PEROSH contribution to the Future “EU 2020” Strategy
In November 2009, the EU launched a consultation process to prepare a new strategy for growth and employment for the next ten years.
The Commission’s objectives for Europe, outlined in the Strategy paper, are “to lead, compete and prosper as a knowledge-based, connected, greener and more inclusive economy, growing fast and sustainably, creating high levels of employment and social progress.”
By contributing to the EU 2020 Strategy, PEROSH intends to add value by providing input based on its research, statistics and foresight studies on the future of the European labour market.
In the contribution, PEROSH calls to acknowledge the impact of the working environment on the overall societal competitiveness and development. As productivity and quality of work are closely intertwined, improvement and development of the working conditions will lead to more sustainable jobs and will prevent early exclusion from the labour market. Moreover, investment in prevention of accidents and work-related illness as well as promotion of health and wellbeing at work pays off both for the individual employee and for enterprises and the EU.
Further steps:
Contributions will be published on the website of the European Commission.
The Commission will present a formal proposal for the EU 2020 strategy early 2010, with a view to the EU's Heads of State and government adopting the strategy at their spring 2010 meeting.
Read the PEROSH contribution