Spain: regions inaugurate new cooperation between public employment services and private agencies to reintegrate jobseekers

The government has just agreed to the intervention of private agency in the reintegration of jobseekers into the labor market, together with public employment agencies. So far, only non-profit organizations were allowed to intervene like that. A list of 80 private agencies who have just received certification was published in the national official journal on June 25. They will be able to operate as subcontractors of the placement services of registered jobseekers.
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Public and private employment agencies are going to work together. The regions, which are competent in terms of active employment policies, can ask the private agencies who have recently been authorized to help reintegrate jobseekers into the labor market. This cooperation is in line with a framework agreement developed by the Ministry of Labor, which plans €200 million in funding for 3 years. With more than 25 percent of the population without a job, the government is hoping to make it easier

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