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The EU policy context encompasses the Europe 2020 Strategy (Europe 2020), which the European Commission uses as a framework to monitor the situation each year. To this end, Eurostat has created quantitative indicators to monitor progress towards the targets, notably in the areas of employment, p...

The aim of this study was to provide insight into why boys and young men are increasingly falling behind in education and the consequences that this lack of educational success has on society. The study also sought to highlight initiatives that may have the potential to prevent this trend from e...

The principle of equality and its French counterpart, i.e. the non-recognition of ethnic minorities, is a very important guideline of French policies, including social ones. This option makes it difficult to monitor policies that target ethnic groups, such as “Roma”. However, while this ethnic t...

In recent years, the decreasing of number of inhabitants living in poverty was presented as the main achievement of social inclusion policies in Hungary. Governmental reports cite it as a great success while their critics point out that it is a result of general economic improvement and the reco...

There is 16,975 Roma in Croatia, representing 0.40 per cent of the overall population, however, according to the recent data collection project developed in support of an efficient implementation of the NRIS, it is said that around 25,000 to up to 30,000 Roma live in Croatia. Croatia recognises ...

This study analyses the impact of gender behaviour on education outcomes in primary and secondary education, with a particular focus on the performance of boys and young men. As well as measuring gender gaps in school education across the EU, the study seeks to better understand the causes and i...

The global economic crisis has given greater focus to improving guidance services for at-risk youth to support social inclusion, active participation in lifelong learning and smooth integration into working life. This Cedefop report draws attention to guidance measures and initiatives applied ac...

This technical brief aims to answer questions such as: How do the skills and educational outcomes of foreign-born young people compare with those of the native-born? ; Do immigrants’ outcomes differ depending on whether they are EU foreign-born or non-EU foreign-born? ; How do the educational ou...