Current Projects

European Disability Expertise II – EDE II

15/03/2024 - 14/03/2028

The European Disability Expertise (EDE) is a framework contract, financed by the European Commission, managed by the Human European Consultancy to collect, analyse and provide independent scientific data and information relating to national policies and legislation, linked with provisions at EU level, as well as providing information about the situation of persons with disabilities. Magdi Birtha, Eszter Zolyomi and Felix Gross-Wohlgemuth are part of the central team of senior experts in the EDE network and are responsible for the annual European Semester task and the development of statistical reports, linked to the annual thematic and ad-hoc reports. 

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Peer reviews and mutual learning activities in the fields of employment, social affairs and inclusion – MFC ICF Peer review 2

13/10/2022 - 12/10/2026

ICF, in collaboration with the European Centre and IRS, have been awarded to organise and provide content for peer reviews and mutual learning activities for another four years (2022-2026). The general objective of the peer reviews and mutual learning activities in the fields of employment, social affairs and inclusion is to facilitate learning debate regarding policy developments, reforms and investments at European and national level.

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Enhancing Charter Compliance of EU funds – ECHOFunds

01/03/2024 - 28/02/2026

EU funds form a significant share of national budgets and are regulated by a set of common provisions. For the funding period of 2021-2027, the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) foresees that the principles enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU have to be complied with throughout the funding cycle as horizontal enabling conditions. A more articulated role for bodies representing civil society and national bodies with a human rights remit is also foreseen. The aim of the project is to enhance the human rights conditionality of EU funds by ways of raising awareness about Charter rights and the role of different stakeholders in all stages of EU funded programmes.

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Sustainable and socially just transnational sectoral labour markets – JUSTMIG

01/11/2023 - 31/10/2025

The JUSTMIG project combines innovative research and data collection on labour market dynamics in both service and manufacturing sub-sectors across 6 EU Member States where fixed-term contracting of migrant workers occurs, and 3 candidate countries as source countries for workers. Besides sectoral labour market and employment relation analysis, the 8 experienced consortium partners will also develop expertise on the adjustment of industrial relations structures in the selected countries in response to increased employment of migrant workers on fixed-term or outsourced temporary contracts. Starting from the development and application of innovative participatory methodology, the project addresses and involves social partners and labour market institutions throughout the project.

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Diversity-sensitive care of older people with migration background – DISCOPMB

01/10/2022 - 30/09/2025

The project aims to improve person-centred and diversity-sensitive care for older people with migration background through the development of a training program, open educational resources and policy recommendations.

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