Database of labour market practices
Database of national practices on European employment policies and measures
This database gathers practices in the field of employment submitted by European countries for the purposes of mutual learning. These practices have proven to be successful in the country concerned, according to its national administration. The European Commission does not have a position on the policies or measures mentioned in the database.
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| English Title | Original Title | Country | Start Year | End Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SELFIEmployment micro loans for NEETs, and YES I Start Up training course | SELFIEmployment (Fondo Rotativo Nazionale), and YES I Start Up training course | Italy | 2016 | Ongoing | Italy; self-employment; entrepreneurship; microcredit loans; NEETs; business plan; funding applications |
| Entrepreneurship Lab | Entrepreneurship Lab | Austria | 2017 | 2019 | Austria; digitalisation; policy experiment; continuous assessment; platform-based business model; idea incubator; start-ups; co-working space; network nodes |
| Finnish Social Enterprise Mark | Yhteiskunnallinen Yritys-merkki | Finland | 2011 | Ongoing | Finland; social enterprise; employment and welfare services; work integration solutions; disadvantaged groups; social value; responsible business activities; social effectiveness; social impact; employee participation; employee ownership |
| STAR/T: the start-up community for refugees in Twente | STAR/T: pre-startup community voor statushouders in Twente | Netherlands | 2017 | Ongoing | Netherlands; entrepreneurial programmes; entrepreneurship training; reintegration tool; training for migrants; reducing unemployment; business start-ups |
| Act 112/2018 on Social Economy and Social Enterprises | Zákon 112/2018 Z.z. o sociálnej ekonomike a sociálnych podnikoch | Slovakia | 2018 | Ongoing | Slovakia; social entrepreneurship; social enterprise; social economy ecosystem; long-term unemployment; people with disabilities; marginalised communities |
| OSKA skills forecast system – a system of labour market monitoring and future skills forecasting | Tööjõu- ja oskuste vajaduse seire- ja prognoosisüsteem OSKA | Estonia | 2015 | Ongoing | Estonia; OSKA; skills forecasting; labour market monitoring; skills development; skills mismatch |
| MyCompetence Platform | Национална система за оценка на компетенциите MyCompetence | Bulgaria | 2009 | Ongoing | Bulgaria; online tool; skills and competences; self-assessment; sector competence models; life-long learning; sector skills committees; education and training; key job positions; career guidance |
| Pathways to education, employment and integration for young migrants | Percorsi per la formazione, il lavoro e l’integrazione dei giovani migranti (Percorsi I) | Italy | 2016 | 2019 | Labour market participation, skills profiling, active labour market services, traineeships, young migrants, unaccompanied minors, Italy |
| INSIDE – Strengthening the access to the labour market for beneficiaries of international protection | INSIDE – INSerimento Integrazione NordSuD inclusionE | Italy | 2015 | 2017 | Italy; labour market integration; reception centres; vulnerable groups; skills profiling; skills assessment; active labour market services; traineeships; refugees; INSIDE; training providers; on-the-job placements |
| The Local Job Barometer | Det lokale Jobbarometer | Denmark | 2017 | Ongoing | Denmark; local jobs barometer; demand and supply of labour; job opportunities; recruitment difficulties; skills matching; reducing unemployment; |
| Special introduction and follow-up support (SIUS). | Särskild stödperson för introduktions- och uppföljningsstöd (SIUS). | Sweden | 1998 | Ongoing | Supported employment, social inclusion, disability, employability rehabilitation |
| fit2work Information, advice and support services on work and health | fit2work Informations-, Beratungs- und Unterstützungsangebot zu Arbeit und Gesundheit | Austria | 2011 | Ongoing | employment, work, health, prevention, counselling |
