News
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16/06/2020
PES Network points the way for a reinforced Youth Guarantee
A recent Opinion Paper by the PES Network highlights the key role of public employment services in delivering the Youth Guarantee and provides practical suggestions for reinforcing this approach.
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15/06/2020
Belgian PES launches radio broadcasts for employees in lockdown
Le Forem, the public employment service (PES) for Wallonia in Belgium, has launched its own radio broadcasts to support staff cohesion and share information within the organisation during the lockdown period.
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05/06/2020
PES Network Board agrees flexible response to the ongoing challenges of Covid
The PES Network Board’s online meeting of June 2020 not only reflected on the measures taken by PES to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, but agreed flexible solutions for the ongoing work of the Network in supporting PES through the recovery phase.
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08/05/2020
Can PES activate the inactive?
Read the thematic paper of the European Network of Public Employment Services (PES) on a new ‘PES initiative to support the activation of inactive groups’.
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30/01/2020
PES Network learning on improved customer profiling
The PES Network’s sixth and seventh thematic learning dialogues both focused on recent practices and the latest thinking in the appropriate and effective use of improved profiling in the delivery of public employment services. They were hosted by the French and German PES respectively.
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30/01/2020
The Danish PES shares its expertise on evidence-based decision-making
Data on performance and outcomes plays a crucial role in the Danish public employment service (PES), 'STAR'. PES from five European countries came to Denmark to learn from their colleagues' experience on the topic during a learning dialogue on 'evidence-based services/decisions' on 17-18 September in Copenhagen.
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30/01/2020
Public Employment Services (PES) preparing for the new decade
The recent PES Network Board meeting (12-13 December 2019 – Helsinki, Finland) was an opportunity for PES managers to prepare to meet upcoming labour market challenges, addressing the use of open data and artificial intelligence, continuous learning and the future programme of the PES Network.
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30/01/2020
PES share insights into becoming more customer-centric
While techniques such as measuring customer satisfaction are already widespread, some PES in Europe have started to directly involve customers in the design process itself. Several public employment services (PES) from Europe came together in Stockholm, on 25-26 September 2019, for a ‘thematic review workshop’ on such co-creation of services hosted by Arbetsförmedlingen, the Swedish PES.
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30/01/2020
A pilot ‘PES EU Innovation Lab’ launching in 2020
The PES Network is ready to take up the next level of cooperation, developing new ideas and solutions together with partners in a PES EU Innovation Lab. Inspired by successful examples in France and Flanders, an EU-wide PES innovation lab is being launched.
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30/01/2020
Updated EU skills profile tool for third country nationals
Public Employment Services (PES) can benefit from a newly updated online tool intended to help map the skills, qualifications and work experiences of asylum seekers, refugees and other third country nationals in order to facilitate their integration into the labour market and wider society.