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Launch Event

EU-ALMPO – Harnessing AI in Supporting Labour Market Policy Making

  • 10 February 2026
  • 10:00–12:45 CET
  • Online
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The EU-ALMPO Launch Event marks a key milestone for a European initiative focused on using Artificial Intelligence to strengthen labour market policymaking. Although titled a “Launch Event”, the project officially started one year ago. At this stage, the consortium is ready to share initial insights, emerging directions, and early lessons from its analytical work.

The event is conceived as a space for interaction and exchange. It brings together policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and social partners to engage in a focused dialogue on how AI can meaningfully support labour market policy design and implementation across Europe. The emphasis is on realism, policy relevance, and practical value.

EU-ALMPO addresses a clear gap. Policy decisions require timely, comparable, and evidence-based insights, while existing tools often fail to match labour market complexity. The project aims to support the full Active Labour Market Policy cycle, from design and targeting to monitoring and evaluation, grounding AI use in transparency, ethics, and trust.

The agenda combines high-level perspectives from the European Commission, OECD, CEDEFOP, and DG Employment, followed by a policy-driven roundtable discussion. The objective is direct: move from promise to practice through open dialogue and informed challenge.

Agenda

  • 10:00 – 10:10 | Welcome and Project Presentation (Welcoming Alfredo Garmendia, Project presentation Giannis Tzimas)
  • Speaker: Prof. Giannis Tzimas (UOP, Project Coordinator)
  • Overview of the EU-ALMPO project, its objectives, and expected outcomes. Introduction of the project’s vision for advancing AI-supported Labour Market Policy design and implementation.
  • 10:10 – 10:15 | Statement from the European Commission
  • Opening remarks from Mihai Palimariciuc, representative of the European Commission, highlighting the relevance of AI-driven policy development and the EU’s strategic priorities in employment and digital transformation.
  • 10:15 – 11:15 | Keynote Session – The Future of Labour Market Policies and the Role of AI
  • Keynote 1: Dr. Stefano Scarpetta, Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at the OECD – “Navigating Labour Market Transitions: The Role of AI in Shaping Inclusive Employment Policies.”
  • Keynote 2: Andrea Glorioso, Policy Officer, DG Employment – “Algorithmic Management and Artificial Intelligence for quality jobs: challenges and opportunities.”
  • Keynote 3: Dr. Konstantinos Pouliakas, Expert in Skills Intelligence at CEDEFOP – “AI skill gaps in the EU labour market: a competitiveness roadblock.”
  • Keynote 4: Dr. Eleanna Kafeza, Lead Researcher at Technology Innovation Institute, TII- “Open-Source AI for Public Good: Lessons from Falcon LLM for Labour Market Applications”
  • 5 minutes break
  • 11:20 – 12:20 | Roundtable Discussion: Collaboration Between Policy, Research, and Practice
  • Moderator: Prof. Łukasz Sienkiewicz (Gdansk University of Technology)
  • Participants: Dr. Tomasz Hollanek (University of Cambridge), Ioanna Pantelaiou (OECD), Dr. Stravroula Demetriades (Eurofound), Prof. Seamus Mc Guinness (Economic and Social Research Institute), Anne Lauringson (OECD)
  • Focus on the interplay between research, technological innovation, and real-world labour market policy needs.
  • Discussion on how EU-ALMPO can support evidence-based policymaking and cross-sector collaboration.
  • 12:20 – 12:40 | Q&A Session (Łukasz Sienkiewicz & Giannis Tzimas)
  • Open floor for participants to engage with speakers and panellists, raise questions, and share reflections.
  • 12:40 – 12:45 | Closing Remarks (Dr. Flavia Pesce, IRS & Prof. Giannis Tzimas, UOP)
  • Key take aways and next steps for EU-ALMPO’s upcoming activities.
  • Expression of thanks to speakers, panellists, and attendees.

Speakers

Prof. Giannis Tzimas
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Mihai Palimariciuc
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Dr. Stefano Scarpetta
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Andrea Glorioso
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Dr. Konstantinos Pouliakas
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Dr. Eleanna Kafeza
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Prof. Łukasz Sienkiewicz
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Dr. Tomasz Hollanek
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Ioanna Pantelaiou
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Dr. Stravroula Demetriades
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Prof. Seamus Mc Guinness
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Anne Lauringson
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Dr. Flavia Pesce
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Personal Data Protection (GDPR)

Personal data collected for the registration and participation in the EU-ALMPO Launch Event will be processed for event organisation, participation management, and related communication purposes, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR).

The event will be recorded (audio/video) for documentation, communication, and dissemination purposes of the EU-ALMPO project. By participating, you acknowledge that you may appear in such recordings, particularly when actively intervening.

Personal data will not be shared with unauthorised third parties and will be retained only for as long as necessary for the above purposes. You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure, or withdraw your consent at any time by contacting the project team via https://eu-almpo.eu/contact/ or the Data Protection Officer via https://eu-almpo.eu/contact-d-p-o/.

Prof. Giannis Tzimas

Giannis Tzimas is a Professor at the University of the Peloponnese and Coordinator of the EU-ALMPO Horizon Europe project. His work focuses, among other areas, on artificial intelligence and machine learning, particularly on responsible, transparent, and policy-relevant AI applied to public policy, labor, social protection, and education. He has extensive experience leading and contributing to European research projects and World Bank–supported initiatives, helping public institutions adopt evidence-based and ethical approaches to digital transformation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled decision support.

