THE REVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES PERFORMED SINCE THE LAST CONFERENCE OF DIRECTORS GENERAL IN MOŠOVCE

In the period from October 2000 to September 2002, public employment services from Central Europe realised all commonly agreed conclusions and agreements from the last conference of directors general. Briefly, the activities performed are as follows:

1. The Slovene and German employment services organised a joint workshop (in two parts) “Employment for Older Job Seekers”.

1. The first part of the workshop took place in Velenje, Slovenia, in October 2001. 20 representatives from all eight employment services participated. The basic aim and objective of the workshop was to determine numerous dimensions of this topic in the modern world and to prepare themes and questions for the second part of the workshop. The employment services prepared comprehensive introductory materials which made the work even more efficient.
2. The second part of the workshop was held in Lauf, Germany, in December 2001. The representatives from six employment services took part in it. A great deal of additional information was presented in the workshop but most attention was paid to the description and analysis of appropriate and necessary measures and methods to solve various problems of older job seekers.

2. The Slovak and Czech employment services prepared a joint workshop “Illegal Work” in Trenčianske Teplice in October 2000. 26 representatives from eight PES participated, who had prepared the information and materials, which formed the basis for the discussion. The recommendations and conclusions were presented in the final part of the discussion (and in the report).
3. The Austrian and Hungarian PES organised a joint workshop “Co-operation Between PES and Private Partners on the Labour Market” which took place in Sopron, Hungary, in May 2002. 24 representatives from 7 PES participated. On the basis of the participants' contributions, a discussion on numerous topics followed: basic fields of the co-operation, partners and target groups, the type and methods of co-operation, the expected results, etc.
4. In the period from 2000 to 2002 there was a lot of communication among the co-ordinators in charge of the co-operation among the Central European PES. Due to the preparation of the conference of directors general, the network of co-ordinators met twice at the meetings in Lauf and Sopron. Numerous contacts and exchanges of opinion also took place within the bilateral contacts and visits among PES from the eight countries of Central Europe.
5. The last agreement, on the organisation of the conference of directors general in Slovenia in September 2002, was realised as well.