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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Employment guidelines for 2002/Joint employment report 20012
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011023.4.2-066"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-23-Speech-2-0672
lpv:speaker	lp:Miet Smet2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 chair; Delegation for relations with South Africa (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (2001-10-01--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3,3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3,3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, further to the present evaluation of the employment process, I should like to draw the attention of the Commission, and of Parliament too, of course, to two points. First of all, there is the method of coordination itself. It has become a popular method in the social sector with regard to a number of themes which fall within national competence but which create common problems across all European countries. It is therefore possible to put forward common goals. However, Commissioner, the success of the method, given the fact that it is not a binding mechanism, relies on the moral and political pressure that can be exerted. Media attention plays an essential role in this. The employment process based on the open coordination method has now been running for some five years, and a dramatic decline has been noticed in the level of attention given to this. Media attention has waned and, as a result of this, there has been less pressure on national governments to take serious account of the objectives and of the annual criticism levelled by the Council and Commission at their national action plans. The open coordination method is only successful insofar as convergence stress continues to exist, and efforts will need to be made in order to sustain its existence. The question therefore arises as to how the pressure can be kept up. In my opinion, this should be one of the crucial points in the evaluation. The second point is best practices. The different reports include best practices for national Member States. The question is: to what extent is a policy being adopted to actually learn something from those best practices? How many Member States have visited projects in other Member States? How many best practices have been discussed in the different Member States? It is one of the methods, even if the pressure subsides, to keep the employment policy going. I would therefore ask for both these points to be looked at in the evaluation."@en1

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