Synthesis Report on Anticipating and Managing Restructuring in the EU 27 Member States Dissemination of the results – European Parliament /EMPL Committee Brussels, 14 th April 2011 European Commission Employment, Social Affair and Equal opportunities
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Synthesis Report on Anticipating and Managing Restructuringin the EU 27 Member StatesDissemination of the results – European
Parliament /EMPL Committee Brussels, 14th April 2011
European Commission
Employment, Social Affair and Equal opportunities
ARENAS objectives &Methodology27 National Background Papers (NBPs) with
case studies prepared by 27 independent experts27 national tripartite seminars held to discuss
NBPs and to examine the case studies27 NBPs revised & published after seminars Synthesis report prepared by 3 independent
authors based on the evidence in 27 NBPs and 27 seminar minutes
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Employment, Social Affair and Equal opportunities
Limitations with methodologyLimited availability of data on restructuring at
country levelPossible expert biasSeminar debates include only the views of
participants who attendedChallenges in synthesizing rich & complex
information
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Basis for the report
Coverage of every Member State of the EU. Period covered: April 2009 to June 2010 76 measures for anticipating restructuring 111 measures for managing restructuring 88 case studies More than 800 seminar participants 54 private companies involved in case studies.
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Context for drawing conclusions
Economic & financial crisis Rising unemployment from 7% (2008) to 10%
(2010) Eurozone - 9.6% EU 27Formulation & implementation of government anti-
crisis measuresDiverse labour market situations: main types of
labour market situation
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• a group of countries with modest LM spending, mainly Central & Eastern Europe
• a group of high spending countries with a blend of measures – services, measures & support
(i.e. Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Finland & Sweden)• a group of countries with a high share of LM
spending on support measures (i.e. Germany)
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Spending on labour market policy measures
Classification of anticipation measures
Measures based on forecasting of economic and labour market trends
Measures aimed at anticipating and facilitating transition during a period of change, including training and skills adaptation.
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Main measures for anticipating restructuring (I)
1. Economic forecasting measures (e.g. Government Foresight Network in Finland)
2. Labour market forecasting measures (e.g. Estonia & Portugal)
3. Regional anticipating and monitoring system (e.g. Moravian-Silesian Region of Czech Republic & TKTT Finland)