Between 16th and 20th October, the Time Use Week’s 10th edition was hosted in Barcelona as the international meeting point in time policies. It counted with the participation of more than 700 participants from all over the world, who followed the different discussions both virtually and in-person. The Time Use Week 2023 (TUW) just finished […]
European Parliament elections in June 2024 could be an opportunity to put the end of seasonal clock change back on the political agenda. The Time Use Initiative begins a consultation process with key European stakeholders to assert the need to place the right to time on the European agenda, and to implement the proposal on
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The ways in which we live and work have undergone profound changes in the last century, and society, and its productive and social fabric, are very different as well. Most workers see current time uses as a source of anxiety; the model designed for the 20th Century is no longer valid for 21st-Century society. Now
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In the 21st Century, economic, ecological, and social policies can only become sustainable when systemically enriched with time policies for better care opportunities for men and women; sustainable production, services and consumption, and temporal on working times which make it possible to adapt to future modalities of work. These fundamental requirements of the 21st century
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This initiative represents a significant step towards the creation of a legal and social framework that reflects the changing realities of the 21st Century labour world. Discussed at the Time Use Week, the policy brief proposes six objectives and various practical measures to achieve a new organization of working time was presented. The presented document
The debate took place within the framework of Time Use Week 2023 and was based on the policy brief “The Right to Time: Perspectives for the 21st Century”, presented during the event. The document includes policy recommendations at the local, regional, national, and international levels to advance the implementation of the Right to Time in
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Time Use Week 2023 discusses tools for building a framework that ensures a new time balance between work, leisure, rest, and care. The week, which celebrates its international events in October 17th and October 18th, invites municipalities, institutions, and experts from around the world to participate. The Government of Catalonia, the Barcelona City Council, the
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