The European Network of Public Employment Services adopted common guidelines for public employment services (PES) supporting the labour market integration of displaced people and refugees.

The guidelines incorporate lessons learned from previous experiences in the PES Network, in a context where the overall number of displaced people from Ukraine in employment keeps increasing. They list 7 key considerations and examples of PES practices in the following areas:  

1. Enhanced guidance: Providing accessible, up-to-date information for refugees and displaced people on how to enter the labour market
2. Facilitating digital job matching: Facilitating online vacancy and CV portals and job matching directly between employers, refugees and displaced people
3. Tailored language training: Tailoring language training to personal situations, skills and qualifications in order to increase job opportunities
4. Recognising skills and qualifications: Improving the process for assessing, recognising and validating the qualifications and skills required to secure work opportunities corresponding to the qualifications and experiences of refugees and displaced people
5. Sustainable inclusion: Balancing short- and long-term perspectives of fast entry into the labour market and creating a more sustainable integration process to ensure skills are used efficiently
6. Systematic collaboration: Brokering collaboration and information sharing as well as systematic involvement between authorities and civil society, closing service gaps to make it easier for refugees and displaced people to integrate into work and society
7. Working directly with employers: Close collaboration between PES and employers is crucial to the successful integration of refugees into the labour market