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Today, Europe faces high unemployment rates and a shortage of skills. On top of this, the coming decades will see the potential workforce in Europe shrink due to the ageing population. There is a growing awareness for the need to focus on reskilling, skill development and life-long learning to better match the supply and demand of the labour market.
Recent years have seen labour market responsibilities devolve from the national level to the regional and local levels. They have also seen the creation of new public-private partnerships in employment policies, the rise of active labour market policies and ‘work first’ approaches.
The Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth set the ambitious target to increase the employment rate in Europe to 75%, which demands better policies, better cooperation and better policies on education and life-long learning.
Our working group employment facilitates mutual learning and the exchange of ideas and practices on local labour market policies. We work with the EU institutions to profile the greater role local authorities play in shaping effective labour market policies and the importance of including cities in the governance of the European social agenda.
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