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Implementing the new basic allowance for job seekers in Germany
The Peer Review of Germany’s policy of “Implementing the new basic allowance for jobseekers” was hosted in Berlin by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs over 17-18 April 2007. Apart from the host country eleven peer countries participated in the review comprising Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. Each peer country was represented by an independent expert and an official. The host country offered two presentations from officials and a discussion paper from an independent German expert who combined to present and discuss the reforms to the German system ofbenefits for jobseekers initiated on January 1st 2005.
