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Local authorities’ role in implementing
European Employment Strategy
- case Finland
Mr. Lauri Lamminmäki, Senior Adviser
Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
Challenges in the Finnish Labour Market
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persistently high unemployment
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structural problems
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increasing regional disparities
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ageing labour
The European Employment Strategy
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Based on new employment provisions in the
Amsterdam - EU Treaty (1997) :
 Art. 126 : employment, a matter of common concern;
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call for developing a coordinated EU employment
strategy
Art. 128: framework for policy coordination, based on
a management by objectives approach
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Annual Employment Guidelines proposed by the
Commission, decided by the Council
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Annual National Action Plans (NAPs) in response to
Employment Guidelines
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Annual Assessment through the Joint Employment
Report from the Commission and the Council and
Recommendations to Member States
The European Employment Strategy
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The Lisbon European Council (March 2000) set full
employment as an essential long-term goal for the new
European economy (2010)
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The Nice European Council (December 2000) introduced the
issue of quality in work
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The Barcelona European Council (March 2002) called for
strengthening the EES and claimed for “more and better jobs”
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Evaluation of the EES (2002) based on five years experience
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Communication on the review of EES (1/2003)
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New guidelines will be proposed in April 2003
European Employment Strategy
- three levels
Community level
National level
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guidelines
recommendations
evaluation reports
ESF, EQUAL
other community policies
 National Action Plans (NAPs)
 ESF-programmes
 Local Action Plans for
Regional and local level
Employment (LAPs)
The local dimension in the EES
Employment Guidelines for 2002
"Partnership at all levels should be encouraged,
including with the social partners, regional and
local authorities and representatives of civil society
so that they can contribute, in their respective
fields of responsibility, to promoting a high level of
employment"
Regional and local action for employment
(GL 11)
“All actors at the regional and local levels, including the social partners,
must be mobilised to implement the European Employment Strategy by
identifying the potential for job creation at local level and strengthening
partnerships to this end.
Member States will:
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take into account, where appropriate, in their overall employment policy the regional
development dimension,
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encourage local and regional authorities to develop strategies for employment in
order to exploit fully the possibilities offered by job creation at local level and promote
partnerships to this end with all the actors concerned, including the representatives
of civil society,
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promote measures to enhance the competitive development and the capacity of the
social economy to create more jobs and to enhance their quality, especially the
provision of goods and services linked to needs not yet satisfied by the market, and
examine, with the aim of reducing any obstacles to such measures,
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strengthen the role of the public employment services at all levels in identifying local
employment opportunities and improving the functioning of local labour markets."
The roles of local authorities
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The overall management of local employment strategy
process
Translating EES to local language, tailoring of guidelines
to local circumstances
Creating and supporting local partnership networks
Managing the networks, effective implementation of
strategies
Effective use of existing financial instruments (EU,
national, local)
Applying the indicators, evaluation
Connecting the local dimension to national employment
strategies
Impact of EU on local authorities’ role
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role recognised on all levels
wider perspective, more integrated and
strategic approach,
Better awareness of the European dimension,
new channels and forums for the exchange of
information and expertise
Better professional skills, new contact networks
Challenges for local authorities
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More open and active, less bureaucratic and
administrative
closer to the citizens, closer to local needs and
resources
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new forums for discussion and participation
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common language and understanding
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new working methods, experimentalism and risktaking
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more external expertise, better local analysis
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strong local leadership and personal commitment