Facilitating Job Mobility in Europe
Michael McDadd
Department for Work and Pensions

• EURES set up in 1993
• Based on Regulation 1612/68 (codified as 492/2011)
• Promoting the freedom of movement of workers
• Enabling the transnational, interregional and crossborder exchange of vacancies and job applications
• Clearance of vacancies and applications for employment
• Making European labour markets open to all

• Limited geographical mobility
• High unemployment rates co-existing with bottleneck vacancies and skills shortages across the Union
• Boost "mobility" to enhance growth and employment
• Enlargement of the free movement of workers' space to
32 countries
• Europe 2020 target of 75% employment rate

• 900+ EURES Advisers
• 90% work for the public employment services
• Provide information, guidance and placement services
• 500 ‘European Job Days’ each year
• Recruitment and placement projects
• 1m jobseeker contacts pa
• 100,000 employer contacts pa

EURES contacts April 2012- March 2013

EURES contacts April 2012- March 2013

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• 1.25m jobs, 1.1m CVs, 30,000 registered employers

Types of Vacancies
In the First Quarter of 2013, the recruitment for low to medium skilled jobs declined, where as there was an increase demand for education, health care and business professionals.

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Youth unemployment (under 25) stands at
5.69 million in the EU27, with 3.599 million of these in the EA17
In March 2013, the youth unemployment rate was 23.5% in the EU27 and 24.0% in the EA17
The lowest rates were observed in
Germany (7.6%), Austria (7.6%) and the
Netherlands (10.5%)
The highest rates were observed in Greece
(59.1% in December 2012), Spain (55.9%),
Italy (37.4%) and Portugal (38.3%)

• EURES, your job in Europe video clip http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/video/player.cfm?ref=I074602

•DWP: 12 EURES advisers
•DELNI: 2 EURES advisers
Every month, EURES UK:
• advises 2350 jobseekers
• works with 170 employers
• supports 180 PES staff
• contact with 110 partners
330,000 searches on Universal
Jobmatch each month for jobs in Europe
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• Throughout 2013 co-operation between DG EMPL and MS
("EURES Reform correspondents") for a regular exchange of information on the preparation at national level and to share views on how to elaborate the operational objectives
• Internal reflections in MS on the use of the ESF to support intra-EU labour mobility activities; consultations with the Commission
• Adoption of the new Charter before the end of 2013
• Establishment of the National Co-ordination Offices – 1 January
2014
• Designation of EURES Partners – 1 January 2014

• Presenting employers with a pool of candidates with required skills to develop and grow their businesses
• Focus on bottleneck and niche vacancies
• Increase EURES flexibility to adapt and adjust
• Creating a more integrated European jobs market
• Analysis of job vacancy markets (The European
Vacancy Monitor, The European Job Mobility Bulletin, forthcoming European Jobs Report)

• Focusing on employment results in matching, placement and recruitment
• Public Employment Services (PES) and Private
Employment Services cooperate when delivering
EURES
• Expanding EURES scope to support targeted mobility schemes at EU level:
 initiated and implemented at national level
 launched by the European Commission

• Participation in the new governance structure at
European level
• Delivery of services in accordance with the new service catalogue – either complementary or universal services
• Participation in the meetings as observers ( or invited to the EURES Co-ordination Group)
• Consulted on annual work programmes for EURES activities drafted by the Member States

• Provision of ”horizontal support” in terms of:
– “ Strategic umbrella' for the communication activities of the
EURES network
 The EURES web portal
 Ensuring Social Media presence of the EURES network
 Centrally producing information products (newsletters, success stories, statistics…)
 Continuous help, support, training and advice for the development of national strategies and activities.
– Training EURES staff
– Facilitation of networking, mutual learning and exchange of good practice.

• The EURES Service catalogue - with a description of
Universal and Complementary services
• The programming, monitoring and reporting cycle for the national EURES Members to each other and to the
Commission
• The accreditation system for re-establishing the national network
• Quality standards, task descriptions and profiles of
EURES staff
• Uniform system and common models for the exchange of information

• Regulation (EU) 492/2011
• Commission Decision 2012/733/EU
• EURES Charter
• ESF Regulation which includes a reference to "mobility" under investment priority 1
• Programme for Social Change and Innovation (PSCI)" with the introduction of a "EURES-axis"

• Your First EURES Job – Preparatory action 2011 – 2013 - testing a targeted mobility scheme to help young EU nationals aged 18-30 to find work in other Member States, combining customised job-matching with financial incentives.
• Possibility to develop a "EURES jobs for young persons programme" under the PSCI – public consultation first half 2013
• Request from the European Council in June 2012 to include information on apprenticeships and traineeships in EURES. Questionnaire launched; testing and discussions in the course of 2013.
• Possibility to support the extension of this kind of matching in the
EURES service delivery package of PES in Member States

• Replacing COM Decision (2003/8/EC) with a new
Decision
• Transmission of the Decision to the Member States
• Throughout 2013 - Commission and Member States to prepare for the implementation of EURES reform
(including drafting of the Charter)
• January 2014 – implementation of EURES reform

Facilitating Job Mobility in Europe
Michael McDadd
Department for Work and Pensions