Towards a more rational and sustainable working time
Public presentation of Local and Regional Time Agenda 5
When: Wednesday 10th December, 14:30 to 16:00 CET (if needed, you can check here for time zone conversions).
Online (access to the session will be sent directly to your email upon completing the registration).
Language: English, with the possibility of having translated captions powered by AI into 37 languages.
- EU official languages for captions: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French (France), German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish
- Other languages offered by captions: Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), French (Canada), Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Russian, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, and Welsh.
What is it?
This event serves as the official presentation of the new Local and Regional Time Agenda 5, which is centred on the theme of “Rational and Sustainable Working Time Policies”. The session will explore how municipalities and regional authorities can actively contribute to rationalising working time within their areas of competence. The ultimate aim is to showcase impactful practices and foster more inclusive, innovative, and sustainable approaches towards achieving “decent work”.
The presentation will explore three key dimensions of managing working time at the city and regional level with innovative approaches:
- Work Structure and Well-being: How cities are implementing flexible scheduling or reduced work hours to enhance both productivity and worker well-being.
- Working Time and Climate Change: The critical intersection of working time policies with climate adaptation, especially adapting work schedules during extreme climate events like heat waves.
- Innovation and Future of Work: Exploring the role of AI-managed data in rationalising and freeing up value-added working time.
The Agenda is coordinated by the Local and Regional Time Network, the international alliance promoting the implementation of time policies and the right to time at the local and regional level. It comprises 50 different cities, metropolises, and regions representing a total of 90 million people.
Who is it for?
This event is open to anyone with an interest in developing sustainable and rational working time policies, but is especially aimed at:
- Technical staff and elected officials from local and regional governments.
- Researchers on urban matters and time use.
- Representatives of trade unions and business organisations at the local level.
- Urban practitioners.
This is an open activity promoted by the Local and Regional Time Network. It is part of the Time4All 2.0 project, co-funded by the European Union.