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After this session you can watch the video with Tineke Lambooy in the archive. This connection is part of ‘Learning Circle’ and ‘Expert on a distance’. In this project students meet international experts and talk with them about MDGs and Global Citizenship through video and web conferencing. More information on www.expertopafstand.nl.

Tineke Lambooy is the author of the book “Een Wereld te Winnen. Zestien visies op Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen” (‘A world to gain: sixteen views on corporate social responsibility’), a multidisciplinary study on corporate social responsibility (Kluwer 2006). Tineke focuses on this area in her work as a lawyer and university lecturer/researcher.

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The job increase is especially established by economic growth in Germany, Poland and Spain.

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The creation of new jobs is the strongest in Eastern European countries.

In Q3  the unemployment rate has decreased in almost all EU countries to, on average, 7.1 percent.  Poland has the strongest decrease: with 4.2 percent (to 9.1 percent of the working population.) In 2005 8.7% of the labour force was unemployed,  compared with 5.1% in the United States.

The development of the unemployment rates in Europe equals figures in the United States and Japan, respectively 4.6 and 3.8 percent in Q3.

According to 39 per cent switching to another job is to blame to their employer. Employers insufficiently  support employees to realise their potential.

This is the outcome of the research report ‘ Dream job or Career Nightmare?’ of the international consultancy OPP. The investigation has been conducted under 3,000 fulltime employees in 6 European countries, in the age category 20-69 years.

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36 per cent said that a better salary was the main reason for changing jobs in the past. But it is not only money. Besides lack of challenge, insufficient career perspective and dissatisfaction are the given answers.

Dutch employees are more satisfied than colleagues from France, United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland and Belgium. However one of every three employees questioned, say that the organisation lacks  structured evaluation and feedback.

The so-called career nomads have financial consequences for organisations, like extra costs for hiring new experienced staff and expensive training costs. Moreover, the loss of knowledge is an expense  that is open to estimation. Retaining personnel can only be realised when organisations pay more structural attention to the support and development of its employees. 

Download the research report

European teachers are also exchanging good practice lesson materials on European and International citizenship.

The schools working within Comenius III are currently integrating European and International themes into their curricula and working closely together in this development.

I have uploaded two videos on YouTube re: our Tree Planting at the Visser ‘t Hooft Lyceum, Leiden, The Netherlands. Just search for sips67.

Scott Skinner

Teacher

Dear teachers of the learning circle Made in Europe, I would like to announce that our school has been awarded with the ”European Language Award” for the project “Teachers’ Project Made in Europe” by the Turkish National Agency. I am so happy to share it with you! Now our learning circle of teachers has been awarded 2 labels: both by the Dutch ánd the Turkish national agencies!

First of all, I would like to thank Marleen because she really helped me a lot while I was making the necessary arrangements for the evaluation! Thanks Marleen!

I hope our group will go on cooperating!!! Have a nice holiday my dear friends.

Best wishes,

Sema, teacher from Turkey