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

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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 ?