Conference on the mobility of workers in Europe
- from: 11.09.2008
- to: 12.09.2008
- In: Paris, International Conference Centre
In line with the conference on flexicurity held in Lisbon on 13 and 14 September 2007, this conference on the mobility of workers in Europe, organised by the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Commission, will present the different aspects of professional mobility and try to define some joint approaches for EU Member States in this area.
The mobility of workers in Europe is an important resource both in terms of employment and European competitiveness and a central concern for Member States today. It is also central to the priorities of the European Job Mobility Action Plan (2007-2010) and the new phase of the Lisbon Stategy (2008-2010), which aims to make the European Union the most competitive economy in the world and achieve full employment by 2010. They include numerous provisions aimed at facilitating and structuring worker mobility by providing more guarantees for both employers and employees.
The implementation of common principles on flexicurity, adopted by the European Council on 5 December 2007, is also in line with efforts to improve worker mobility, along with the mission on flexicurity co-chaired by Vladimir Spidla, the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities and Gérard Larcher, French Senator for Yvelines and former minister.
This conference on worker mobility will aim to make progress in defining the initial avenues for working together. It will bring together around 200 participants (representing institutions, the social partners, businesses, research, etc.) and will allow the different aspects of mobility to be presented. By means of specific examples, it will facilitate the most pragmatic discussion possible of the issues raised by the implementation of these aspects in the Member States. Particular focus will be given to issues surrounding access to information, managing mobility and handling professional transitions.
These joint approaches will allow means of securing transition phases for workers between two jobs, two statuses, two professions and two countries within Europe. These approaches may later be intensified in the course of the Czech Presidency and the work on professional mobility which it has already set out in its work programme.
- Updated: 15.12.2008
