ever exposure limit for diisocyanates?
6 μg NCO/m³.
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What is SURE?
Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency - an EU-wide scheme to support workers and employers during COVID-19.
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How much financial assistance was disbursed through SURE?
€98.4 billion to 19 Member States.
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How many people did SURE support in 2020?
31.5 million employees and self-employed people.
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How many businesses did SURE support in 2020?
Over 2.5 million businesses.
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How many employment contracts have Ukrainians signed in the EU since February 2022?
1.5 million.
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What is the EU's 2030 target for reducing poverty?
Reduce people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by at least 15 million by 2030, including 5 million children, compared to 2019 levels.
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How much has the EU allocated from ESF+ to combat poverty and social exclusion?
Over €30 billion, including more than €6 billion for supporting children in poverty.
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How many people in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2022?
More than 95 million.
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How many children in the EU face poverty or social exclusion?
20 million children.
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What is the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness?
A platform launched to facilitate exchange of best practice and gather data on homelessness.
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How many people sleep rough or in shelters every night in Europe?
An estimated 895,000 people, with a third of those in emergency accommodation being children.
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What is the Lisbon Declaration?
A 2021 pledge by EU Member States to work jointly towards ending homelessness by 2030.
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How many people in the EU have some form of disability?
Around 100 million.
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What is the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030?
An EU strategy to enable persons with disabilities to live independently, learn in inclusive environments, and work quality jobs.
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What is the European Disability Card?
A card to facilitate access to special conditions and preferential treatment when visiting other Member States.
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What is the European Parking Card?
A card for persons with disabilities to facilitate parking rights when visiting other Member States.
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What percentage of persons with disabilities feel discriminated against?
1 in 2 persons.
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What percentage of persons with disabilities are employed?
Only half, compared to 3 in 4 without disabilities.
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How much more likely are persons with disabilities to face poverty or social exclusion?
50% more likely.
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What percentage of persons with disabilities attain a tertiary degree?
Only 29.4%, compared to 43.8% of those without disabilities.
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How much more do persons with disabilities report unmet healthcare needs?
4 times more than those without disabilities.
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What are minimum income schemes?
Cash payments that help households in need bridge the gap to pay bills and live in dignity.
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What is the Union of Skills?
An initiative to support the development of human capital to strengthen EU competitiveness, launched March 2025.
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When was the Union of Skills presented?
5 March 2025.
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What are the five goals of the Union of Skills?
1. Higher basic skills, 2. Lifelong upskilling/reskilling, 3. Facilitate recruitment across EU, 4. Attract global talent, 5. Strong governance foundation.
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What is the Basic Skills Support Scheme pilot?
A scheme for children and young people struggling to acquire basic skills to improve their achievement levels.
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What is the Skills Guarantee pilot?
A scheme offering workers in restructuring processes or at risk of unemployment the opportunity to develop careers in another company or sector.
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What is the Skills Portability Initiative?
An initiative to make it easier to recognise and accept skills and qualifications across the EU.
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What is the European Skills High-Level Board?
A board bringing together education providers, business leaders and social partners to provide insights on skills to EU policymakers.
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What is the European Skills Intelligence Observatory?
An observatory providing data and foresight regarding skills and early warning on skills shortages.
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What are the new EU 2030 targets for basic skills?
Underachievement in literacy, maths, science and digital skills should be less than 15%; top performance should be at least 15%.
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What is the new EU 2030 target for STEM in VET?
Share of students in STEM in initial medium-level VET should be at least 45%, with at least 1 out of 4 students female.
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What is the new EU 2030 target for STEM in tertiary education?
Share of students in STEM should be at least 32%, with at least 2 out of 5 students female.
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What is the new EU 2030 target for ICT PhD programmes?
Share of students should be at least 5%, with at least 1 out of 3 students female.
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What is the EU VET Strategy?
A strategy to make Vocational Education and Training more attractive, innovative and inclusive.
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What is the Teachers and Trainers Agenda?
An agenda to tackle shortages, improve conditions, and boost careers for educators.
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What is the Reinforced Pact for Skills?
An initiative to upskill and reskill more workers in strategic sectors.
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What are EU Skills Academies?
Academies delivering skills needed for the green transition and Clean Industrial Deal.
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What are University-business partnerships?
Partnerships to train people for sectors with skills gaps.
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What is the European degree?
An initiative to improve free movement of learners and workers.
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What is the European VET diploma?
An initiative to improve free movement of learners and workers.
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What are European Universities alliances?
Alliances to strengthen cooperation between universities.
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What are European School Alliances?
Alliances to enhance pupil and teacher mobility across schools.
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What is the EU Talent Pool?
A mechanism for targeted recruitment of non-EU skilled professionals.
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What is the Visa Strategy?
A strategy to attract top students and researchers from non-EU countries.
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What is the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Choose Europe pilot?
A pilot offering competitive work conditions to attract top talents to Europe, with a budget of €22.5 million.
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How much is the EU investing in education and skills?
Over €150 billion.
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What is the EU Anti-Racism Strategy 2026-2030?
A strategy calling for a Europe free from racism, building on the 2020-2025 action plan.
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When was the new Anti-Racism Strategy adopted?
20 January 2026.
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What percentage of citizens view racial discrimination as widespread?
Almost two in three.
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What is the Racial Equality Directive?
A directive from 2000 prohibiting discrimination based on racial or ethnic origin.
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What is the Victims' Rights Directive?
EU legislation ensuring the rights of victims of crime.
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What are equality bodies?
Bodies in Member States that carry out work to promote equality and combat discrimination.
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What is the EU-wide campaign on equality?
A campaign to raise awareness and engage citizens across the EU to promote inclusion.
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What is the Anti-racism coordinator?
