The European Social Fund in Lithuania will focus on ensuring high quality employment and social inclusion, promoting lifelong learning, increasing the capacity of researchers and boosting the efficiency of public administration.

Due to the prevailing high levels of economic and employment growth, Ireland's objective in 2007 was to ensure that the quality and quantity of labour supply matched the demand in the labour market. However, by 2008 Ireland was in a very different situation as the economic and financial crisis...

Bavaria has the highest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and the highest growth rate of any Western German Federal State. The labour force participation rate is in the range of 75%, considerably higher than the Federal German and EU average. At the same time, there are serious differences...

The ESF programme for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is designed to help this rurally structured region - which is currently suffering as a result of low competitiveness, high unemployment and considerable migration - to increase its economic power and create new jobs. Investment in people, in...

By concentrating on proactive and preventative measures, German ESF funding combats social exclusion and supports the 'upgrading' of the workforce in order to meet demographic challenges. At national level, it concentrates on the adaptability of workers to support and sustain the economy as it...

The Netherlands' priorities for ESF funding aim to guide more people to the labour market by focusing on groups that are at the margins of the labour market and to upgrade the skills of low-skilled workers. Creating more and better opportunities for these groups will increase and improve the...

ESF funding in England and Gibraltar is improving access to employment for disadvantaged groups, supporting the training of low-skilled workers, and assisting the development of managers and workers in small businesses. It offers all citizens the opportunity to improve their lives and contribute...