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Policy Forum (30 May 2024)

The Policy Forum will start with a keynote address by Dr Elisabeth Ugreninov (OsloMet) on the role of research in advancing policies on inclusion. The keynote will be followed by two panels in the morning.

The first panel will be dedicated to supporting evidence-based policies for the inclusion of people in vulnerable situations in the labour market. It will look at existing gaps in data collection on at-risk groups that may interfere when developing and assessing the effectiveness of public policies. Researchers will also provide an analysis of the interaction between contextual and individual characteristics, how it evolves over time and across regions and how it impacts public policies on employment and the employability of individuals. It will also look at existing evidence-based public policies and
workplace policies fostering the inclusion of people in vulnerable situations in the labour market.

Participants: Dr Ona Valls Casas, University of Luxembourg; Dr Federico Ciani, Action Research for Co-Development (ARCO); Tina Weber, Research Manager at Eurofound Working Life
Research unit.
Moderator: Elizabeth Gosme, Director of COFACE Families Europe

The second panel will discuss gender and care discrimination in the labour market. It will take a closer look at the situation of women and carers, in the labour market, by examining the effects of the motherhood penalty, discussing the flexibility penalty after the COVID-19 pandemic and the inclusiveness and flexibility of work-life balance policies.

Participants: Dr Sara Ayllón Gatnau, University of Girona; Dr Ivana Dobrotić, University of Zagreb, member of the Horizon Europe project rEUsilience.
Moderator: Samira Boumakdi Isabel, Project and Policy Officer, COFACE Families Europe

A standing lunch with delicious finger food will provide ample opportunity to get to know each other and network.

In the afternoon, Elizabeth Gosme and Samira Boumakdi Isabel (COFACE) will co-facilitate a workshop which aims at harvesting collective knowledge to explore potential policy solutions for inclusive labour markets at different levels (company policy, public policy, services) from an intersectional perspective.

The programme of the Policy Forum as well as a PATHS2INCLUDE Flyer and Directions how to find the venue are provided at the end of this page under FURTHER INFORMATION.

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Contact: paths2include@ish.uni-hannover.de