A meeting of the European Alliance on Mental Health in All Policies was held on July 8, 2015. During the meeting, the partners of the Alliance agreed to entrust the role of secretairat and the coordination of the alliance's activities to AEIP. AEIP is extremely pleased with the confidence given by its partners and it will do its best to meet partners’ expectations and ensure further development of the Alliance. For more information, please contact the AEIP Secretariat: info@aeip.net Une réunion de l'Alliance européenne sur la santé mentale a eu lieu le 8 juillet 2015. Pendant la réunion, les partenaires de ...
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High Level Conference: Boosting Social Entreprises On Thursday, June 9, AEIP participated in the High level event Boosting Social Enterprises, organised by Luxembourg’s Presidency of the Council. Social Economy Europe’s President, Alain Coheur, welcomed the efforts of the ongoing Presidency aimed at promoting the Social Economy in Europe and the importance of boosting Social Enterprises. He pointed out that in order to maximise social economy enterprises contribution to sustainable and inclusive growth, quality employment creations, social cohesion and  social innovation, it is necessary to promote the whole European Social Economy formed by cooperatives, mutual societies, associations, foundations, paritarian institutions and social ...
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Thursday, June 25, AEIP participated in a public hearing on the financing social economy enterprises organized by the European Parliament intergroup "Social Economy". Among the issues tackled, speakers discussed prudential rules preventing long term investments for the benefit of local development and real economy. Furthermore, the access to finance for the Social Economy will be a major topic for the upcoming Luxembourg’s Presidency of the Council of the EU. A conference on Financing Social Economy Enterprises, organized by the Presidency, will take place on 3 and 4 December, and will bring together representatives of the Social Economy Europe, which AEIP ...
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On June 25, AEIP participated in the PensionsEurope Conference “Pensions and the new start for Europe”. Guest speakers included Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of EIOPA and MEP Brian Hayes, rapporteur in the ECON Committee of the European Parliament for the IORP II Directive. The conference has represented the occasion to debate about the main pensions issue with the key players from the EU institutions and pension schemes. Le 25 Juin, l'AEIP a participé à la conférence organisée par PensionsEurope intitulée "Les pensions et un nouveau début pour l'Europe". Parmi les orateurs invités, il y avait M. Gabriel Bernardino, président de l'EIOPA, et Brian Hayes, ...
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The EPSCO Council will begin on Thursday at 9.30 with employment and social policy issues and will continue on Friday at 10.00 with health items. With the exception of any other business items the whole meeting will be public and can be followed by video streaming at http://video.consilium.europa.eu Le Conseil EPSCO se réunira jeudi à 9.30 pour parler d'emploi et de politique sociale et églement vendredi à 10h pour discuter des thèmes de la santé. A l'exception d'autres affaires générales, toute la réunion sera accessible au public et peut être suivie en streaming http://video.consilium.europa.eu/ ...
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Fighting social dumping: yesterday AEIP participated to the launch of a campaign promoted by the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers. EFBWW urges the European Commission to close the European legal loopholes which allow companies and individuals to set up fake companies and/or use fake subsidiary-companies in other EU member states to avoid paying social security contributions. La lutte contre le dumping social: hier l'AEIP a participé au lancement d'une campagne soutenue par la Fédération Européenne des Travailleurs du Bâtiment et du Bois. La FETBB incite la Commission Européenne à combler les failles de la législation européenne qui permettent aux ...
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On Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th June, AEIP represented by Magdalena Michalska, Health Affairs Advisor, participated in Round Table Discussions on Mental Health organised on the initiative of the Mental Health International, with an official support of the Embassy of Canada to Belgium. Regarding attendees, those attending the meeting on 8 June were members of the Target Advisory group launched on the Initiative of the Mental Health International, senior executives attending on behalf of the Target Advisory Group, members and guests that have been invited to present their work / provide insight and expertise during the discussions. The Roundtable of ...
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On 19th May AEIP participated to the seminar organized for the 40th anniversary of the Belgian Association of Pension Institution (BAPI - ABIP) on “The future of sectoral complementary pensions in Belgium”. The event, held in Brussels at the Royal Library, represented the occasion to discuss about the democratisation process of the Belgian complementary pension funds. Many experts participated, including Mr Gerard Riemen, AEIP President & General Director of Pensioenfederatie and the Belgian Minister for Pensions, Mr Daniel Bacquelaine. Le 19 mai, l'AEIP a participé au séminaire relatif à l'avenir des pensions complémentaires en Belgique organisé à l'occasion du 40ème ...
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On May 19, AEIP participated as a speaker in a workshop on mental health in the workplace organized by EUROHEALTHNET. Participants discussed how and why mental health should be put on the European agenda, and what are the initiatives taken at national level.  The workshop was also attended by representatives from the EU-OSHA, DG Santé and DG EMPL. AEIP took the opportunity to talk about the joint position on mental health and wellbeing adopted with AIM and presented the European Alliance on Mental Health in All Policies of which AEIP is an active member. Le 19 mai, l'AEIP a participé ...
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On 11th and 12th May, 2015, AEIP attended a European Conference on Mental Health in All Policies in Helsinki. The aim of the conference was to disseminate evidence and good policy practices based on the outcomes of activities under the EU Health Program, including projects and the Joint Action on Mental health and Well-being. During the conference, the European Alliance on Mental Health in All Policies, which AEIP is an active member of, was presented by the involved partners (AEIP, AIM, MMHE, EPHA; GGZNederland). AEIP made a contribution in the mental ill health consequences for the social protection and economic growth ...
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