What if we considered informal care as a work experience that provides many opportunities to acquire job relevant skills and transfer them to the future job? This article published on Forbes focuses on key skills that informal carers are…
Informal carers who have to combine caregiving with paid work often face income losses or have to leave the labour market entirely. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the situation worsened and informal carers were even more at risk of poverty…
Unpaid informal care has formed the invisible backbone of our society. There are about 100 million family carers providing about 80% of care across Europe. Without them our health and social systems would crumble but they are still far…
In our research, we identified many resources offering some contents on media literacy and critical thinking. They can help young people resist the spread of disinformation. Here are some of them: Die Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung: – The work…
In the spring of 2022 BUPNET carried out some research aimed at spreading more light on the prevalence of conspiracy theories in Germany, what is the profile of the people who trust in them, what is being done to counteract…
Around 3.4 million people in Germany are in need of care. Three quarters of them are cared for at home, 1.76 million of them usually by their relatives alone. Calculations currently assume that there are around 4.8 million…
Globalisation and digitisation are making the world of work even more flexible. Work 4.0 is becoming increasingly independent of time and place. Experts are already speaking of a 24-hour society. Flexible working hours with late, night and weekend work…
The SASSI LLC project kick -off meeting took place in Göttingen in a hybrid form. The project builds upon the SASSI and SASSI-Working On, and introduces a new member into the partnership – CATRO Bulgaria, who will lend their valuable…
The PROSPER Kick-off meeting took form in a hybrid format in Vienna. Luckily, most partners were able to participate in a face-to-face capacity. The partners had the opportunity to present their experience and interests: Smart Revolution’s latest projects dealt with…
After a prolonged period of no travel, the partnership of the Care4Carers project was lucky to meet in person for the Kick-off meeting in Vienna. All but one partners managed to send a team member to attend the meeting,…