Mihai Palimariciuc

Mihai Palimariciuc is a team leader in the fair green and digital transitions, research unit in DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion at the European Commission. His work focuses on fair transitions to a climate-neutral, digital, and sustainable Europe, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and the European Pillar of Social Rights, through research, policy analysis and development.

Dr. Stefano Scarpetta

Professor Stefano Scarpetta is the Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at the OECD. He leads OECD work on labour markets, skills, and social policies, advising governments on inclusive growth, employment transitions, and policy reforms. His expertise covers the impact of digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence on jobs, skills, and labour market institutions, with a strong focus on evidence-based and forward-looking policymaking

Andrea Glorioso

Andrea Glorioso is a senior policy officer at the DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission. His work focuses on the governance and policy implications of Artificial Intelligence and digital technologies in labour markets. He contributes to EU-level initiatives on digital transformation, employment policy, and the responsible use of AI.

Dr. Konstantinos Pouliakas

Konstantinos Pouliakasis an expert at Cedefop, specialising in skills intelligence, labourmarket analysis and vocational education and training. His work focuses on analysingtheimpact of AI and digital technology on the future of work and the drivers of skills developmentand mismatch. He has designed three waves of the European skills and jobs survey (ESJS) andmore recently developed the European VET Teacher Survey (EVTS)questionnaire. He hascontributed extensively to analytical work supporting evidence-based policymaking at European.

Dr. Eleanna Kafeza

Dr. Eleana Kafeza is a Lead Researcher at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), working at the AI Cross Unit Centre, where she leads interdisciplinary AI research with a focus on cybersecurity. She holds a PhD from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Dr. Kafeza has previously served as an Assistant and  elected Associate Professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business and at Zayed University. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at Ontario Tech University. Her work has been published in numerous high-impact journals and international conferences. Her research interests canter on advancing LLM reasoning through agentic AI, Graph Neural Networks, and Knowledge Graphs, with particular emphasis on security-oriented and interdisciplinary applications.

Prof. Łukasz Sienkiewicz

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Management and Economics at Gdansk University Technology. Coordinator of the Centre for Technological, Economic and Social Transformation (C-TEST) and one of the founders of the Institute for Labour Market Analyses. Graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics, where he also obtained his Ph.D. in the field of management science and habilitated doctorate in the field of social sciences. For over 20 years now he works as a research professional, leading and taking part in scientific, as well as business focused research. He specializes in the issues of human capital development and labour market intelligence, including digitization induced transformations and micro-credentials. Author and co-author of over 90 peer-reviewed scientific publications and 100 research and analytical reports for international organizations (European Commission, ETF, CEDEFOP, Eurofound, Inter-American Development Bank) and business practice.

Dr. Tomasz Hollanek

Dr Tomasz Hollanek is a researcher and policy expert affiliated with the University of Cambridge, where he is an Assistant Research Professor at the Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity and an Affiliated Lecturer in Computer Science. His work sits at the intersection of AI, ethics, and design, with a focus on responsible AI governance, transparency, and the societal impacts of human-AI interaction. He has contributed to research and advisory work supporting evidence-based policymaking and the responsible design, governance, and public communication of AI systems.

Ioanna Pantelaiou

Ioanna Pantelaiou is a labour market economist at the OECD’s Employability Division within the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS), where she works on labour market policies with a strong emphasis on evidence-based policymaking. Her work focuses on public employment service (PES) reforms, active labour market policies (ALMPs) including for people furthest from the labour market, digitalisation and AI in public institutions, and impact evaluation. Her work contributes to international policy analysis on human development, focusing on employment services modernisation, labour market inclusion, social protection, skills development, digital tools for improved policy design, and equitable outcomes in the green and digital transitions. 

Dr. Stravroula Demetriades

Stavroula Demetriades is a senior research manager in the Employment unit at Eurofound. She has responsibility for research in the areas of the green and just transition, social dialogue, management practices, innovation and hybrid work. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Aalborg, Denmark. She also has an MSc in Economic Policies from Trinity College Dublin and an MSc in Regional Development from Athens University. Prior to joining Eurofound in 1999, she worked in research institutes, in different posts in the public and private sectors, and conducted organisational and socioeconomic studies. Her main research interests include the green and just transition, human resource management, work systems, innovation, employment and social dialogue. She is also adjunct professor in the Business School at University College Dublin.

Prof. Seamus Mc Guinness

Seamus McGuinness is a Research Professor and the Research Area Co-ordinator for labour market research at the Economic and Social Research Institute. Most of his published research has been in the areas of labour economics and the economics of education, with a particular focus on skill mismatches. He has also published research in the areas of industrial relations, regional economics, small business economics, social deprivation and the economics of constitutional change in Ireland.  He has led research teams in a number of major international projects and acted as a consultant for a range of international organisations including the European Commission, the OECD, the Asian Development Bank and the ILO.  He routinely acts as a referee for major international journals, has been an expert advisor on international surveys (such as PIAAC and the European Skills and Jobs Survey) and is regularly invited as a key note speaker to a range of international conferences and policy forums.

Dr. Flavia Pesce

Flavia Pesce holds a PhD in Political Sociology from the University of Florence. She is Director of the Training, Labour, Community and Local Development Research Unit at IRS and a member of the IRS Board of Directors. She is also Adjunct Professor of Methodologies and Tools for Policy Design and Evaluation at the University of Bologna. She has over 30 years of experience in social research and more than 25 years of experience in the design, management, and evaluation of policies, projects, and programmes at national and European level.