VT/2022/001 – see procurement documents.

Public employment services (PES) are the main agencies carrying out employment policies directly accountable to governments. They are set up to facilitate the labour market integration of jobseekers and the payment of unemployment and/or welfare benefits. Although structured differently in each country, all PES help match supply and demand in the labour market through information, placement and active support services at local, national and European levels. PES are also the main actors implementing activation policies in the Member States, and they play an important role in facilitating successful labour market transitions and integration. The quality of their services has direct consequences for the impact of employment policies on the ground. All of the above make PES key actors in fighting unemployment in Europe. The objective of the call for tender is implementation of Union-wide, evidence-based bench learning among PES to compare, the performance of their activities in the areas of PES responsibility, This activity will be complemented by technical support to provision of mutual assistance, either in the form of peer-to-peer or group activities, through cooperation, exchanges of information, experiences and staff between the members of the PES Network, thus contributing to the modernisation and strengthening of PES in key areas, in view of the Union’s employment and social policies.