The first six months of 2021 have been an challenging period in which Europe has made a tremendous effort to get out of the crisis. Although not yet over, the pandemic has now slowed down and has given Europe...
The European Labour Market Barometer climbed to 105.3 points in June, thus lying exactly 10 points higher than in June 2020. With a rise of 1.9 points compared to May 2021, the leading indicator of the European Network of...
Due to a change in the micro-census labour force survey some values such as unemployment rates in the statistics regularly published by EUROSTAT will change as of 1 July. The following text describes these changes in detail. Actual effects...
On the 24 and 25 June 2021, the 15th PES Network Board meeting took place, again in a virtual format. The pandemic situation did not allow the PES Board members to accept the invitation of the Portuguese Presidency to...
The European Labour Market Barometer climbed to 103.3 points in May. With a rise of 2.0 points compared to April, the leading indicator of the European Network of Public Employment Services and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) therefore...
How labour market policy and climate protection are connected, and why structural change will not work how it has until now this time. Johannes Kopf is chair of the PES Network and managing director of AMS, the Austrian public...
“There is no doubt that women have been more strongly affected by the Corona crisis. In addition to gainful employment (home office) it was women who were most exposed to additional extraordinary stress resulting from care and household responsibilities...
On May the 4th (May the force be with you!) Liechtenstein has officially joined the PES Network. We warmly welcome our new colleagues! With a population of around 40,000 inhabitants, Liechtenstein is one of the smallest countries in Europe...
In just our third ever episode, Isabelle Schlesser tells us how the Luxembourg PES (ADEM) has managed to get pizza delivery people retrained as IT experts – and how the COVID pandemic has accelerated existing trends around evolving skills...
In the latest policy briefing of the OECD you will find information on how OECD countries have responded to the crisis in adapting and expanding the provision of employment services. Since the outbreak of the crisis many countries have...