European Trade Union Committee for Education

APRES COVID: European Sectoral Social Partners in Education Addressing Psychosocial Risks for an Equitable and Sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 crisis  APRES COVID is a two-year social dialogue project, seeking to assess the long-term impact of the COVID crisis on the psychosocial risks in the teaching profession and actively promote an equitable and sustainable education-led recovery. The initiative is carried out by the ETUCE and EFEE in partnership with education trade unions and employer organisations from Belgium, Malta, Portugal, and Slovenia. The project features three case-study visits, a training seminar, and a final conference.  

• Context
• Research
• Case-study visits
• 1st Case Study Visit | Ljubljana (Slovenia)
• Training seminar
• Final Conference

The project concludes with a 2-day final conference in Belgium, expected to host approximately 80 participants, to showcase the project outcomes, including the research, the case study results, the training seminar, and the good practices unveiled throughout the project. 

The event further provides a platform for sectoral social partners in education to delve into the project's outcomes in discussion with European policy makers, and to foster discussions on a potential ESSDE engagement on psychosocial risks in education and revise the Joint Practical Guidelines on How to Promote Joint Social Partner Initiatives to Prevent and Combat Psychosocial Hazards in Education (2016).