Objectives
Article 3
The aim of this Decision is to encourage cooperation between Member States through the Network in the field of employment, within the areas of PES responsibility, in order to contribute to ‘Europe 2020’ and to the implementation of relevant Union policies, thereby supporting: (a) the most vulnerable social groups with high unemployment rates, especially older workers and young persons not in employment, education or training (‘NEETs’); (b) decent and sustainable work; (c) the better functioning of the labour markets in the EU; (d) the identification of skills shortages and the provision of information on their extent and location, as well as the better matching of the skills of job-seekers with the needs of employers; (e) the better integration of labour markets; (f) increased voluntary geographical and occupational mobility on a fair basis to meet specific labour market needs; (g) the integration of persons excluded from the labour market as part of the combat against social exclusion; (h) the evaluation and assessment of active labour market initiatives and their effective and efficient implementation.