Events

Flemish Government - Department of Work and Social Economy, Steunpunt WSE/HIVA (Research Institute for Work and Society, associated with the University of K.U. Leuven), City of Antwerp within the framework of Belgian EU-precidency and in active cooperation with the European Commission and the Flemish public employment service (VDAB).

Website: ALMP2020 Congress

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 28th and 29th 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.

During the congress the organizers would like to engage with all participants in order to:

• 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.
  

The ALMP2020 Congress offers a high-level programme with a confirmed list of distinguished international and national speakers, as well as an interesting accompanying programme in the city of Antwerp.