Part of the EU's Agenda for new skills and jobs, PARES will encourage EU-level dialogue to:

• improve cooperation between the different employment services (public, private and non-profit) in EU member countries
• define fields where they can deliver complementary services.

Why do we need this partnership?

• To make publicly-funded employment services more efficient, whether delivered by public or private employment agencies
• To improve the quality of services provided – through well-structured partnerships between private and public providers.

What does PARES consist of?

• PARES strategic dialogue – forum where employment services can share and develop good practice in cooperation and complementary service provision.
  It took form of stakeholder conferences on  28-29 September 2011, 2-3 October 2012 and 24-25 October 2013, and dialogue events on:
  • Effective E-Services (17 March 2015)
  • Delivering a coordinated service offer (20 May 2014)
  • Evaluation of partnerships (14 May 2013)
  • Drafting a Memorandum of Understanding on a national level (26 April 2013)
  • Fields and forms of cooperation (13 March 2012)
  • Working in partnership at the local and regional Level (29 March 2012)
• PARES call for proposals – for projects by employment services that showcase the mixed provision of employment services for vulnerable groups.
• PES Practices database including organisational practices, tools and active labour market policies related to service delivery for jobseekers and employers.