Conference : Active labour market policies for the EU2020 Strategy: ways to move forward

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Active labour market policies (ALMPs) remain key policies in promoting changes and increasing employment. Nevertheless, they are at a crossroads. An ageing population, current and future job shortages and harsh financial conditions all call for new ways to move forward. The methods we choose today will be decisive for labour market dynamics in 2020 and beyond.

On October 28 and 29 over 250 delegates from all the EU member states will discuss these issues and share their knowledge. Based on the results of recent evaluations (from different European countries), they will explore new ways to advance with effective, evidence-based and future-oriented labour market policies.

• explore ways of making current and future ALMPs in the EU more measurable and evidence-based. The conference will stress the importance of evaluation methods and impact assessment in the field of ALMPs.
• identify and understand the most effective ALMP measures, based on recent evaluation and policy practices, and to draw lessons from these practices. The conference will elaborate on what works (and what doesn’t) in the broad field of ALMPs.
• discuss how to implement and design future ALMP measures within the framework of the Europe 2020 strategy. The aim is to contribute to the implementation of new employment guidelines, benchmarks and indicators for the Europe 2020 strategy.
  

Participation in the congress, the evening program and the dinner is free of charge.

• Flemish Government - Department of Work and Social Economy
• Steunpunt WSE/HIVA (Research Institute for Work and Society, associated with the University of Leuven)
• City of Antwerp
• Within the framework of Belgian EU-presidency
• In active cooperation with the European Commission
• In active cooperation with the Flemish public employment service (VDAB)