Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1,75 (A-), Hamburg University of Ecomomy and Policy (European Studies), course: Introduction to the System of the EU, language: English, abstract: This paper seeks to provide an introduction of the European Employment Strategy (EES), its role in the European Union, with a special focus on assessing the EES after five years being in practice. A short historical overview will be followed by an assessment of the strenghts and weaknesses of the EES. Finally the open method of coordination (OMC) as a key feature of the EES will be discussed concerning its strengths and weaknesses.

Providing a UK perspective on the EU's social dimension, this new text opens with a historical overview of EU social and employment policy, which is followed by chapters that focus on specific topics covered by the 'social dimension' of the European Union. These give the reader a detailed understanding of the nature of EU involvement in each area.

Measures of Active Labor Market Policy - such as training, wage subsidies, public employment measures, and job search assistance - are widely used in European countries to combat unemployment. This study provides novel insight on this important policy issue by discussing the role of the European Commission's Employment Strategy, reviewing the experiences made in European states, and giving the first ever quantitative assessment of the existing cross-country evidence.

This policy paper focuses on EU employment oriented policies. It takes an historical perspective (from the Rome Treaty to recent EU reactions facing the 2008-2009 economic crisis), then analyses existing tools and their impact, European hard law, European Employment Strategy and the Open Method of Coordination, financing funds. It concludes on policy proposals for Europe 2020 debate.

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1,75, University of Hamburg, language: English, abstract: This essay is designed to give an overview over the development and the main features of the European Employment Strategy (EES). Furthermore it explains in brief the theoretical background of EES, mainly the open method of co-ordination (OMC). Finally there is a short assessment of the value of EES and OMC for the European Integration process in social matters and in general.