Delivering the Social Pillar in cities - Employment, Social Affairs

Delivering the Social Pillar in cities - Employment, Social Affairs

Some cities have already been working together on implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights at the local level. 

In the context of the Urban Partnership for Jobs and Skills, one of the 12 partnerships under the Urban Agenda, a group of cities, led by Ghent, but working alongside Berlin, Eurocities and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions, has been working on a project aimed precisely at delivering the principles of the Social Pillar.

More specifically, this action addresses how the Pillar principles 1. Education, training and life-long learning and 5. Secure and adaptable employment can be implemented at the local level, particularly by cities. The project, like the partnership as a whole, places particular emphasis on multi-level governance.

The project has already produced:

• an analysis of 12 practices from cities on challenges and possible solutions regarding multilevel governance (MLG) in the implementation of Principles 1 and 5 of the Pillar
• and a Guide on how to deliver the Pillar at the local level (...)