Title page
Contents
ABSTRACT 2
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 3
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 5
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7
1. INTRODUCTION 8
2. ANALYSING THE RRF'S CONTRIBUTION TO ALMP AND PES 10
3. CASE SELECTION, DATA AND METHODOLOGY 14
4. RRF INTERVENTION 16
4.1. Italy 16
4.1.1. Measures adopted 16
4.1.2. Assessment and implementation obstacles 20
4.2. Spain 24
4.2.1. Measures adopted 24
4.2.2. Assessment and implementation obstacles 27
4.3. Croatia 29
4.3.1. Measures adopted 29
4.3.2. Assessment and implementation obstacles 33
5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 34
REFERENCES 38
ANNEX I. LIST OF INTERVIEWEES 41
ANNEX II. ALMP AND PES: GOVERNANCE AND CHALLENGES 42
Italy 42
Challenges before the pandemic 43
Spain 44
Challenges before the pandemic 45
Croatia 45
Challenges before the pandemic 46
Table 1. ALMP types, goals and instruments 11
Table 2. Governance of employment services: institutional features 13
Table 3. Governance of employment services: functions 13
Table 4. Criteria for selection of case studies 14
Table 5. Implementation of the plan to strengthen PES 21
Table 6. Number of jobseekers taken in charge by GOL, by region 22
Figure 1. Breakdown by type of ALMP included in the Italian plan 17
Figure 2. Breakdown by type of ALMP included in the Spanish plan 25
Figure 3. Breakdown by type of ALMP included in the Croatian plan 30