| Tax control in the road haulage industry for hire and reward | Utredning av åkeriverksamhet i Sverige 2015 | Sweden | 2014 | Ongoing | Road haulage, Sweden, bogus self-employment, staffing agencies, tax evasion, special tax control. |
| Joint operation groups between public agencies to combat work-related crime | Sentre mot arbeidslivskriminalitet – samlokalisering mellom Arbeidstilsynet, NAV, Skatteetaten, politiet og andre offentlige myndigheter. Etablert som en del av regjeringens strategi mot arbeidslivskriminalitet | Norway | 2015 | Ongoing | Holistic approach, joint operations, interdisciplinary cooperation |
| The Work Profiler and the Personal Work Folder | De Werkverkenner and De Werkmap | Netherlands | 2014 | Ongoing | Unemployment, access to labour market, e-services, digital innovation, public employment service, profiling tool, long-term unemployment, evidence-based policy making. |
| Successfully To Employment Programme (STEP) | Succesvol naar Werk | Netherlands | 2013 | Ongoing | Job search programme; older job seekers; social network; long-term unemployment; active labour market policy; job search skills |
| Statistically Assisted Profiling (StAP) | Statistički potpomognuto profiliranje | Croatia | 2015 | Ongoing | Long term-unemployment, Public employment services, access to labour market, employment counselling, job-seekers, profiling, early intervention |
| Gijón Youth Activation Agency | Agencia de Activación Juvenil | Spain | 2013 | Ongoing | Young people, labour market integration, activation, work placement |
| The Occupational Compass | Yrkeskompassen | Sweden | 2008 | Ongoing | Occupational forecasts Long term occupational forecasts Short term occupational forecasts Regional forecasts Job opportunities Educational and vocational guidance Increased mobility |
| Introduction Programme | Etableringsuppdraget | Sweden | 2010 | Ongoing | Labour market policy, Introduction Programme, refugee policy, integration policy, asylum seeker |
| National Minimum Wage (NMW) | National Minimum Wage (NMW) | United Kingdom | 1999 | Ongoing | Minimum wage; low pay; minimum labour standard; social partnership; statutory wage regulation |
| National Skills Database (NSD) | National Skills Database (NSD) | Ireland | 2003 | Ongoing | evidence-based policy, data analysis, skills supply, skills demand, skills shortages, skill needs, skills strategy, anticipation, education, career guidance |
| Occupational training without commencing employment | Stručno osposobljavanje za rad bez zasnivanja radnog odnosa (SOR) | Croatia | 2010 | Ongoing | Work based training; youth employment |
| Building Bridge to Education | Brobygning til Uddannelse | Denmark | 2013 | Ongoing | Young people, transitions, education and training, bridge programmes, mentor, |
| Training Vouchers for personalised training provision. | Koolituskaart. | Estonia | 2009 | Ongoing | Upskilling, Unemployed Adults, Training, Education, Vouchers. |
| Lifelong Career Guidance Centre (LLCG centre) | Centar za informiranje i savjetovanje o karijeri (CISOK) | Croatia | 2013 | Ongoing | lifelong career guidance, CISOK, NEET, youth, partnership |
| Career Start Programme, Component 1 | Programa Start na karierata , Komponent 1 | Bulgaria | 2003 | Ongoing | Young people, Unemployed university graduates, Transition from education to employment, Work experience, Career opportunities, Public administration. |
| Motivational study course in folk high schools | Studiemotiverande folkhögskolekurs (SMF) | Sweden | 2010 | Ongoing | Young people, education and training, motivational study course, adult education, liberal education, folk high school, transitions, lifelong learning . |
| The Work Programme | The Work Programme | United Kingdom | 2011 | 2017 | Unemployed Adults, Conditionality, Payment-by-results |
| On the job training. | Usposabljanje na delovnem mestu. | Slovenia | 1991 | Ongoing | On-the-job training, unemployed persons, mentor, employment, Upskilling, Unemployed adults, training |
