Increasing Employability

The Development Partnerships (DPs) that were launched under the Employability Strand of EQUAL operated in two main fields of action:

• Facilitating access: Facilitating access and return to the labour market for those who have difficulty in being integrated or re-integrated into a labour market which must be open to all.
• Combating racism: Combating racism and xenophobia in relation to the labour market.

All the documents and material on EQUAL approaches and outcomes have been grouped under the following thematic priority headings that are set out in Regulation No 1081/2006 on the European Social Fund¹:

• Enhancing access to employment and the sustainable inclusion in the labour market;
  • Modernisation and Strengthening of Labour Market Institutions
  • Increasing the Participation of Migrants in Employment
  • Tackling Youth Unemployment – Fostering Youth Employment
• Reinforcing the social inclusion of disadvantaged people;
  • Pathways to Re-entry into Employment for Disadvantaged People
  • Promoting Diversity in the Workplace and Empowering Disadvantaged Groups
  • Combating Discrimination in accessing the Labour Market