Study on the Characteristics and Implications of Youth Vocational Training Policy in Major EU Member States : The Case Study of Germany and Sweden

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-272
Author(s):  
Ki-sik Hwang ◽  
Seon-hee Kim ◽  
Kyung-souk Baik
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Training ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Training Policy

EU Migration Policy: Evolving Ideas of Responsibility and Protection

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Haddad
Keyword(s):  
Forced Migration ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Common European Asylum System ◽  
The Eu

AbstractWhile humanitarian intervention in cases of state instability remains a disputed concept in international law, there is consensus in the international community over the need to provide protection to refugees, one of the corollaries of such instability. Using the European Union (EU) as a case study, this article takes a policy perspective to examine competing conceptions of both 'responsibility' and 'protection' among EU Member States. Responsibility can be seen either as the duty to move refugees around the EU such that each Member State takes its fair share, or the duty to assist those Member States who receive the highest numbers of migrants due to geography by way of practical and financial help. Similarly, protection can imply that which the EU offers within its boundaries, encompassed within the Common European Asylum System, or something broader that looks at where people are coming from and seeks to work with countries of origin and transit to provide protection outside the Union and tackle the causes of forced migration. Whether one or both of these concepts comes to dominate policy discourse over the long-term, the challenge will be to ensure an uncompromised understanding of protection among policy-makers.

scholarly journals INTEGRATION IN LATVIA: FLOWS AND EBBS IN NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN CONTEXT

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 403-407
Author(s):  
Juris Rozenvalds
Keyword(s):  
The European Union ◽  
Citizenship Status ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
The Eu

Russian-speaking communities in the member states of the European Union (EU), especially the Baltic States and Germany, have earned special attention, in recent years, as subjects of important integration policies, on one hand, and the main targets of Russia’s propagandist efforts, on the other. Because a significant part of Russian-speaking communities accepted these efforts, questions were raised concerning the effectiveness of previous integration policies to strengthen the national identity and invoke a feeling of political togetherness. Thus the factors fostering and triggering integration and the relations between civic and ethnocultural components of integration are of wide interest. This paper presents a case study of Latvia, as a country with the highest share of Russian-speaking citizens among the EU member states and a clear prevalence of ethnocultural components in its integration policies in recent years. The study examines the successes and failures of the integration policies of Latvia during the last twenty-five years, using mainly direct observations and sociological data collected during the last twenty years. The results show that language knowledge, citizenship status, and socioeconomic conditions play an important role in integration. In addition, these factors appear more effective with development of inclusive political practices and civil society structures, cooperative discourse, and facilitation of mutual trust between ethnolinguistic communities.

scholarly journals Land parcel management system in Poland and a case study of EU member states

2008 ◽  
Vol 62 (04) ◽  
pp. 630-640
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Trystuła ◽  
Jadwiga Konieczna
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States

scholarly journals The European meta-borders: the outsourcing and militarization of European borders and the violation of the human rights of Sub-Saharan refugees

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (54) ◽  
pp. 151-170
Author(s):  
Marco Omizzolo ◽  
Pina Sodano
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Turbulent Migration ◽  
Migration Flows ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Human Rights Violation

Abstract This paper examines the process of the externalization and the militarization of the European borders and the containment of third-country refugees, especially the Sub-Saharan Africans, for European political reasons. This leads to the human rights violation of millions of them. This essay is focused on Libya as a case-study. Starting with the concept of borders in the general theory of “States” then moving to analyse the concept of European “Meta-borders” in Africa. The analysis begins with the agreements between EU member states and third countries. The paper also reflects on the necessity of overcoming traditional models of analyzing the migration flows, introducing the concept of “turbulent migration”.

