Benefits of Public Services for the Employment in

Flexicurity* implementation: To help in transitions during

the Crisis

Conference : « Flexicurity in times of Crisis » - Prague March 25th-26th 2009

Annie GauvinDirector of Studies, Assessment, and

International Matters

Employment pole - France*flexibility ad social securities /translator’s note/

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SPE* intervention framework and the common standpoint from December 2008

Four Flexicurity components with impacts on particular SPE activities

Flexicurity strengthens SPE role

Challenges in times of Crisis* Public Services for Employment /translator’s note/

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SPESPE Intervention Framework Intervention Framework

Statement on Public Services mission for the Employment in Lathi in 2006

« Public Services for the Employment have a special mission on the Labour Market – to provide free services to employment seekers and employers, the aim of which is to balance the supply and demand, and to contribute to higher transparency on the Labour Market»

Variability of national situations on the Labour Market and in institutions

Common principles : network significance, proximity, accessibility, care of persons in greatest difficulties

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SPESPE Intervention Framework Intervention Framework

Common standpoint was adopted at the meeting of SPE representatives on December 11th – 12th 2008. It is stated in the report «Flexicurity Mission»

SPE: possibility to actually interfere in particular implementation of Flexicurity principles

Challenges in times of CrisisTo be proactive, to react immediately to the Labour Market situation by its interventionsTo simplify and secure transitions between individual employments and between fields of activitiesTo provide immediately services to persons who just lost their jobs, to facilitate their job searchTo take care of the most vulnerable persons

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SPESPE Intervention Context Intervention Context

Demographic perspectives, economical changes, innovations of production processes

Complex and contrast situations on the European Labour Market

Manpower shortage

Lack of employment

Employment rate too low

Unemployment rate too high

Current situationSubstantial responses on Labour Markets

Increasing unemployment and decreasing working positions

Very high decline in job opportunities

Risk of interconnection with structural unemployment

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4 4 FFlexicurity lexicurity Components with impacts on Components with impacts on SPESPE Operation Operation: : In both, the Period of In both, the Period of

Economic Growth and CrisisEconomic Growth and Crisis

Active Labour Market policiesStrengthened in times of CrisisCentral SPE role

Contractual labour relations: impacts on the scope and nature of working position and manpower flows

Loss of employment conditionsTypes of job opportunities

Global lifetime education strategies appeal to SPEOrientation and capacity abilities for short-term trainings in existing jobsProviding training with the aim of permanent employment, and training for future employment

Modern social protection system: logics of balanced rights and duties of individuals and employment agents

Support of reasonable income during transition periodsStrengthening services of employment agents

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FlexicuritFlexicurityy Strengthens SPE RoleStrengthens SPE Role : 6 : 6 Specific Specific Areas of OperationAreas of Operation (1/3) (1/3)

Helping job applicants, and monitoring programs for job applicants

To intervene as soon as possibleTo apply differentiated and personal approachTo help mainly persons with greatest difficultiesUsing multi-channel approach methodsTo develop self-service

Support of transitions between individual working positions

To guide and intervene against restructuringTo provide transparency of vacanciesTo provide « management » of growing and differentiating mobilityTo supplement associated services with custom-made training

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FlexicuritFlexicurityy Strengthens SPE RoleStrengthens SPE Role : 6 : 6 Specific Specific Areas of OperationAreas of Operation (2/3)(2/3)

Activating passive measures and balanced monitoring of rights and duties of job applicants

To define active search of working positionsTo condition payments of benefitsTo connects Employment Bureaus/Agencies with authorities providing unemployment benefits

Services offered to employers for recruitment

To provide employers with professional negotiators for their recruitmentTo foresee manpower needs and to identify new sources of working positionsTo develop services adjusted to employersTo promptly satisfy job offers

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FlexicuritFlexicurityy Strengthens SPE RoleStrengthens SPE Role : 6 : 6 Specific Specific Areas of OperationAreas of Operation (3/3)(3/3)

Specific services for target persons

To expand and deepen the offer of services for persons most distant to the Labour MarketYoung people, seniors, season employees, handicapped persons, persons very distant to employment, workers with low qualification

To draw from sources of inactive manpower

Information services and support of geographic and occupational mobility

To inform on the Labour Market and vacancies in order to facilitate employment exchange and recruitments

To develop mobility support

EURES : information on the European Labour Market; assistance for applicants and agents; cross-border services

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ChallengesChallenges: SPE mus: SPE must adjust Methods of its t adjust Methods of its Operation and its OrganisationOperation and its Organisation

To work with other participants (private services, non-governmental organisations, educational and training organisations)

To provide territorial coherence of interventions (with business and social partners)

To endeavour after internal development of agent’s competencies and adjustment of organisations

To better assess efficiency and impacts of its measures

To strengthen SPE benefits for defining Labour Market policies

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ChallengesChallenges : SPE : SPE benefits in times of Crisisbenefits in times of Crisis

Measures

Maintenance of employment; keeping on the job (partial activities)

Assistance in creating working positions

Retraining supports using specific programs

Expanding the portfolio of services for new customers

Maintaining the contact with employment in job applicants

Searching sources of working positions

Increasing educational and e-learnign capacities

Developing decentralised centres in disadvantaged areas

Support in job search: strengthened or adjusted unemployment benefits

Strengthening SPE means (staff; agencies)

Increasing tax relief opportunities and interventions in partnership with other participants

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Thank you for your attentionThank you for your attention..

Continuing Work of SPE Representatives

To continue in considerations emerging from the common standpoint

Ti identify good practice

To work up the question of SPE benefits to Flexicurity in times of Crisis