Roles and responsibilities of the European Coordination Office
Article 5
The European Coordination Office shall be responsible for supporting the EURES network in carrying out its responsibilities with regard to the coordinated transmission of information on job vacancies and job seeker profiles to the EURES portal, in particular by: (a) setting up and maintaining the technical infrastructure needed to receive data from the Member States through the single coordinated channel; (b) the operation and further development of the EURES portal and related IT-systems in order to provide search and matching services for the EURES network and for end users through self-services on the EURES portal; (c) setting up and maintaining the technical infrastructure needed to allow EURES Members and, where relevant, EURES Partners to access job vacancies and job seeker profiles on the EURES portal in order to make them available and searchable to their staff and users of their job-search portals; (d) ensuring that all activities related to the exchange and transmission of data are carried out in full compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/589 and the general principles set out in this Decision and by intervening whenever this is not the case; (e) providing and regularly updating information on the measures and systems put in place to ensure quality, security, integrity, confidentiality and traceability of data including the protection of personal data; (f) providing a dedicated section on the EURES portal Extranet as well as other tools and the support necessary to allow the National Coordination Offices and the EURES Members and Partners to exchange information and to handle complaints as set out in the Regulation and in in this Decision in an efficient way; (g) preparing, updating and making available on the EURES portal Extranet all the necessary technical and other documentation needed for the functioning of the data transmission and exchange, in particular the documents provided for in Article 8.