Training and skills needs are evolving along with new care models and emerging needs of users. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about additional changes in the organisation of work in the social services sector, for example by further pushing the use of digital technologies. The study aimed to provide a better understanding of care workers’ needs when delivering day to day frontline support and to highlight relevant sector-specific challenges and opportunities to improve the quality of care along with the deinstitutionalisation process and efforts to shift towards integrated care in different EU countries.

This project analysed the effects of an increase of the minimum pension top-up in Austria.

The Peer Learning Dialogue (PLD) aimed to allow representatives from the European Undeclared Work Platform to explore issues in greater depth with a small group of peers and to test new approaches for tackling undeclared work. The PLD consisted of three one-day meetings for up to six Platform representatives. Anette Scoppetta acted as thematic expert and facilitated the process.

This project aims fill gaps in the current knowledge of gender inequalities in unpaid work (e.g. informal care, childcare) as well as social and individual activities. It will develop and implement an online panel on these issues, covering the whole of the EU and make a direct contribution to the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025.

The European Centre provides online training to staff members of the Social Development team of the Asian Development Bank on social services for children, persons with disabilities and older people.