A group picture of the participants in the first SPIRIT workshop. The group is standing below a projection which identifies the event as the EPSR workshop, 29/01/26 Brussels and as co-financed by the European Union.

A workshop scene - a medium-sized meeting room with a little more than 20 people sitting in a U-shaped table configuration, listening to a presentation. The current speaker sits on the seat closes to the projection screen at the far end of the room. The screen shows a chart (cannot be read from the photo).

SAM.I. is launching the initiative "SPIRIT", a four-year programme co-financed by the EU to build capacity among #social service providers and emergency services, to contribute their expertise in the implementation of the #EPSR. More: www.samaritan-international.eu/our-work-2/s...

‼️Important vote for #workers in the
@empl.europarl.europa.eu committee on this 3/12 on a "new Action Plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights" #EPSR - strong support, but extreme right MEPs voted all against or abstained‼️ #fakedefenders
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At the #PortoSocialForum, SMEunited stressed workplace policies that support #SMEs while promoting inclusive growth:

✅ Tailored SME solutions
✅ Flexible work & care support
✅ Gender equality & social partner involvement

Focus on #EPSR implementation, not new targets.

#SocialRights

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#EPSR #EUUS #consumerlawready #mergerguidelines #security #trade #tariffs

📢 CECOP responds to the EC call for evidence on the European Pillar of Social Rights.
The next #EPSR Action Plan must:
✅Recognise and promote coops
✅Improve access to finance for coops
✅Maintain the SEAP as a core priority
✅Promote workers’ buyouts
Read more👉https://tinyurl.com/5cmr2r4s

Over the past weeks we shared daily Snapshots from our series #Roma and the European Pillar of #SocialRights to raise awareness of Roma concerns in the run-up to the Second #SocialPillar Action Plan. Missed one? Want to read them all? Click ergonetwork.org/2025/07/roma...
#SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out the final Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! The Roma face major barriers to essential services due to poverty, poor infrastructure, lack of documents, #antigypsyism, and increased privatisation of public services. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Many Roma live in homelessness, or in substandard housing in segregated settlements, while #antigypsyism, poverty, and forced evictions prevent access to decent living. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Poverty, #antigypsyism, and exclusion from services lead to systemic health inequalities, impacting Roma life expectancy, disabilities, and reproductive and mental health. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Older #Roma face stark health and income inequalities, on the backdrop of minimal pension entitlements, limited access to healthcare, and intersectional discrimination. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Access to adequate income support is a key prerequisite for combatting Roma poverty (80%+), but take-up is impeded by stigma, complex requirements, and low benefit levels. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! 1 in 3 Roma children faces poverty and #antigypsyism, undermining their development from the earliest years, and impeding their access to education, healthcare, housing. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Too many Roma in precarious jobs, but too few in trade unions, which means that their specific concerns (ethnic pay gap, #antigypsyism) are overlooked in social dialogue. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! No poor jobs for poor people! Roma workers deserve quality and sustainble employment, good pay and working conditions, access to training, and non-discrimination at work. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Active labour market policies must provide the right kind of support towards quality and sustainable jobs to Roma workers, who face complex barriers in accessing work. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Ending #antigypsyism is a European imperative, requiring urgent political will, legal reform, and full recognition of Roma history, culture, identity, and rights. #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

Check out today’s Snapshot in our series on #Roma inclusion and the European Pillar of #SocialRights! Today, we shine a light on Roma women across Europe, who face systemic, intersectional discrimination. From care work to paid work to rights and justice, we stand with them! #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

In the run-up to the Second Action Plan of the #SocialPillar, we are launching today our series of Snapshots on #Roma inclusion and its 20 principles! Check out the first one: how to ensure equal opportunities to quality and inclusive #education and #training for the Roma? #SocialPillar4Roma #EPSR

🆕 We're now on Bluesky! 🦋

Follow us here @epsrjournal.bsky.social for cutting-edge research in political science—engaging with key debates and setting the standard in theory, concepts, and methodology in a #OA journal for all!

#PoliticalScience #EPSR #Polisky

Mental Health Europe Calls for EU to Invest in Social Rights to Support Mental Health - Mental Health Europe As part of European Mental Health Week 2025, Mental Health Europe has released a policy brief “Using the European Pillar of Social Rights as a Tool Towards Mentally Healthy and Strong Societies”.

Our #EuropeanMentalHealthWeek policy brief urges proactive measures: an EU directive on psychosocial risks, organisational changes to reduce stressors, & policies supporting inclusion & work-life balance. Healthier work benefits everyone. Learn more: bit.ly/PBMHE25 #EPSR #SocialRights

🧠 It’s #EuropeanMentalHealthWeek organised by @mentalhealtheurope.bsky.social

EACLIPT supports this year’s call: Care for mental health, invest in social rights.

Poverty, inequality & unemployment shape mental well-being.

🔗 Learn more: mentalhealtheurope.org/european-men...

#MentalHealth #EPSR

European Mental Health Week 2025 - Mental Health Europe The European Mental Health Week builds on the long-standing global tradition of celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month in May, and is being held for the sixth time in 2025. It is a chance for every...

Get ready 📣 European Mental Health Week 2025 starts Monday, May 19. This year, we're focusing on a vital theme: "Care for mental health, invest in social rights."

See the calendar: bit.ly/EMHW25

#EuropeanMentalHealthWeek #MentalHealth #EPSR

Panellists emphasized the need for a balanced new #EPSR Action Plan that reinforces social protection, tackles poverty and inequality, boosts competitiveness through quality jobs, and skills, but also highlighted the importance of implementing existing policies more effectively.

📣 VERY IMPORTANT PUBLIC EESC HEARING - on this 16/4 - from 9.00 to 13.00 - The new Action Plan for the implementation of the European Pillar of #Social #Rights #EPSR and the EU #Anti-#Poverty Strategy - come, join online and share👇
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Arbeitet hier wer zu sozialen Rechten? Ich darf nämlich für @eesc.bsky.social Vorschläge für die Europäische Säule Sozialer Rechte #EPSR erstellen. Ideen via diese Umfrage willkommen!
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'Gender equality in the EU: Why we need a renewed commitment to gender mainstreaming'

📑 ETUI policy brief by Jill Rubery, Valeria Insarauto and Núria Sánchez-Mira

🔗 etui.org/Z65

#GenderEquality #EPSR #EU #PublicSector #CareWork #precarity #austerity

'Gender equality in the EU: Why we need a renewed commitment to gender mainstreaming'

📑 ETUI policy brief by Jill Rubery, Valeria Insarauto and Núria Sánchez-Mira

🔗 etui.org/Z65

#GenderEquality #EPSR #EU #PublicSector #CareWork #precarity #austerity

#SocialInvestment must be promoted to achieve the aims of the social rights pillar #EPSR, calls MEP Ondrus.

At #EESCPlenary, we mentioned the vital need to anchor #AI policy in the principles of the #EPSR.

Fairness, inclusion & social cohesion must lead this digital transformation.

The @eesc.bsky.social champions human-centric AI, blending innovation with social justice & workers' rights.

How does the perception of structural economic changes affect public opinion's support for EU unemployment insurance plans?

New paper (open access!) out on #EPSR