National Reform Program Anette Björnsson European Commission, DG EMPL

General NRP is done according to the needs of the Member State Therefore there is no predefined format But it should be in line with the commonly agreed Employment guidelines Annual Growth Survey

But there is some mandatory content It should contain The national targets An answer to the country specific recommendations y(t-1) An answer to the Euro Plus Pact Cross references to the Stability/Convergence Programmes

General content of an NRP Macro economic scenario and surveillance  The convergence program. National objectives How the country is going to achieve the five objectives in the Europe 2020  Either as a general description or as sections devoted to each of the 3 growth areas The response to the CSR  Either described in the text or only as the mandatory annex The country's response to the Euro Plus Pact

Euro Plus Pact – a reminder Assuring the link between the following fostering competitiveness fostering employment contributing to the sustainability of public finances reinforcing financial stability  Thereby using the integrated guidelines

More information on NRP 2012 All MS NRPs are available here: goals/monitoring-progress/national-programmes- 2012/index_en.htm goals/monitoring-progress/national-programmes- 2012/index_en.htm Contains the NRP, the annexes 1 (response to CSR) and 2 (progress on Europe 2020 targets) and the convergence program and in some cases also a description of the governance

Country Specific Recommendations 1.In year (t-1) the Member State receives recommendations on the basis of that year's NRP 2.These recommendations should be taken into consideration in year (t) and answer the following questions Did the policies in year (t) take the CSR for year (t-1) into consideration Is there a visible impact/development

Description of the measure Legal/admini strative instruments Formal objectives State of Progress (including the implemen tation stage,the sequence and timing of the measure) Risk of implemantio n (if relevant) Overall and yearly change in government revenue and expendiute (reported in mln. national currency) Yearly and cumulate d effect on GDP and other main macreocn omic variables (4) Descrip tion of the model used Assumptions of the model, including variables and parameters Public finance CSR 1 Measure 1 Measure 2 Measure 3 CSR 2 Measure 1 Measure 2 Measure 3 Labour Market CSR 3 Measure 1 Measure 2 Measure 3 Product and service market CSR 4 Measure 1 Measure 2 Measure 3 Financial market CSR 5 Measure 1 Measure 2 Measure 3 Measures with an impact on macroec onomic scenario (3) Measure 1 Measure 2 Measure 3 (1) This classification is in line with that already used within the framework of CSRs monitoring under the first European Semester. (2) The number of CSRs differs across Member States (3) Regardless the main area of intervention, it includes any sort of structural measures planned or enacted by Member States that are not under a previous CSRs, but have an impact on macroeconomic scenario (4) Other macroeconomic variables mainly refer to the main components of domestic demand (private consumption and investment) and employment.

Analysis carried out to establish the CSRs – JAF and EPM JAF Indicator based assessment system General and specific policy areas Supporting Member States in establishing their priorities Contribute to an overall assessment of progress at EU level. It is a joint Commission, EMCO and SPC tool Aim: Clarify key employment challenges and potential risk areas by monitoring structural reforms under the employment guidelines both quantitatively and qualitatively Monitoring of progress towards the EU headline targets, quantitatively

What is a JAF? Example Policy area 1: increase labour market participation Overall indicator: employment rate Sub-indicators: Employment gender gap Employment rate in old-age group in relation to the total population in that age group NEET Employment rate for low-skilled Employment rate for non-EU nationals

Analysis carried out to establish the CSRs – JAF and EPM (cont) EPM The results produced by the JAF will feed into the Employment Policy Monitor It assures a clear, transparent, concise and easy way to analyse the development can be used to identify at a glance the main employment challenges for the European Union and for each Member State

Employment policy area Key employment challenges Particularly good labour market outcomes 1. Increase labour market participation 2. Enhancing labour market functioning; combating segmentation 3. Active labour market policies 4. Adequate and employment oriented social security systems 5. Work-life balance 6. Job creation 7. Gender equality 8. Improving skill supply and productivity; Lifelong learning 9. Improving education and training systems 10. Wage setting mechanisms and labour cost developments

2012 general challenges

An effective NRP The content of a NRP should be conscise and clear It should be clear that challenges identified in year (t-1) are targeted There should be a clear link between the LM and the rest of the economy through the convergence program and the Euro Plus Pact. Looking at the employment package Governance is even more emphasised More monitoring is suggested also at the level of employment policies For 2013 the emphasis will be put also on the areas suggested for moving closer to achieving the targets for 2020 and return to a positive growth path.