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Explore the July 2024 update of the MISSOC database on social protection systems. MISSOC, coordinated by the European Commission, provides official data from national ministries and institutions on social protection.

The European Commission has published its 2024 annual review of labour markets and wage developments in Europe. The report shows that the EU labour market remained strong in 2023, despite economic slowdown, with historically low unemployment and 5.5 million jobs created since 2019.

The peer review was the opportunity for the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority to discuss their draft ‘external quality assurance accreditation manual for further education institutions’ with EQAVET members in the view of finalising it

The Commission has unveiled the second part of the European Semester Autumn Package, which includes the Commission’s proposal for a recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area for 2025, the 2025 Alert Mechanism Report, and the Commission’s proposal for the 2025 Joint Employment Report.

The PES Network has just released a new Paper, "Evidence-based services: latest trends", spotlighting the latest strategies, practices, tools and techniques in data-driven service design in European Public Employment Services.

The latest episode of PESPod – the podcast of the European Network of Public Employment Services (PES Network) – discusses the role of the PES Network as it celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2024.

The e-library on Vocational Excellence is online!

A meeting of the Child Guarantee Coordinators dedicated to the provision of one free healthy meal per school day to children in need and their access to healthy nutrition took place on 10-11 December in Brussels. 

During the 22nd Meeting of Board Members of the European Public Employment Services Network, hosted by the Hungarian presidency on 5-6 December 2024 in Budapest, Heads of PES came together to discuss PES priorities and challenges.