PES Implementation of the Council Recommendation on the integration of Long-term Unemployed – Survey Report 2018

Public Employment Services play a key role in the sustainable activation of disadvantaged groups, including the long-term unemployed5. The Recommendation on the integration of the LTU into the labour market explicitly asked the European Network of Public Employment Services (PES Network) to contribute to the monitoring of its implementation.
This report summarises the recent developments in PES concerning the integration of the long-term unemployed back into the labour market, and it provides an overview of the effects of the Recommendation reported by PES. The report also provides information on common challenges faced by PES when implementing the Recommendation.