1. EUROPEAN AGENCIES: WHATEVER YOU DO, WE WORK FOR YOU Bent Sørensen 20 April 2010

3. WHAT IS AN EU AGENCY Characteristics  Created by regulation in order to perform tasks clearly specified in their constituent Acts  All have a legal personality – Council Regulation  All have a certain degree of organisational and financial autonomy Differences  Internal structure  Relations with the institutions  Responsibilities and powers  Created at different points in the past

4. TYPES OF EU AGENCIES Executive agencies (6)  Established within the EC – education, health and energy  Responsible for purely managerial tasks in implementing EC programmes Regulatory agencies (30)  Decentralised in Member States  Actively involved in the executive function  Help to regulate a specific and/or advice specific sector  Support EU regulation by networking, informing and coordinating

5. WHAT IS THE ETF?  Agency of the European Union  Vision To make vocational education and training in the partner countries a driver for lifelong learning and sustainable development, with a special focus on competitiveness and social cohesion.  Mission To help transition and developing countries to harness the potential of their human capital through the reform of education, training and labour market systems in the context of the EU’s external relations policy.

6. SOME FACTS AND FIGURES Established 1990 (Council Reg. 1360) Operational from 1994 Based inTurin, Italy DirectorMadlen Serban Staff+/-120 Budget€19.46 million (2010) Partner countries29

7. European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument countries ENP South: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Tunisia and Israel ENP East: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Russia Potential candidate countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/1999), Montenegro, Serbia Candidate countries: Croatia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey Other countries from Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

8. MAIN PARTNERS  Ministries of education and labour  National vocational organisations  National service providers specialised in vocational education and training and the labour market  Other donors

9. EXPERTISE  In-depth know-how and experience in labour markets, vocational training and lifelong learning  Knowledge of partner country political, social and economic factors which are fundamental to the development of their training systems  Experience of EU external relations programmes

10. SERVICES  Support to EU programmes and dissemination of EU policies  Provision of analysis of information and data  Development of expertise and innovation

11. JOB OPPORTUNITIES  www.epso.europa.eu www.epso.europa.eu  www.eurobrussels.com www.eurobrussels.com

12. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Visit our website: www.etf.europa.eu Email us: info@etf.europa.eu