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Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, visited the Regional Lighthouse project on the island of Funen, co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF) and. The visit marked the launch of the Partnership Agreement with Denmark for implementing EU’s Cohesion Policy funds in the new programming period 2021-2027.

The monitoring framework of the 2021-2030 Strategy for the Rights of Persons with disabilities has now been published. It allows you to check the progress on each of the European Commission’s 64 actions in the Strategy.

Seven new Flash Reports prepared by the European Social Policy Network (ESPN) are now available and provide information on recent social policy developments in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Lithuania, Latvia and Turkey.

As part of the European Year of Youth 2022, discover how solutions to youth unemployment are often about much more than simply ‘finding a job’. A new 4-minute video from the PES Network presents how Public Employment Services (PES) are working – often with partner organisations – to support the transition of young people into the labour market.

The European Commission's 2022 European Semester Spring Package provides Member States with support and guidance two years on from the first impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the midst of Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Discover the brand new website EQAVET: the European Quality Assurance Reference Framework for Vocational Education and Training.

The Europass platform, which allows to create a curriculum vitae that clearly presents skills and competence in all EU languages, is now available as well in Ukrainian.

The Commission adopted its Partnership Agreement with Czechia, laying down the country's cohesion policy investment strategy worth €21.4 billion for the period 2021-2027. Cohesion policy funds will continue to support the Czech regions in promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion and embracing key EU priorities such as the green and digital transition, including clean transport.

During his visit to Germany today, Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, visited a youth employment project of Duisburger Werkkiste. Many of Werkkiste’s community projects are co- financed by the European Social Fund.