Roles and responsibilities of the EURES Members and Partners
Article 6
1. All EURES Members and those EURES Partners who have committed to fulfil the tasks of contributing to the pool of job vacancies and/or job seeker profiles shall, via the technical infrastructure set up in accordance with this Decision, participate in the coordinated and secure transmission of information on job vacancies and job seeker profiles to the EURES portal, as referred to in Regulation (EU) 2016/589 Articles 12(3) and 17(1), in particular by: (a) setting up the technical infrastructure necessary to connect to the single coordinated channel provided in their respective country; (b) continuously monitoring the connections and being able to act swiftly in order to address any technical or other issue that may occur in relation to the connection or to the data to be transmitted; (c) 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; (d) ensuring that all data transmitted respects the agreed formats and standards as provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/589 and in this Decision; (e) ensuring that the originators of the data are fully informed and aware how their data will be used and processed; (f) 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; (g) keeping the National Coordination Office informed in a clear and transparent manner of the application of the policies regarding exclusion from the transmission of all publicly available job vacancies with the application of Regulation (EU) 2016/589 Article 17; (h) providing a Service Contact for the purpose of facilitating the coordination at national level by the National Coordination Office. The Service Contact function can be performed by a helpdesk or a similar service. 2. In order to ensure that their staff involved with the EURES network and the end-users of the job-search portals that they manage have an easy access to, and can search and make matches with the job vacancies and job seeker profiles available on the EURES portal, the EURES Members and Partners may connect their systems to and make use of the technical infrastructure provided by the European Coordination Office for this purpose.