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Conference on Labour Markets, Growth and Poverty Reduction - Thessaloniki May 27 – 28 -

Conference on Labour Markets, Growth and Poverty Reduction - Thessaloniki May 27 – 28 -. Egbert Holthuis European Commission - DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. The EES : a complement to other instruments in the social field since 1997

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Conference on Labour Markets, Growth and Poverty Reduction - Thessaloniki May 27 – 28 -

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  1. Conference on Labour Markets, Growth and Poverty Reduction- Thessaloniki May 27 – 28 - Egbert Holthuis European Commission - DG Employment, Social Affairsand Equal Opportunities

  2. The EES : a complement to other instruments in the social field since 1997 The EES: a key pillar of the Lisbon Agenda since 2000 The open method of coordination on social protection and social inclusion The European Employment Strategy (1)

  3. 3 over-arching objectives: full employment, quality and productivity, social and territorial cohesion 10 Specific Guidelines + targets Annual country-specific recommendations Annual National Action Plans for Employment Good governance and partnership The European Employment Strategy (2)

  4. Key lessons: full employment (1) Table 1. Overall employment rates

  5. Key lessons: labour productivity Table 2. Labour productivity growth and levels (per person employed)

  6. performances: 12 million new jobs in EU15 since 1997 / unemployment dropped by 4 million structural changes: a moreemployment-intensive growth pattern / greater resilience of the labour market impact on national policies: focus on employment growth; move towards an active and preventive approach; role of human capital and lifelong learning; quality and productivity at work; gender equality; employment-friendly reforms of tax/benefits; role of the public employment services; use of indicators and targets; monitoring and evaluation; etc. Key lessons: the role of the EES

  7. Key lessons: full employment (3) Table 4. Employment rates of older workers (55-64)

  8. Key lessons: full employment (4) Graph 1. Recent trends and necessary path to the 2010 employment rate target

  9. The new Lisbon Agenda: more and better jobs (1) Key employment challenges for the EU (cf. Commission's Social Agenda of 9/2/2005) • Diversity of performances in the enlarged EU • Anticipating, triggering & absorbing economic change • Demographic trends and ageing

  10. The new Lisbon Agenda: more and better jobs (2) Key priorities for action • attract and retain more people in employment and modernise social protection systems • improve the adaptability of workers and enterprises and the functioning of the labour market • invest more in human capital through better education and skills + improve implementation through better governance

  11. Lessons learned from enlargement • Identify challenges and priorities: cf. Join assessment paper on employment / Joint inclusion memorandum / ETF monograph, etc. • Need to invest in social and human capital infrastructures to succeed restructuring • Preparing for Lisbon: a strategic view, clear commitments and targets, partnership at all levels, effective monitoring and reporting • Using the European Social Fund as a lever

  12. More information Commission's Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/index_en.htm

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