Ivailo Kalfin

Ivailo Kalfin is executive director of Eurofound. A qualified economist, he has served twice as deputy prime minister of Bulgaria and is a former MEP.

Ivailo Kalfin

Fifty years supporting better policies for a strong social Europe

Ivailo Kalfin 9th January 2025

The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

Ten reasons to vote in the European elections

Ivailo Kalfin 3rd May 2024

The EU has achieved much in the last term and faces big challenges in the next. Its citizens can set the priorities in June.

Europe’s future hangs in the balance

Ivailo Kalfin 9th May 2022

Europe Day should be a day of celebration. Today it is an affirmation of resolve.

Eurofound celebrates 50 years supporting better policies for a strong social Europe
Eurofound is celebrating its 50th anniversary, marking half a century of dedicated research and contributions to improving living and working conditions in Europe. Over the past five decades, Eurofound has played a pivotal role in shaping policies and fostering social dialogue across the European Union. As we look to the future, Eurofound remains committed to addressing emerging challenges and continuing its mission to enhance the quality of life for all Europeans.

We urge all stakeholders, including policymakers, researchers, and social partners, to participate in this survey. Your feedback is vital in helping us enhance our services and contribute to informed decision-making that benefits society as a whole.

Visit our dedicated page and discover why #Eurofound50 is a milestone for social policy development in Europe

Read FEPS new book ‘The Politics of Polycrisis’!

Rising challenges of insecurity and inequality that plagued advanced capitalist countries in recent years highlight the urgent need for social democratic parties to strategise for success.

Read the new book ‘The Politics of Polycrisis’, which presents innovative ideas for restoring social democracy!

Authored by prominent researchers and policymakers, including the new EU Commissioner for Housing and Energy Dan Jørgensen, the book addresses pressing issues such as the green transition, the rise of platform work, industrial policy, and artificial intelligence.

By FEPS, Karl-Renner-Institut, and Progressive Britain.

READ IT HERE

WSI European Collective Bargaining Report 2023/2024

Real wages in the European Union continued their decline in 2023—despite an acceleration in nominal wage growth and falling inflation rates. For the current year, there are only tentative signs of a slow recovery in the purchasing power of wages.

A resumption of real wage growth would stabilise the functional distribution of income and strengthen domestic demand. However, even under this benign scenario, the crisis is far from over from workers' point of view. They have borne the brunt of real income losses associated with the energy-price shock resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The lingering reduction in real wage levels means that wage policy still needs to catch up to contribute to a fairer distribution of the burden between labour and capital.

DOWNLOAD HERE

MacBook displaying worker participation in the EU

Whether you are a practitioner, a decision-maker, an academic, or a journalist, the worker-participation.eu website is your European and multilingual one-stop shop for all things related to democracy at work and European industrial relations.

With this tool, the ETUI seeks to support and enhance the exercise of democracy at work through a variety of methods, empowering workers, their representatives, and trade unions to play an active role in regulating and shaping the modern workplace.

Fifty years supporting better policies for a strong social Europe

Ten reasons to vote in the European elections

Europe’s future hangs in the balance

Visit our dedicated page and discover why #Eurofound50 is a milestone for social policy development in Europe

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