EU reaches out to promote flexicurity approach

An initiative to help put the EU's flexicurity approach into practice at national level was launched by the European Commission on 19 May 2008.

This 'Mission for Flexicurity' aims to reach out to workers, employers and others through a series of country visits over the next two months. The initiative follows a decision by Member States at the Informal Employment Council in Brdo in January 2008. It will kick off in France today, followed by events in Sweden, Finland, Poland and Spain. Results will be presented in December 2008. [extract]