Public Employment Services' Responses to the Pandemic: Examples from Portugal, Bulgaria, and Lithuania

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Ribeiro Ana SofiaORCID,Lendzhova Vladislava,Vyšniauskienė Sonata,Ferreira Tatiana,Sousa João Carlos,Roque Isabel,Kõiv Kerli,Saks Katrin,Agahi Omeed,Prieto‐Flores Òscar,O’Higgins Niall

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic provoked critical changes to welfare in Europe, requiring the dematerialisation of programmes and services while relying mainly on remote support. This study aims to present insights into how European public employment services have coped and adapted to the pandemic challenges, particularly regarding the digitalisation and delivery of services to young people in rural areas. It focuses on three case studies from distinct European regions: Portugal, Bulgaria, and Lithuania. It is based on an exploratory survey of public employment services national offices and qualitative data collected from public employment services offices in rural settings. It highlights the advantages and dangers of the adoption of digitalisation processes, namely considering literacy and accessibility in diverse contexts. It concludes that despite cultural and regional differences, all three countries evidenced an acceleration in service provision due to digitalisation and were capable of adjusting their practices to remote delivery. However, rural areas faced delays due to poor infrastructure, and after the pandemic, public employment privileged on-site delivery, since it is considered more effective in the training and counselling of young people.

Publisher

Cogitatio

Subject

Public Administration,Sociology and Political Science

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