Designing Public Employment Programmes for a sustainable recovery

This course discussed policy and design features of Public Employment Programmes (PEPs) , which provide an adaptive policy instrument that can create employment, fill gaps in the provision of assets or services, complement social protection provisions and contribute to Active Labour Market Policies (ALMPs). The course explored a wide variety of experiences on how these programmes have been used to respond to the current crises in high, middle and low-income countries. OBJECTIVES 1. Get an overview of how PEPs have been used for economic recovery over history and in the context of COVID-19; 2. Gain an understanding of the role of PEPs in achieving full employment and decent work, as well as some of the key policy dilemmas and trade-offs encountered in the use of PEPs; 3. Get familiarized with several tools for effective public programme design and implementation and assessment; 4. Acquire insights into the expansion of PEP activities into environmental works and the care economy; 5. Acquire knowledge of innovations and best practices of PEPs for decent work creation. CONTENT Module 1: Key concepts: Right to Work, Full Employment and Employment Guarantees. Module 2: Essential characteristics and design of PEPs. Module 3: PEPs creating employment in different sectors. Module 4: PEPs and Decent Work. Module 5: PEPs in relation to investment, employment and social policy. Module 6: Critical Operational issues.