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Since 2005 the Argentine Government has been supporting the organization and strengthening of Municipal Employment Bureaus (Oficinas Municipales de Empleo - OME) through the Ministry for Labour, Employment and Social Security (Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Seguridad Social - MTEySS). These bureaus provide employment services, seeking to inter-relate all active employment policy tools and job opportunities originating in the private sector of the economy, and unemployed persons or persons wishing to improve their work situation. OMEs are technical agencies connecting supply and demand in the area of jobs, furnishing employment-related information and guidance, and free training. Whereas Employment Bureaus fi lled a major role during the period of strong economic growth by retraining beneficiaries of the Heads of Household Programme (Programa Jefes y Jefas de Hogar), in the present crisis they are mostly a way to obtain information and access to various social programmes designed to help increase employability and employment.