Entrepreneurship

In June 2000, the Italian government approved its 2000 National Action Plan (NAP) for employment, in response to the EU Employment Guidelines. Economic growth, especially in southern Italy, training, reform of the labour market, and curbing labour costs are considered to be the main priorities for

France's National Action Plan (NAP) for employment, in response to the EU Employment Guidelines for 2000, was the subject of numerous discussions between the social partners and the government before being submitted in May 2000. For the first time, a review of the contribution made by the social

In 9 September 1999, the European Commission issued the draft 1999 Joint Employment Report [1] and the draft Employment Guidelinesfor 2000 [2]. The former charts the progress made by different Member States in the implementation of the 1999 Employment Guidelines [3] (EU9810130F [4]) and the impact

Since 1998, all EU Member States are obliged to draw up annual National Action Plans (NAP s) for employment (EU9805107N [1]) based on the EU's Employment Guidelines. Member States submitted NAPs for 1999 during summer 1999, analysing implementation of the 1998 Plans and describing the policy

In the spring of 1998, the tripartite advisory Social and Economic Council submitted a report to the Dutch Government about medium- to long-term socio-economic policy. It warned that increasing pressure on the labour market may constitute the most important challenge to the Dutch consultation system

Along with all the other EU Member States, Finland has drawn up a National Action Plan (NAP) on employment in response to the EU Guidelines for Member States' employment policies 1998 [1], following the Luxembourg"Employment Summit" in November 1997 (EU9711168F [2]). The plans are to be submitted to