1. EMCO and the ESF : The European Semester and the Youth Guarantee
Tom Bevers – EMCO Chairman ESF Committee, 6 March 2014

2. The Employment Committee
Created by the Treaty (Art. 150 TFEU)
Guardian of the European Employment Strategy (Art. 148 TFEU)
Prepares the EPSCO Council
Gives general guidance within the Strategy
Responsible for the Employment Guidelines and the Country-Specific Recommendations (CSRs)

3. Country Specific Recommendations
CSRs
Analysis of the Labour Market Situation
Multilateral Surveillance
JAF (Joint Assessment Framework)
EPM (Employment Performance Monitor)
Follow-up of the CSRs
Council decision
Analysis country desks DG EMPL
Country Review NRPs
Multilateral position
Commission proposal recommendations
Proposal for recommendations to EPSCO Council

4. The Semester and the ESF
CSRs
JAF (Joint Assessment Framework)
EPM (Employment Performance Monitor)
Analysis country desks DG EMPL
Analysis of the Labour Market Situation
Follow-up of the CSRs
Multilateral Surveillance
Country Review NRPs
Indicators
Implementation
Council decision
Analysis
ESF measures
Multilateral position
Consistency and contribution
Commission proposal recommendations
Proposal for recommendations to EPSCO Council

5. The Semester and the ESF
Pathways for reinforced cooperation :
Using ESF indicators in the JAF/EPM assessment of the efficiency of Active Labour Market Policies
Building on existing links within DG EMPL country desks
Delivering input to EMCO Multilateral Surveillance, on national level (preparation) and European level, and within the Commission
Strengthening “feeding in” from ESF projects to NRPs
Improving formulation of CSRs to strengthen possibilities for ESF to contribute to them
Drawing on good practice identified through Multilateral Surveillance and the Mutual Learning Programme (database) when designing ESF policies ec.europa.eu/social/mlp
 Linking policy guidance and implementation through the ESF

6. The Youth Guarantee Council Recommendation
"monitor the implementation of Youth Guarantee schemes pursuant to this Recommendation through the multilateral surveillance of the Employment Committee within the framework of the European Semester, and analyse the impact of the policies in place, and address, where appropriate, country-specific recommendations to Member States, on the basis of the guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States"
EMCO Approach :
Analysis
Surveillance

7. Monitoring through the JAF/EPM
Three levels of monitoring
Aggregate or macroeconomic indicators
NEET rate as main indicator (with accompanying information on NEET subgroups)
Other supplementary indicators (work in progress), e.g. Youth unemployment ratio, Youth activity rate, Youth unemployment rate / Overall unemployment rate
All data on a yearly basis
Age group will also be monitored
Input/process indicators (implementation stage)
Administrative data
LMP database
Non-registered young people
Follow-up indicators
LMP database (but known issues)
ESF contribution ?
ESF contribution ?

8. Multilateral Surveillance
Thematic review on youth on 2 December 2013 :
On the basis of the CSRs for BE, BG, EE, ES, FI, FR, IT, LV, LT, LU, HU, PL, RO, SE, SI, SK, UK
On the basis of draft YGIP for these countries + other volunteers
With implication of Education Committee and HoPES
Reporting to December EPSCO Council
Country review of the National Reform Programmes :
Specific attention for Youth (Guarantee)
Reporting to June EPSCO Council
Further Multilateral Review after the implementation of the Guarantee