The European Centre celebrates its 50th anniversary to commemorate its long-lasting partnership with various ministries in the countries of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), with research partners and commissioning agencies as well as with NGOs and social partners across the UNECE Region. These partnerships have been underpinned by the bridge building function of the European Centre between research and policy making, between the excluded and the included, between stakeholders in the welfare mix, and between the EU and potential EU accession countries (Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership).
Altogether, we celebrate 50 years of successful activities – research, policy consultancy, conferences, workshops and trainings – that have contributed to build the evidence base for the improvement of social welfare policy, in particular in the areas of health and care, social inclusion and social protection as well as employment and labour mobility.
Apart from our anniversary celebrations in September, we are publishing a series of articles and papers synthesizing developments and future expectations in the different areas of expertise of the European Centre.
The first contribution "A lucky finding with an expiry date – A brief history of live-in migrant care in Austria and beyond" is now available.