| Dote Unica Lavoro, a Re-Employment and Re-qualification endowment programme | Dote Unica Lavoro | Italy | 2013 | Ongoing | Employment, accreditation, services, training, results, cluster, placement, agencies |
| Free Childcare Scheme | Childcare b’Xejn | Malta | 2014 | Ongoing | Free Child Care; Working Mothers; Making Work Pay; Work-Life Balance, Private-Public-Partnerships, Women in the labour market. |
| ‘POE collective’: Collective operational preparation for employment | Préparation Opérationnelle à l’emploi Collective | France | 2009 | Ongoing | Vocational training, long term unemployed |
| Labour market training programme with Swedish for immigrants | Arbetsmarknadsutbildning med Sfi | Sweden | 2010 | Ongoing | Immigrants, Upskilling, Vocational Training, Unemployed Adults, Language Courses, Integration Policy, Labour Market Integration. |
| Voucher for Self-Motivated Studies in Liberal Adult | Vapaan sivistystyön opintoseteliavustus | Finland | 2007 | Ongoing | Study voucher, Disadvantaged groups, Non-formal adult education, Educational equality, Upskilling, Unemployed, Adults, Training, Education |
| Quality control of childcare facilities | Kwaliteitscontrole in de Kinderopvang | Netherlands | 2005 | Ongoing | Women; childcare; quality; female labour participation; work life balance; working parents; working mothers; quality childcare |
| Voucher for the entry to the labour market of young unemployed up to 29 years of age | Επιταγή Εισόδου στην Αγορά Εργασίας για Ανέργους νέους ηλικίας έως 29 ετών | Greece | 2013 | Ongoing | Youth employment, on-the-job training, theoretical training, courses, guidance and mentoring, matching of labour demand and supply, first job experience. |
| JobBridge | JobBridge | Ireland | 2011 | Ongoing | Activation, Employment, Internship, Training, Skills |
| Integration Subsidy | Eingliederungsbeihilfe | Austria | 1997 | Ongoing | Active labour market policy, subsidy to employer. |
| Entrepreneur support contract | Contrato de apoyo a emprendedores (CAE) | Spain | 2012 | Ongoing | Entrepreneurs, activation, young people, probationary period, hiring subsidies, tax rebates, segmentation, duality. |
| Adult Apprenticeships | Voksenlærlingeordningen | Denmark | 1997 | Ongoing | Adult apprentice, work-based training, apprenticeship contract, vocational qualification, employer subsidy, minimum wage |
| Employ.me/ Promoting employment of disadvantaged unemployed persons | Zaposli.me/ Spodbujanje zaposlovanja težje zaposljivih brezposelnih oseb | Slovenia | 2009 | Ongoing | Employment, Subsidies, Disadvantaged workers. |
| Jobs for the future | Emplois d’avenir | France | 2012 | Ongoing | young people; youth employment; subsidised job contracts; integration into work; insertion policies |
| Letter Project | Märgukirja Projekt | Estonia | 2003 | Ongoing | undeclared work; undeclared wages; control; labour inspection; sanctions; illegal employment |
| Perspective 50plus - Employment Pacts for Older People in the Regions | Perspektive 50plus - Beschäftigungspakte für Ältere in den Regionen | Germany | 2005 | Ongoing | older workers; employability; lifelong learning; PES; labour market participation |
| Graduate Talent Pool | Graduate Talent Pool | United Kingdom | 2009 | Ongoing | young people; youth unemployment; access to employment; internships; work experience; employability skills |
| Visitation process | Visitas | Norway | 2010 | Ongoing | PES; Mutual learning; Peer to peer; Labour market functioning |
| Work Experience Programme for Young People | WerkInleving voor Jongeren (WIJ) | Belgium | 2013 | 2015 | Youth unemployment; Low-skilled; Vocational training; Apprenticeships; Long-term unemployment |
| Youth Guarantee | Nuorisotakuu | Finland | 2013 | Ongoing | NEETs; Youth unemployment; Active labour market policies; VET; Social inclusion |
| Youthreach | Youthreach | Ireland | 1988 | Ongoing | Early school leavers; Further education and training; Disadvantage; Marginalisation; Social inclusion. |
| Local Employability Partnerships (LEPs) | Local Employability Partnerships (LEPs) | United Kingdom | 2010 | Ongoing | labour market functioning; labour market segmentation; access to employment; local employability partnerships; labour market participation |
