draft joint employment report 2013 lars michael engsted dg employment, social affairs and inclusion
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Draft Joint Employment Report 2013
Lars Michael EngstedDG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
• A general worsening of the economic and social situation in a number of Member States with social unrest spreading.
• The situation has worsened recently and prospects are dim for 2013 and will only improve in 2014
• The EU currently the only major region in the world where unemployment is still rising.
• Growing divergence between labour markets in Europe.
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General labour market situation
Decreasing employment and increasing unemployment in the EU
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Change in unemployment rate (p.p.) over the last 12 months and the last three months to August 2012
Source: Eurostat
Growing divergences between European labour markets
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Labour market challenges (1)Boost job creation that has been subdued and
decreasing in recent years
Unemployment rate and job finding rate in the EU-27, 2007Q1-2011Q4
Source: Commission Services calculations based on Eurostat data
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Labour market challenges (2)Improve the resilience of the labour markets
Source: Eurostat, the data used are: (i) the unemployment rate (UR, %), and (ii) the labour shortage indicator (LSI, %), derived from EU business survey results
Beveridge curve, EU-27, 2008 (Q1) — 2012 (Q3)
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Labour market challenges (3)Maintain the attachment of long-term unemployed to the labour market
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Long-term unemployment rate in % of population, 2008 and 2011
Improve the transitions from school to work and integrate young people better in the labour market
Labour market challenges (4)
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Share of NEETs among the 15-24 year old (%) 2008-2011
Source: Eurostat, LFS, Def initionNEET: Neither in employment, education or training
Source: EU-SILC longitudinal dataset, only 18 countries available
Labour market challenges (5)Improve the efficiency of social protection systems to combat
poverty and social exclusion
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Annual Growth SurveyKey labour market priorities
• Exploiting the job potential in a number of job-rich sectors (green jobs, ICT, care sectors)
• Improve the responsiveness and the adjustment capacity of labour markets.
• Ensure that wage developments continue to develop in line with productivity
• Put more emphasis on innovation and research and the links between business and educational institutions
AGS 2013 priorities (1)
Preparing for a job-rich recovery
• Investing in effective employment services and active labour market
policies
• Combine work and training opportunities, on-the job trainings and
setting up partnerships between education, labour market institutions,
social partners and businesses
• Implement effective youth guarantees offering solutions of training or
employment opportunities within four months
• Improve access to lifelong learning systems throughout working life
especially for older workers
• Encourage cross-border labour mobility
AGS 2013 priorities (2)
Improving employability levels in particular of young people
• Develop active inclusion strategies encompassing efficient and adequate
income support,
• Take measures to tackle poverty
• Enable broad access to affordable and high-quality services.
• Strengthen the link between social assistance and activation
measures
• Provide more personalised services
• Increase the take-up of measures by vulnerable groups
AGS 2013 priorities (3)
Promoting social inclusion and tackling poverty
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