The main goal of this paper is to review the state of the apparel and footwear industry as it relates to automation, employment and gender issues in context of the ILO-EU project “Building Partnerships on the Future of Work” project.
This document from the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform outlines a system for categorizing activities that contribute to a circular economy. The aim is to provide a foundation for efforts like defining the impacts of circular models or measuring risk reduction. The system focuses on two main areas: extending product lifespans through reuse, repair, refurbishment, etc., and optimizing product use through leasing and sharing models.
This is an article about creating a monitoring framework for the circular economy in the European Union. It discusses what a circular economy is and the benefits of having a monitoring framework.
The European classification of Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) is one concrete implementation of the digital labour market policies put in place by the Commission at European level. ESCO is facilitating an interconnected, digital European labour market by supporting 3 main use cases: job-matching and job searching; career guidance and learning management; research and big data analysis of the labour market. This resource details the use cases.
The EU Blue Economy Report continues to analyse the scope and size of the Blue Economy in the European Union. It aims at providing support to policymakers and stakeholders in the quest for a sustainable development of oceans, coastal resources and, most notably, to the development and implementation of polices and initiatives under the European Green Deal in line with the new approach for a sustainable Blue Economy.
In 2017, the JRC conducted the COLLEEM pilot survey, an initial attempt to provide quantitative evidence on platform work. This report builds on previous findings and contributes by describing the results of the second wave of COLLEEM (2018).
The authors of this article combined data collected from various sources to build a data-driven assessment of the number of such online workers (also known as online freelancers) globally. Their headline estimate is that there are 163 million freelancer profiles registered on online labour platforms globally.
