Labour Mobility and Strengthening of EURES
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- Employment and Social Policy
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Opinion number:
CDR-1315-2014
Status:
Aprobados
Objective
To have clearly identified local and regional representatives to establish a structured dialogue and regular exchange of information with the National Coordination Offices, so that these offices can take advantage at national level of local and regional knowledge and experience, while local and regional employment services can also be kept informed about the EURES services available at national and European level;
To call on the Commission to promote a wide publicity campaign to highlight the new improved EURES service, since in its present structure it is largely unknown to many people looking for work and to many businesses offering employment;
To recommend and request that the European Commission propose new tools to support the integration of mobile workers through the use of the Structural Funds.
To call on the Commission to promote a wide publicity campaign to highlight the new improved EURES service, since in its present structure it is largely unknown to many people looking for work and to many businesses offering employment;
To recommend and request that the European Commission propose new tools to support the integration of mobile workers through the use of the Structural Funds.
Impact
The EP report, adopted on 1 July2015, takes on board a number of legislative amendments suggested by the CoR. Specifically, CoR AM 5 on the importance of cooperation and support on a cross-border basis for the categories of organisations comprised within the EURES network has been taken on board in the EP report, as well as CoR AM 10 on the inclusion of local and regional needs in the supporting role of the Member States, which was incorporated almost word-for-word. CoR AM 12 was also reflected in the EP report as a broader suggestion.
On 2 December 2015, the Permanent Representatives Committee approved an agreement reached with the European Parliament.
On 2 December 2015, the Permanent Representatives Committee approved an agreement reached with the European Parliament.
Essential points
THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
- welcomes the fact that for a large majority of EU citizens the right to freedom of movement represents one of the EU's finest achievements, and considers that it is essential to safeguard this right and facilitate its exercise by encouraging the free movement of workers;
- accordingly, calls on the Commission to put forward measures to promote and facilitate freedom of movement for persons within the EU and to draw up clear, practical rules on the coordination of social security regimes in the EU, so as to render citizens' rights fully effective;
- recommends that particular consideration be given to the fact that local and regional levels are the closest to the people and thus to jobseekers and employers, and that the labour market is therefore predominantly regional in nature;
- it is therefore important to have clearly identified local and regional representatives to establish a structured dialogue and regular exchange of information with the National Coordination Offices, so that these offices can take advantage at national level of local and regional knowledge and experience, while local and regional employment services can also be kept informed about the EURES services available at national and European level;
- calls on the Commission to promote a wide publicity campaign to highlight the new improved EURES service, since in its present structure it is largely unknown to many people looking for work and to many businesses offering employment;
- recommends and requests that the European Commission propose new tools to support the integration of mobile workers through the use of the Structural Funds.