Promoting Active Labour Market Policies (ALMPs)

What are Active Labour Market Policies (ALMPs)?

ALMPs are aimed at improving the labour market integration of individuals. They encompass a wide array of policy interventions aimed at providing assistance and incentives for people to look actively for jobs (ILO 2019). They include such measures as providing public employment during periods of economic hardship, training and preparing workers for the labour market, supporting individuals in starting their own business, providing financial incentives for the hiring of workers and for job retention, and giving advice and assistance with labour market matching. A common objective of ALMPs is to enable beneficiaries to access jobs of better quality, with higher wages and also offering better career prospects.

What do they comprise of?

Active labour market policies comprise of:

Employment intermediation services
Labour market training
Entrepreneurship and self-employment support
Employment subsidies
Public employment programmes

Key Priority Areas

Priority areas within ALMPs and employment services include:

Innovative approaches and modernization of (public) employment services with a focus on digitalization of services and delivery.
Capacity development, both at upstream (policy) and downstream, to ensure a conducive policy and legal framework, along with effective design and delivery of integrated services.
Emphasizing the vital role that both public and private employment services play in strengthening labour market systems and promoting cooperation and partnership working among them.
The promotion of integrated delivery of measures including integration of ALMPs and social support policies and programmes to ensure coherence and effectiveness of interventions, especially for those facing multiple barriers to employment.
Supporting transparency in the labour market through strengthening of data collection and analysis systems and methodologies and tools for the evaluation of employment services and active labour market policies.
Supporting inclusiveness in the labour market through effective profiling and service segmentation and customization in the design and implementation of ALMPs.
Supporting enhancement of the agility and resilience of the labour market systems while also securing the importance of ALMPs on the national priorities in employment policies.