New initiatives for mobility in
Europe
Lisbon, 16 May 2014
Jackie MORIN
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EU CITIZENS have the right to move and reside freely,
including non-actives, pensioners and students (Art 21 TFEU) and to Work
• EMPLOYED
• plus family members
Free movement of workers (Art 45)
• SELF-EMPLOYED
• plus family members
Freedom of establishment (Art 49)
• POSTED WORKERS
Freedom to provide services (Art 56)
Free movement of persons in the EU
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Key figures
20.3 million
14.1 million
20 %
1.2 %
0.2 %
2004 2008 2013
1,6%
2,4%
3.1%
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Source: Eurostat, LFS and European Commission calculations.
Recent (< 10 years) intra-EU movers (econ. active) in % of labour force of destination country
Mobility trends
Recent (<10 years) mobile (economically active) EU citizens by nationality, in % of labour force of origin country, 2013
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Impact of crisis on distribution by origin countries
Recent (< 2 years) intra-EU movers (econ. active) by origin country, in 2011-12, in comparison to pre-crisis period (2007-08), in % change
Source: Eurostat, LFS and European Commission calculations
Mobility trends (3)
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Rights
Labour Market tools
Integration
Policies
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Rights
Access to the labour market
Discrimination
Social security
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Access to the labour Market
Transitional measures
Croatia (AT, BE, CY, FR, DE, EL, IT, LU, MT, NL, ES, SI, UK)
Public sector (Article 45 (4))
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• Provisions concerning defence of rights including victimisation
Mainstreaming
• Associations can represent EU workers in legal proceedings
Improve capacity to act
• National bodies on FMW should be established (information on EU law, promotion, advice, legal assistance)
Support to EU Workers
Directive on measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers in the context of freedom of movement of workers
Discrimination
EP and council shall adopt measures in the field
of social security which are necessary to provide
freedom of movement for workers
Coordination of social
Security schemes Link different systems
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All EU national who are covered under national
Law
Statutory schemes
32 countries
Social security coordination
Social security coordination Regulations 884/2004 & 987/2009
One place of insurance Equal treatment
and export of cash benefits
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Labour Markets tools
EURES
ESCO
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Labour Market tools Eures
Self-service market place
•36 000 employers registered
• 1.5 million CVs
Network of PES
• 3 million visitors / month are searching around 2 million vacancies
Human network of 900 Eures
Advisors
•Personal support
• 150 000 contacts per month with jobseekers and employers
https://ec.europa.eu/eures
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Labour Market tools ESCO
Labour market
occupations
Education Training
Market
ESCO
Skills
&
Competences
Skill mismatches Lack of transparency Difficulty to find right skills
Poor link between labour market and Education &
training market
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Integration
ESF
Dialogue with local authorities
Information
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Questions ?
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