| Scheme for the job placement and training of tertiary-education graduates | Σχέδιο Στελέχωσης Επιχειρήσεων με Αποφοίτους Τριτοβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης | Cyprus | 1983 | Ongoing | tertiary education; graduate; placement; training |
| Amendments to Aliens Act | Välismaalaste seaduse muudatused | Estonia | 2008 | Ongoing | high skilled workers; immigrant workers; administrative burden; labour demand |
| On-the-job training for low skilled and older workers | Weiterbildung Geringqualifizierter und beschäftigter älterer Arbeitnehmer in Unternehmen | Germany | 2007 | Ongoing | low skilled workers; older workers; adult education; on-the-job training; small and medium sized enterprises; lifelong learning |
| Dedicated Personal Advisors, Pathways to Work for Lone Parents (PWLP) | Dedicated Personal Advisors, Pathways to Work for Lone Parents (PWLP) | United Kingdom | 2007 | 2009 | lone parents, single parents, child poverty, poverty, working parents, lone parent unemployment, lone parent poverty, single parent[s] employment |
| Service vouchers for local jobs and services | Het stelsel van de dienstencheques voor buurtdiensten en –banen; Le système des titres-services pour les emplois et services de proximité | Belgium | 2003 | Ongoing | activation, undeclared labour, immigrant workers, household services, low-skilled, voucher |
| Youth workshops | Nuorten tyӧpajat | Finland | 1980 | Ongoing | NEETs; youth unemployment; active labour market policies; VET; social inclusion |
| Workplaces with Stipend Emergency Public Works Programme (WWS) | 100-Lats-programme | Latvia | 2009 | 2011 | public works; unemployment; NEETs; crisis; low-skilled people |
| Virtual Labour Market Platform (VLM) | Virtueller Arbeitsmarkt | Germany | 2003 | Ongoing | matching skills demand and skills supply; (re)integration in the labour market; labour market functioning; PES; labour market guidance; web-based tool |
| Professional traineeship programme | Programa de Estágios Profissionais | Portugal | 1997 | 2014 | young people; youth unemployment; access to employment; traineeships; work experience; employability skills |
| Youth Coaching | Jugendcoaching | Austria | 2012 | Ongoing | young people; NEETs; early intervention; ALMPs; active labour market policies; youth unemployment; schools; transitions; skills; guidance; counselling; outreach |
| Pre-training programme (aimed at qualifying young people for apprenticeships) | Einstiegsqualifizierung (EQ), between 2004-2007 known under the title Einstiegsqualifizierung Jugendlicher or EQJ | Germany | 2004 | Ongoing | young people; youth employment; vocational training; apprenticeships |
| The Memorandum of understanding on a more Inclusive Workplace (IW-agreement), Objective 3 - Raise the real (average) retirement age | Intensjonsavtalen om et mer inkluderende arbeidsliv (IA) (IA-Avtalen) - Mål 3 | Norway | 2001 | Ongoing | active ageing; senior policy; older workers; elderly workers; labour market participation; active labour market policies; centre for senior policy |
| Project learning for young adults (PLYA) | Projektno učenje za mlajše odrasle (PUM) | Slovenia | 1999 | Ongoing | young people; youth employment; training; education; project based learning; social inclusion |
| Temporary Subsidy Regulation to Stimulate Age-awareness policies | Tijdelijke Subsidieregeling Stimuleren Leeftijdsbewust Beleid | Netherlands | 2004 | 2010 | older workers; labour market participation; sustainable employability; lifelong learning; labour market segmentation |
| The Acceder programme | Programa Acceder | Spain | 2000 | Ongoing | disadvantaged groups; Roma people; social inclusion; NEETs; labour market participation |
| Supra-Company Training Programme | Überbetriebliche Lehrausbildung (ÜBA) | Austria | 2008 | Ongoing | young people; NEETs; apprenticeships; training; ALMPs; active labour market policies; youth unemployment; schools; employment services; transitions; skills |