TITLE

A Report on the Forum Working on European Social Policy 27 - 30 March 1996.

AUTHOR(S) SURNAME, FORENAME

Places & Countries of PUBLISHERS    YEAR
Publication

Brussels, Luxembourg    European Commission    1996

PAGES    ISBN        BINDING    PRICE

31    92-827-6496-6    Pbk    ECU 7

The purpose of the forum was to produce inputs to the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) currently in progress between the member states of the European Union. An IGC is a periodic step in the refining of the EU treaties. In general the discussion in the Forum was opposed to changed and wanted to turn the clock back. Here or there token mention is made of information technology. The session "The future of working life in the information society" contains the significant thought, "Participants were reminded that perception of employment values will have to change. It will be a long-term project to challenge this centrality of employment as it is linked to traditional forms of work". The only point we would disagree with here is the "long-term" concept, but then the Forum is a talking shop and talking is easy.
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