The far right ĽSNS in Slovakia and its reconstruction of the nation

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-197
Author(s):  
Nina Paulovicova
Keyword(s):  
Radical Right ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Neoliberal Globalization ◽  
Member States ◽  
Illiberal Democracy ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Left And Right ◽  
The Eu

Societies around the globe have been witnessing the emergence of the radical right, often seen as the result of neoliberal globalization. Democratic governance, liberalism, human rights, and values are being questioned while populist, authoritarian, and ethnonationalist forms of governance are being offered. In the European Union, the tumultuous developments have been testing the viability of the identity marker of Europeanness and its perseverance in EU member states. What we are witnessing are significant shifts in the discourse about sameness and otherness, the convergence of left and right ideologies and the emergence of hybrid forms of authoritarianism and democracy that have been dubbed as illiberal democracy or authoritarian liberalism. The rise of the radical right and its mobilization across the EU member states is reflective of these processes, and it is the goal of this author to understand the mechanisms behind the empowerment, mobilization, and normalization of radical right through the case study of Slovakia. In particular, the effort of this paper is to understand how the far-right party Kotlebovci – Ľudová Strana Naše Slovensko (ĽSNS) in Slovakia re-conceptualized the notion of nation and normalized far-right ideology as a pretext of a broader mobilization.

Article 166 TFEU

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sacha Garben
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Training ◽  
Member States ◽  
Training Policy

Article 150 EC The Union shall implement a vocational training policy which shall support and supplement the action of the Member States, while fully respecting the responsibility of the Member States for the content and organisation of vocational training.

Qualifications and International Mobility: A Case Study of the European Chemicals Industry

2001 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 85-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Rolfe
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Training ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
Member States ◽  
European Centre ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
National Boundaries ◽  
The Right

The right of European citizens to work in other member states has been in place for many years, yet levels of movement have been lower than expected. Employers play a central role in facilitating mobility, by recruiting across national boundaries and transferring staff. Their practices are therefore likely to have a considerable impact on the extent of movement, and on the type of employees involved. This article explores the practices of employers in the chemicals industry, a key sector of the European economy. The focus of the research, which was commissioned by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP), was on the recruitment and transfer practices of employers, and their treatment of ‘foreign’ qualifications. The article identifies the range of approaches found in the industry and presents some of the main issues to employers in relation to recruitment and transfer across member states.

scholarly journals Development of national physical activity recommendations in 18 EU member states: a comparison of methodologies and the use of evidence

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. e041710
Author(s):  
Antonina Tcymbal ◽  
Peter Gelius ◽  
Karim Abu-Omar ◽  
Charlie Foster ◽  
Stephen Whiting ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
National Physical Activity

ObjectivesThe aim of the study is to compare how member states of the European Union (EU) develop their national physical activity (PA) recommendations and to provide an overview of the methodologies they apply in doing so. Information was collected directly from the physical activity focal points of EU member states in 2018. Five countries were chosen for detailed case study analysis of development processes.DesignCross-sectional survey.ParticipantsThe representatives of the 28 EU member state governments to the EU physical activity Focal Point Network.Outcome measuresFrom national documents we extracted data on (1) the participants of the development process, (2) the different methods used during development, and (3) on which sources national PA recommendations were based. An additional survey for case study countries provided details on (1) anonymised information on the participants of development process, (2) methods employed and rationale for choosing them, (3) development process and timeline, and (4) main source documents used for recommendation development.ResultsEighteen national documents on PA recommendations contained information about development process. The results showed that countries used different approaches to develop national recommendations. The main strategies were (1) adoption of WHO 2010 recommendations or (2) a combination of analysis and adoption of other national and international recommendations and literature review. All of the five case study countries relied on review processes rather than directly adopting WHO recommendations.ConclusionsWhile there are arguments for the use of particular strategies for PA recommendation development, there is currently no evidence for the general superiority of a specific approach. Instead, our findings highlight the broad spectrum of potential development methods, resources utilisation and final recommendations design currently available to national governments. These results may be a source of inspiration for other countries currently planning the development or update of national PA recommendations.

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