Community employment policies
The European Union’s work contributes to reducing rates of unemployment and improving the quality of jobs, in particular through the Lisbon Strategy for growth and jobs. In the context of the international financial crisis, additional measures have been taken to protect existing jobs and to create new opportunities.
Each year, more than EUR 10 billion are invested through the European Social Fund (ESF) to improve job prospects for the population. Projects, co-financed by Member States, support companies in adapting to developments in the economic and social situation. They promote access to lifelong learning and training in order to develop workers’ skills.
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PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT
- Guidelines for employment policies
- European Commitment for Employment
- Driving European recovery
- The Community Lisbon Programme: proposal for 2008–2010Archives
- The Community Lisbon ProgrammeArchives
- Strategic report on the renewed Lisbon strategy for growth and jobs: new cycle 2008-2010Archives
- A new start for the Lisbon Strategy (2005)Archives
- The European Social Fund (2007-2013)
- Employment policy guidelines (2008-2010)Archives
- Employment policy guidelines (2005-2008)Archives
- Promoting corporate social responsibility
- Towards common principles of flexicurity
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THE EUROPEAN EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY (EES): 1997-2005
- The Lisbon Special European Council (March 2000): Towards a Europe of Innovation and Knowledge
- Council Recommendation on the implementation of Member States' employment policies (2004)Archives
- The employment policy guidelines (2003-2005)Archives
- Communication on the future of the European Employment Strategy (2003)Archives
- Streamlining of annual economic and employment policy coordination cyclesArchives
- Taking stock of five years of the EES: mid-term review (2002)Archives
- European Social Fund support for the European Employment StrategyArchives
- The birth of the European Employment Strategy: the Luxembourg process (November 1997)Archives
- Joint employment report 2006/2007Archives
- Joint Employment Report 2005/2006Archives
- Joint Employment Report 2004/2005Archives
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COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY INSTRUMENTS
- European Union Programme for Social Change and Innovation (2014-2020) (Proposal)
- Community programme for employment and solidarity - PROGRESS (2007-2013)
- European Progress Microfinance Facility (EPMF)
- EURES: the European Employment and Job Mobility Network
- EUROPASS – Serving citizen mobility
- Programme for mutual learning in employment
- European Employment Observatory (EEO)
- Employment Committee
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OTHER CHALLENGES IN THE FIELD OF EMPLOYMENT POLICIES
- Quality of employment
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Miscellaneous
- Youth employment: opportunities
- New skills for new jobs
- A European initiative for growth
- Restructuring and employment: the role of the European Union in anticipating and accompanying restructuring in order to develop employment
- Joint assessments of employment policies in the candidate countriesArchives