Job creation measures

Employment has been made an absolute priority under the revised Lisbon Strategy. This is reflected in the programming of the Community financial instruments for the period 2007-2013 (the Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity, the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund). At the same time, the Commission is supporting the fight against unemployment and undeclared work through the modernisation of public employment services and the promotion of flexibility among employers and employees. It is encouraging differing policy approaches according to the key economic sectors, such as services, and categories of employees who could be better integrated into the labour market (e.g. women and older people). The Commission allows the Member States to use State aid and VAT reductions as instruments to foster employment.

JOB CREATION MEASURES
- Positive actions
- Tackling unemployment and undeclared work
SECTORAL JOB CREATION PROMOTION
- Job creation through enterprise policy
  - Access to financing for businesses
  - Fostering structural change: an industrial policy for an enlarged Europe
- Services
  - 'Services' Directive
- Information society and research
  - Research and innovation serving growth and employmentArchives
  - i2010: Information Society and the media working towards growth and jobsArchives
- Environnement
  - Strategy for sustainable developmentArchives
- Agriculture
  - Employment in rural areas: closing the jobs gap
FINANCIAL DIMENSION OF JOB CREATION

EUROPA

Summaries of EU legislation

Job creation measures

See also