A coordinator promoting constructive dialogue among EU institutions, Member States, civil society and academia.
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What is AgoraEU?
A programme that will support anti-racism civil society organisations under the Democracy, Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values strand.
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What forms of racism does the 2026-2030 strategy combat?
Anti-Black racism, antigypsyism, antisemitism, anti-Asian racism and anti-Muslim hatred.
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When will the fourth report on Racial Equality Directive application be published?
2026
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What is the Code of conduct+?
A strengthened framework for how online platforms deal with illegal hate speech content.
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What was the European Citizens' Panel on Combatting Hatred in Society?
A panel of 150 randomly selected citizens whose recommendations informed the strategy.
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What is the European Pillar of Social Rights?
A set of 20 principles and rights for fair and well-functioning labour markets and welfare systems, proclaimed in 2017.
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When was the Porto Social Summit?
2021, where EU leaders agreed to put social at the heart of policies.
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What are the three EU-wide social targets for 2030?
Employment, training, and poverty reduction.
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What is the European Child Guarantee's target group?
Children in need: those at risk of poverty or social exclusion, including homeless children, those with disabilities, migrant children, and minority ethnic backgrounds.
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What is the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+)?
The EU's main instrument investing in people, used to fight poverty and social exclusion.
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What is the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)?
A fund that can be used to combat child poverty and social exclusion.
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What is InvestEU?
A programme that can be used to fund measures combatting child poverty and social exclusion.
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What is the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)?
A facility that can be used to fund measures combatting child poverty and social exclusion.
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What is the Youth Guarantee?
A commitment that young people should receive a quality job offer, continued education, apprenticeship or traineeship within 4 months of becoming unemployed or leaving education.
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What is the Youth Employment Support package?
A package of initiatives to help young people get training and find quality jobs.
108
What is the European Alliance for Apprenticeships?
An alliance providing apprenticeship placements since 2013.
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What are Centres of Vocational Excellence?
EU-funded centres promoting vocational skills in sectors like renewable energy and AI.
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What is the Social Economy Action Plan?
A plan to help the social economy grow, gain access to funding, and raise awareness of its potential.
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What is the EU Social Economy Gateway?
A clear entry point for anyone seeking information on EU funding, policies and initiatives for the social economy.
112
What is the Directive on improving working conditions for platform workers?
A directive to clarify employment status, increase transparency in algorithms, ensure human monitoring, and grant right to contest automated decisions.
113
What is the EU Strategic Framework on health and safety at work?
A framework adopted in 2021 to guarantee workers a safe working environment.
114
What is the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers?
A fund demonstrating EU solidarity by assisting dismissed workers and self-employed people who lost jobs due to restructuring.
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What is the Talent and Skills Mobility Package?
A package to help attract international talent and promote intra-EU mobility.
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What is the EU's strategy for persons with disabilities?
The Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030.
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What is the European Disability Card?
A card to facilitate access to special conditions and preferential treatment when visiting other Member States.
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What is the European Parking Card?
A card for persons with disabilities to facilitate parking rights when visiting other Member States.
119
What is the EU Recommendation on minimum income?
Guidelines to modernise minimum income schemes, making them more effective and lifting people out of poverty.
120
What is the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness?
A platform facilitating exchange of best practice and gathering data on homelessness.
121
What is the Lisbon Declaration on homelessness?
A 2021 pledge by EU Member States to work jointly towards ending homelessness by 2030.
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What is the EU Care Strategy?
A strategy to make long-term care more widely available, accessible and of better quality.
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What is the EU's 2030 poverty reduction target?
Reduce people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by at least 15 million, including 5 million children.
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What is the EU's 2030 employment target?
At least 78% of the population aged 20-64 should be in employment.
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What is the EU's 2030 training target?
At least 60% of adults should participate in training every year.
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What is the European Semester?
The EU's framework for coordinating economic and social policies across Member States.
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What is the EU-27 Recommendation on education and skills?
A proposed recommendation to guide Member States in the European Semester cycle.
128
What is the Basic Skills Action Plan?
A plan accompanying the Union of Skills to improve basic skills.
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What is the STEM Education Strategic Plan?
A plan to improve skills in science, technology, engineering, and maths, promote STEM careers, and attract more girls and women.
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What is the European Education Area?
An initiative to create a European education area by 2025.
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What is the Digital Education Action Plan?
A plan to boost digital literacy and competences at all levels of education.
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What is the European Skills Agenda?
An agenda to strengthen digital skills throughout society.
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What is the reinforced Youth Guarantee?
A strengthened commitment to ensure young people receive quality offers within 4 months.
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What is the European Child Guarantee's budget requirement?
Member States most affected must spend 5% of ESF+ funds on fighting child poverty.
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What is the EU's role in supporting Roma inclusion?
The EU supports Roma inclusion through various initiatives, with the Child Guarantee noting that 60% of Roma children live in severe material deprivation.
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What is the EU's approach to algorithmic discrimination?
The Anti-Racism Strategy will focus on enforcement of AI tools where they may cause algorithm-driven discrimination.
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What is the EU's mid-term review of the Anti-Racism Strategy?
A follow-up to monitor implementation of the strategy's actions.
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What is the EU's strategy against hate speech?
Strengthening the framework to tackle hate speech and hate crime, considering harmonising definitions of online hate offences.
139
What is the EU's approach to equality data?
Improving collection, analysis and use of data on equality to better understand and tackle discrimination.
140
What is the EU's support for equality bodies?
Ensuring standards are met for equality bodies to carry out their vital work.
141
What is the EU's study on housing for vulnerable groups?
A study to assess risks and solutions in terms of housing for the most vulnerable groups.
142
What is the EU's bias in healthcare initiative?
Supporting Member States to eliminate bias in healthcare practices.
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