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EFIP believes that the next European Parliament has a great opportunity to take bold steps to enhance independent working as a vital and vibrant part of Europe’s economic landscape.
Independent Professionals, or iPros, often referred to as freelancers, are knowledge workers who provide specialist skills to their clients. In the last decade, the numbers of iPros have dramatically grown, yet successive European Parliaments, along with the other EU institutions, have failed to recognise this growth. The next Parliament can and must move forward from this situation and should act to ensure that iPros are given the credit and support they deserve.
The European Forum of Independent Professionals (EFIP) was founded in 2010 and is a collaboration of national associations. EFIP represents iPros at EU level through targeted research and advocacy. In this document, EFIP’s first manifesto.
