European Social Policy Forum

European Population Forum 2004: Population Challenges and Policy Responses

Morbidity and mortality in transition countries in the European context Background paper for the session on: Morbidity, mortality and reproductive health: facing challenges in transition countries. Disclaimer: This document has been reproduced without formal editing. The views expressed in it are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations Economic Commis...

[Report of the 3(rd) European Brain Policy Forum].

The Social Policy of the European Union

This paper aims at briefly analyzing the social policy of the European Union (EU), in terms of its place, purpose and objectives in the general EU policies, as well as from the legal and practical points of view. The main objectives of the employment and social policy in the EU member states are promoting full employment of people able to work, improving living and working conditions, and harmo...

Computer Enabled Social Movements? Usage of a Collaborative Web Platform within the European Social Forum

Abstract Networks of social activists traditionally lack financial and human resources, resulting in low interest in employing sophisticated IT. There are not many studies describing the development and use of computer systems for networks of social activists. Especially with regard to web 2.0 applications, it is interesting to analyze how social activists appropriate social web platforms. In t...

The European Forum on Integrated Environmental Assessment

Integrated Environmental Assessment (IEA) can be loosely defined as policy-relevant, multidisciplinary research on environmental issues. Many, diverse activities in this broad field are ongoing, but the approaches lack the structure, standardization and quality control common in disciplinary research. IEA has three stages: “structuring the problem”, “analyzing the problem” and “communicating th...