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European Funds
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The European Commission decided on February 29, 2024, to support 835 former employees of Vallourec Deutschland GmbH (VAD) with the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to facilitate their reintegration into the workforce.

International
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State Secretary Lilian Tschan received the Indonesian Labour Minister Dr Ida Fauziyah for talks at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on 28 February 2024.

International
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Parliamentary State Secretary Anette Kramme and her South African counterpart Boitumelo Moloi signed a Joint Declaration of Intent between their two ministries in Johannesburg.

Skilled Labour
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Parliamentary State Secretary Anette Kramme travelled to Canberra, Sydney, and Melbourne at the request of the Minister at the beginning of February this year. The aim of her visit was to explore opportunities to enhance cooperation between Germany and Australia.

Employment Promotion
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On 10 January, Federal Minister Hubertus Heil met with Ukraine's Ambassador Oleksii Makeiev and Special Representative of the Federal Government for the Labour Market Integration of Refugees Daniel Terzenbach.

Participation
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State Secretary Dr Rolf Schmachtenberg welcomed Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Mijatović to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on 1 December. Their talks centred on access to social rights in Germany, particularly with regard to poverty prevention.

Europe
Social security
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Federal Minister Hubertus Heil has extended an invitation to a high-level European policy conference to be held on 6 November 2023. The conference is to discuss challenges and potential priorities for the work of the next EU Commission with the intention of further advancing a strong Social Europe.

Europe
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On 19 October 2023, State Secretary Dr. Rolf Schmachtenberg held a virtual dialogue with Daria Marchak and Iryna Postolovska, Ukraine’s deputy ministers of social policy, as well as Ukrainian pension experts. State Secretary Schmachtenberg expressed his solidarity with Ukraine.

Skilled Labour
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State Secretary Leonie Gebers welcomed Nepalese Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Sharat Singh Bhandari, to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in Berlin on 10 October.

Skilled Labour
Pensions
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Anette Kramme, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, engaged in numerous talks with policy-makers in Bratislava, Slovakia's capital, on 3 October 2023.

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