EURES,INFORMATION SYSTEM OF

THE EUROPEAN UNION

Kovács GézaEmployment Service

Phone: +36 1 210 4292E-mail: kovacsg@lab.hu

Structure

Technical Background

four broad databases

almost 1.2 milllion job vacancies

out of which the UK: 473 000, GE: 400 000,

that is 706 000 CVs

Structure

Human component

EURES manager, EURES coordinator (1-1 person from member countries)around 7- 800 counselors in member countries (out of whom, around 30 in Hungary)EURES assistants (1 person per regional office)

Human component

Role of counselorpromotion of the system (forums, open days, etc.)

providing information to clients

mutual informing

control of labour supply

Organization of labour exchange

Human Component

Establishing the network employment experts, who speak the EU languages (English, German,

French) or they are going to learn them

or

young persons, who speak mutiple languages, and who will be trained in 1-2 years

Promotion of the System (forums, open days, etc.)

Events of universities and higher education institutions,

festivals,

labour exchange,

media.

Providing information to clients

Responsible for a specific country Practical information

(Ten commandments)

Mutual informing

Meeting specific, indirect needs

Control of labour supply

Client-domestic counsellor- foreign partners-

domestic counsellor-client

Organization of labour exchange

7 international labour exchanges

(2 thematic days) Halls of bigger popular institutions Shopping malls (win-win position)

Turnover

2 - 2.5% of labour force migrates

95% of them in border regions

See: www.afsz.hu for more info

Attention!! There are a lot of frauds!