Transcript Adaptability in the EES

The Employment Strategy within the
Lisbon Agenda:
Integrated Guidelines for
Growth and Jobs
2005 - 2008
Robert Strauss
DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal
Opportunities
Presentation
Brussels, 19th May 2005
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Why integrated Guidelines ?
2004 Spring European Council – Lisbon MTR –
Kok High Level Group
→Need to refocus and make clearer Lisbon.
"Working together for growth and jobs: a new
start for the Lisbon Strategy", February 2005.
→ Single national reports; an integrated
guideline package
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Macroeconomic guidelines
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
To secure economic stability
To safeguard economic sustainability. Ref. to EG17
To promote an efficient allocation of resources.
To promote greater coherence between
macroeconomic and structural policies. Ref. to
EG20
(5) To ensure that wage developments contribute
to macroeconomic stability and growth. Ref. to
EG21
(6) To contribute to a dynamic and well-functioning
EMU.
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Microeconomic guidelines
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
To extend and deepen the internal market, including services.
To ensure open and competitive markets.
To create a more attractive business environment.
To promote a more entrepreneurial culture and create a supportive
environment for SMEs. Ref. to"relevant employment guideline"
To expand and improve European infrastructure and complete
agreed priority cross-border projects.
To increase and improve investment in R&D. Ref. to EG22
To facilitate innovation and the take up of ICT.
To encourage the sustainable use of resources and strengthen the
synergies between environmental protection and growth.
To contribute to a strong industrial base.
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Employment guidelines
(16) Implement employment policies aiming at achieving full employment,
improving quality and productivity at work, and strengthening social and
territorial cohesion.
(17) Promote a lifecycle approach to work.
(18) Ensure inclusive labour markets, enhance work attractiveness and make
work pay for job-seekers including disadvantaged people, and the
inactive.
(19) Improve matching of labour market needs.
(20) Promote flexibility combined with employment security and reduce labour
market segmentation, having due regard to the role of social partners.
(21) Ensure employment-friendly labour cost developments and wage-setting
mechanisms.
(22) Expand and improve investment in human capital.
(23) Adapt education and training systems in response to new competence
requirements.
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Employment guidelines
Overarching objectives and governance
1.
Attract and retain more people in employment,
increase labour supply and modernise social
protection systems.
2.
Improve adaptability of workers and enterprises.
3.
Increase investment in human capital though better
education and skills.
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More and better jobs
Equal opportunities and combating discrimination….
Good governance…. Broad partnerships for change.
Targets and benchmarks….
ESF implementation of EES
Implement employment policies aiming at achieving
full employment, improving quality and productivity at
work, and strengthening social and territorial cohesion.
(IG16).
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1. Attract and retain more people….
Promote a lifecycle approach to work (IG 17).
Ensure inclusive labour markets, enhance
work attractiveness and make work pay for
job-seekers including disadvantaged people,
and the inactive (IG 18).
Improve matching of labour market needs (IG
19).
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2. Improve adaptability of workers and
enterprises
Promote flexibility combined with employment security and reduce
labour market segmentation having due regard to the role of
social partners. (IG20).
Ensure employment-friendly labour cost developements and
wage-setting mechanisms (IG21).
3. Increase investment in human capital….
Expand and improve investment in human capital (IG22).
Adapt education and training systems in response to new
competence requirements (IG23).
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