1. Commission Communication "towards a job-rich economy"
MISSOC meeting Copenhagen, 24 May 2012

2. Why this Communication?
Crisis persist, unemployment at record levels
Europe 2020 strategy: 75% employment target requires creation of 17.6m jobs within 8 years
Fiscal consolidation needs to go hand-in-hand with economic and employment recovery plans aimed at labour demand
Employment policies are key in generating favourable conditions for job creation
Need to mobilise all actors and resourcres towards common goal

3. Aims of Communication
Present a medium-term agenda for EU and MS to pursue a job-intensive recovery
Trigger job creation by stimulating demand through employer end employee friendly measures
Outline balanced reforms to make EU labour markets more inclusive, dynamic and competitive
Underline importance of investing in skills and enhance workforce mobility
Strengthen employment and social dimension in EU governance, by involving social partners more closely in decision making

4. Support job creation Encourage labour demand
Hiring subsidies towards new recruitments
Tax shift from labour to environmental, consumption or property taxes
Promote and support self-employment
Transform informal or undeclared work into regular employment
Exploit job creation potential of key sectors
Green economy
Demand for ICT professionals continues to grow
Employment in EU health and social care sectors is growing fast
Mobilise EU funds for job creation
ESF, ERDF,EGF,EAFRD

5. Make labour markets more dynamic and inclusive
Draw from lessons during crisis: stimulate internal flexibility to reduce job insecurity and fiscal costs (STWA)
Establish decent and sustainable wages. Avoid in work poverty
Develop life long learning as a key to employment security
Invest in skills; strengthen synergies education/ work
Deliver youth opportunities. Support for transition to work
Youth guarantees
Activation measures targeting young people
Quality of traineeships
Youth mobility

6. Towards a European labour market
Remove legal and practical obstacles to free movement of workers
Legislative proposal to support mobile workers (information and advice) in exercise of rights derived from Treaty
Transform EURES. Make it an entry point and natural first choice for any jobseeker and employer considering working or recruiting in another MS

7. Enhance EU Governance Reinforce involvement of social partners
National reporting complemented by multilateral surveillance
National Job Plans to report on actions
Enhanced peer pressure at EU level (CSR;EMCO)
Reinforce involvement of social partners
Consultation and coordination ahead of European Semester cycles
Tripartite Social Summit

8. Employment Conference
Employment Package will be the subject of discussions during a High Level Employment Conference 6-7 September in Brussels in order to mobilise all partners to implement the measures announced

9. Thank you for your attention!