eWORK 2000 - European Telework Week

New Ways to Work 2000European TeleworkOne of the critical European Employment policy goals is to increase the participation rate of women from thecurrent 51% of the women of working age to 60% by 2010 (compared with about 80% of men). Section 8therefore focuses on the particular problems and opportunities for women. This extract from the "GenderSurvey" is reproduced with the kind permission of the author, Ms Ursula HuwsFinally, the European Commission itself is engaged in an experiment to assess the opportunities and benefitsof telework for its own staff, with a view to improving efficiency and responsiveness through a substantialreform of administrative structures and procedures. A summary of the current evaluation of this pilotexperiment is in Section 9.- 10 -