Further develop the EURES European Job Mobility portal

Potential of action

The EURES Portal, managed by the European Coordination Office (ECO), holds 3 million job offers daily and over 400,000 CVs ready for matching.  The EURES network consists of employment service providers and other partner organisations across EU and EEA Member States and Switzerland aiming at strengthening their intra-labour mobility and achieving an integrated European labour market.  The main features of the EURES network are twofold. Thousands of jobseekers and employers across Europe benefit from the placement and matching services through the EURES network every day. Trained EURES staff offer support services and guidance on working conditions in other European countries in order to facilitate jobseekers’ and employers’ choices.

Description of action

EURES was launched in 1994 as a co-operation network between the European Commission and the national Public Employment Services, with the aim to exchange information on vacant posts, jobseekers' CVs, labour market trends and living/working conditions.

As part of the EURES 2020 project and as the new EURES regulation of 2016 stresses, there is a need for further integration of labour markets. At the regulatory level, the implementation of the EURES Regulation, which entered into force in 2016, has been completed in most areas. Building synergies with complementing initiatives such as EUROPASS2 and the Single Digital Gateway and streamlining cooperation also remain important areas for further development. Several technical improvements are ongoing, including the integration of the European Skills Competencies and Occupations (ESCO) classification allowing for a multi-lingual online matching.

Main responsible at the European Commission: DG EMPL

Target date: Already in production

Status: On track

Activities and deliverables planned are on track. Main challenges for EURES remain to complete the implementation of the CV and job vacancy exchange with all Member States. The admission of new Members and Partners, which will allow the broadening of the EURES network, and include private employment actors, has only started in 2018.

More info (website): http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=869