Decision (EU) 2020/1782

Ce que fait l'acte

to extend the Union-wide network of Public Employment Services (PES) until 31 December 2027. PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: Decision No 573/2014/EU of the European Parliament and the Council establishes the European Network of Public Employment Services (the Network) from 17 June 2014 until 31 December 2020. The European Parliament adopted by 627 votes to 38, with 31 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 573/2014/EU on enhanced cooperation between Public Employment Services (PES). Parliament adopted its position at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure, amending the Commission proposal as follows. The period of establishment of the European network of Public Employment Services (PES) would be prolonged until 31 December 2027. The network would aim to modernise and strengthen the PES with a view to improving their capacity, the quality of the services they provide, their effectiveness and efficiency. - intensify cooperation between its members and develop joint initiatives for the exchange of information and best practices in all areas of PES operational areas, providing benchmarking and advice, and encouraging innovative initiatives in job placement services; - contribute to the implementation of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the relevant principles and objectives of the European Green Deal and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals; - continue to intensify its systematic and structural cooperation with other relevant labour market actors, including EU agencies in the area of employment, social policy, gender equality, education and training, as well as social partners and organisations representing vulnerable groups and local and regional authorities. - all vulnerable social groups with high unemployment rates, especially older workers and young persons not in employment, education or training (NEETs) as well as people with disabilities and people facing multiple discrimination; - improving the functioning and inclusiveness of labour markets; - identifying skills shortages and providing information on their extent and areas of concern, and better matching of the skills The network should develop and implement EU-wide comparative learning between PES based on concrete data and results in order to compare, according to an appropriate methodology, the performance of their activities in the following areas: - contribution to reducing unemployment for all age, gender and vulnerable groups; - adopt and implement its annual work programme setting out its working methods, deliverables, the details related to the implementation of bench learning as well as dissemination and cooperation strategies; - promote and share best practice on the identification of vulnerable groups in the labour market, such as the long-term unemployed, workers with disabilities and NEETs, and on the…