Education and social cohesion for economic growth

Camilleri, Mark Anthony; Camilleri, Adriana Caterina

doi:10.1080/13603124.2014.995721

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“…It has provided an overview of policy recommendations for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The author believes that this contribution provides an initial basis for future research that could link the policy areas of quality education, lifelong learning and social cohesion (Camilleri, 2016).…”

Section: Case Study: the Formulation Of Policy For Quality Education mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Future of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

2020

CSR, Sustainability, Ethics &Amp; Governance

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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are widely regarded as a powerful political vision that address the social, economic and environmental pillars. In this light, this chapter focuses on the fourth SDG on quality education and draws comparisons with Europe's 2020 strategy that is aimed to create the conditions for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth within the European Union (EU) context. A literature review suggests that there is a unifying thread in these action plans for sustainable development. There is an indispensable requirement for an inclusive and equitable quality education that could eradicate poverty in all of its forms and dimensions. Therefore, this research presents a case study on the latest educational policies in Malta. The smallest EU state is pursuing its reforms to reduce early school leaving and promote lifelong learning. At the same time, it is striving to address skills gaps (and mismatches) in its domestic labour market. The findings indicate that with quality education, there may be implications for job creation, competitiveness as well as more social cohesion. Family-friendly measures including better access to childcare, more flexible working schemes and employer incentives can help individuals to return to work. In conclusion, this contribution implies that the pursuit towards continuous improvements in quality education and social inclusion could create a virtuous cycle of productivity outcomes, economic growth and prosperity.

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Section: Case Study: the Formulation Of Policy For Quality Education mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Future of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

2020

CSR, Sustainability, Ethics &Amp; Governance

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“…better access to child-care, more flexible working schemes and incentives to employers can help individual to return to work. (Camilleri, Camilleri, 2016;Deeming, Smyth, 2018;Van Gyes, Schulten, 2015).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Measuring the Progress in Realizing the Strategy “Europe 2020” in 2010-2016 in 28 European Union Member States

Siemiątkowski¹,

Jankowska²

2020

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The paper presents the results of the research over the measurement of the progress in the realization of the objectives specified in "Europe 2020-a strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth" in 2016 in comparison with 2010. The analysis availed itself of the statistical data of Eurostat which describes the main indicators of the strategy for all member states of the European Union. The available empirical data allowed for constructing a synthetic measure reflecting the progress in realizing the objectives specified in the Strategy. The analysis of the values that the said measure assumed became a basis for creating a rating of EU member states for two distinct years that were subject to scrutiny. Also, there was specified the variation in the value of the said measure and the changes in the positions occupied by particular states in the mentioned rating. What was also conducted was a cluster analysis, which allowed for dividing the scrutinized countries into groups in case they are described by more than one property. Except for this and as compared to all the previous works on the subject, the method of the construction of the synthetic measure was considerably sharpened.

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“…Malta is also supporting low-skilled individuals to improve their employability prospects (EU, 2018) However, despite these labour market policies, the females' employment rates are still relatively low for those women who are over 30 years of age; whilst the employment rate for men continues to rise or remains stable above the age of 30 (EU, 2018). The Maltese government has encouraged more individuals, including women, to return to work; through the provision of free child-care centres (Camilleri and Camilleri, 2016). The families who opted to send their children to private childcare facilities started benefiting from an income tax deduction of €2,000 on childcare centre fees (EU, 2013b).…”

Section: Active Labour Market Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%