1. UPDATE ON EUROPE 2020 FLAGSHIP INITIATIVES 8th Plenary Meeting ELGPN, Budapest 22 – 23 February 2011
European Commission
Directorate General for Employment,
Social Affairs and Inclusion
Susanne Kraatz

2. OVERVIEW THE FLAGSHIP INITIATIVES ACTIONS IN 2011
RELEVANT ISSUES FOR FUTURE WORK 2

3. !; 1. FLAGSHIP INITIATIVES
Smart growth
Sustainable growth
Inclusive growth
4 Employment Guidelines
Increasing labour market participation
Skilled workforce
Responsiveness of education system
Social Inclusion
7 Flagship initiatives
COM + Member States
5 Headline Targets
75 % Employment
10 % Early School Leavers
40 % Tertiary Education
20 Mio less poverty 3

4. 1. FLAGSHIP INITIATIVES Smart growth Sustainable growth
Digital agenda for Europe
Innovation Union
Youth on the move
Sustainable growth
Resource efficient Europe
An industrial policy for the globalisation era
Inclusive growth
An agenda for new skills and jobs
European platform against poverty 4

5. 2. ACTIONS IN 2011 Youth on the move (Lead DG EAC)
Developing modern education and training systems
Promoting the attractiveness of higher education
Supporting the attractiveness of transnational learning and employment mobility for young people (DG EMPL) = EURES
A framework for youth employment (DG EMPL)
Help to get a first job and start a career -
Support youth at risk – Youth guarantee
Provide adequate social safety nets
Support young entrepreneurs and self-employment 5

6. 2. ACTIONS IN 2011 Youth on the move – Update of actions for DG EMPL
1. Monitoring NEET youth - ongoing
“PES to PES Dialogue” - March 2011
Youth guarantees – PES approaches for low skilled young persons
3. Support to young entrepreneurs (Microfinance facility)
- ongoing
4. Campaign work” - start April 2011, HU
Your first EURES Job - under preparation 6

7. 2. ACTIONS IN 2011 Agenda for New Skills and Jobs (Lead DG EMPL)
Making labour markets function better:
Towards a new momentum of flexicurity
2. Equipping people with the right skills for employment
3. Improving the quality of work and working conditions
4. Supporting job creation 7

8. 2. ACTIONS IN 2011 Agenda for New Skills and Jobs – Update DG EMPL
1. Implementation of the EU Skills Panorama - preparation
Online-tool, input from a broad range of sources
- European Vacancy Monitor / European Job Mobility Bulletin
i.a. TOP 25 growth occupations
2. Network of national skills anticipation bodies -
- Existing structures: PES working group “New Skills for New Jobs”
- Relations with sector skills councils
Communication on “Labour market information
and skills governance” - preparation 2011
1. Stakeholder Conference on Flexicurity
Start will be the Tripartite Social Forum in March to discuss the Agenda and in particular Flexicurity
While the stakeholders conference on flexicurity was postponed to autumn 2011 – reason why DG EMPL would like to wait until a later stage when more concrete
2. Skills Panorama
Is a comprehensive set of information including forecasting based on the work of Cedefop, Member states projections, EVM, work of the European Sectors Counci´s´Council on Skills and Employment, other studies, but also an analysis of skills mismatches through employers‘ surveys
Other actions are dedicated to health and safety at work, very important directives – Working Time Directive and the improvement of the implementation of the posting of workers directive
Objective. Cental and easy-to-use access point on information aroung future skills needs, as of 2012 or in the medium-term if not to be realised so fast – more than just a „librarary“, processing and presenting information in a way that is accessible for individuals and useful also for policymaking and institutional stakeholders
One component will be the „European Vacancy Monitor“ started in The first product, the first number of the bulletins was launched togehter with the „Agenda for New Skills and Jobs“ on 23rd of November 2010.
Short presentation of the project including the building-up approach
3. Sector Skills Councils 8

9. 3. RELEVANT ISSUES FOR FUTURE WORK
From the point of view of employment:
1. PES and lifelong guidance
Partnerships and cooperation
Guidance for entrepreneurship
4. EURES: Guidance for international employment mobility
5. Effective use of labour market / skills information 9

10. 3. RELEVANT ISSUES FOR FUTURE WORK
Looking forward to ELGPN work programme 2011/201
LLG, employment and social inclusion 10