Priority theme and activities for 2010

The main annual theme for the Mutual Learning Programme is developed based on the EU Presidencies and the Commission priorities for the coming year and is approved by the Employment Committee (EMCO).

The priority theme and work programme for 2010 are as follows:

How to balance employment policy responses to the crisis and preparing individuals and companies to meet structural challenges

Spring 2010

• Pathways to Work for Lone Parents
  10-11 May–Northern Ireland (Belfast)

• Activation of elderly: increasing participation, enforcing employability and working until the age of 67 
  31 May-01 June–the Netherlands (The Hague)

• The Ageing Population and Educational Choices  
  14-15 June–Finland (Helsinki)