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Title: Viktorija MATKO, DG EMPLEuropean Commission
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Measures against the crisis from principles to
implementation
- Viktorija MATKO, DG EMPL/European Commission
- ESF and Lisbon Strategy to face the crisis
- Restarting the economy by investing in Training
- 2 July 2009, Tivoli
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EU interventions to address the crisis
- 29 October 2008 - Communication of the Commission
action plan to address the financial crisis - 26 November 2008 - the European Economic Recovery
Plan - 16 December 2008 4 March 2009 - set of measures
leading to the Communication of the Commission
Driving European Recovery - 19-20 March 2009 recommendations of the
European Council on economical and employment
policies - 7 May 2009 EU summit in Prague measures to
address the consequences of crisis for employment
in Europe - 3 June 2009 - Communication of the Commission -
EU Shared Commitment for Employment
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Mobilising EU funding what the ESF can do?
- ESF as a key player in recovery
- Simplifications, Reprogramming, Advance payments
- Active measures to help keeping people in
employment - Support to employability, adoptability, and
developing human capital
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Crisis and the ESF principles of intervention
- Modification of EU Structural Funds regulations
2007-2013, preserving core principles of ESF
intervention - The ESF can support temporary short-term working
arrangements by financing employees training
during the periods when they are not working - Only under certain conditions, the ESF may also
finance employment subsidies for workers
participating in training - The ESF remains to be a co-financing instrument
to support national financing instruments
throughout the programming period
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What is the purpose of this seminar?
- Close cooperation through sharing of good
practices and exchange of experiences to
challenge the crisis - across Europe
- in each Member State
- Role and importance of the ESF in keeping people
in employment, promoting active measures, and
fostering the employability and adaptability of
workers
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Interventions against the crisis the Italian case
- Mix of policies
- Correlation, proportionality, eligibility of the
expenditures - Close coordination amongst Central and
Regional Authorities in defining standards
(maximum amount of contribution per participant,
audit trails)
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A comprehensive ESF approach for employment
- Significant impact on employment
- Nobody shall be left behind
- Room for initiatives at the level of each
Operational Programme, taking the specific
situations into account
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The challenges of ESF implementation
- Experiences of effective and correct mechanisms
- but also risks of financial loss in case of
ineligible expenditures - Discouraging support to measures, which would not
be admitted by the ESF regulations - Sound and efficient management, timely and
effective implementation (2007-2013 slow start,
especially in Convergence Regions)
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Boosting economy
- Keeping people in employment and upgrading their
skills to boost the economy and help facing the
crisis - Investing in human capital, improving and
modernising abilities and skills for a more
competitive, knowledge-based society - The ESF and its measures to play a relevant role
in difficult time of global crisis
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Thank you for your attention!
ESF website http//ec.europa.eu/employment_social/
esf/
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