EU-ALMPO Launch Event: Harnessing AI to Strengthen Labour Market Policymaking
On 10 February 2026, the Horizon Europe project EU-ALMPO – EU Active Labour Market Policies Observatory held its high-level Launch Event titled “Harnessing AI in Supporting Labour Market Policy Making.” While described as a “Launch Event,” the project officially began one year earlier. The event therefore marked an important milestone, signalling the transition from foundational […]
An Analytical Framework for Addressing Skills Mismatch through ALMPs
Developing the EU-ALMPO Analytical Framework Analytical frameworks are widely used to structure reasoning in a clear and coherent manner. By drawing on shared categories and conceptual dimensions, they facilitate the understanding of complex phenomena and enable evidence to be assessed consistently across different contexts. For these reasons, such tools are particularly valuable in the field […]
The Challenge: Making AI Reliable
In the domain of public policy, accuracy is paramount. A “hallucination”—where an AI invents facts—is not merely a technical glitch but a fundamental liability that undermines the credibility of policy analysis. To address this challenge, modern AI systems employ Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), a paradigm that requires the system to consult relevant documents before generating responses […]
EU-ALMPO Roundtable at the EfVET Annual Conference 2025: Building a More Inclusive and Data-Driven Future for VET
From 22 to 25 October 2025, the EfVET Annual Conference brought together hundreds of educators, researchers, and VET professionals in Fátima, Portugal, under the theme “Wellbeing in a Digitalised World – Crafting the Future of VET 2035.” During a dedicated roundtable session on 23 October, the EU-ALMPO consortium presented the project’s mission to transform the […]
From Evidence to Action: Shaping the EU ALMP Observatory in Gdańsk
How can research, technology, and policy come together to build fairer labour markets across Europe? This question guided the latest EU-ALMPO consortium meeting, held in Gdańsk, Poland (29-31/10), where partners gathered to review progress and plan the next steps toward the creation of the EU Active Labour Market Policies Observatory. The discussions in Gdańsk went […]
EU-ALMPO Milestone: Validation Workshop Shaping the Future of Active Labour Market Policies in Europe
We are excited to announce the successful completion of the EU-ALMPO Validation Workshop for the analytical framework, held online on 26th September 2025, hosted and facilitated by IRS (Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale). The event marked a major milestone in validating the project’s analytical and technological framework, bringing together partners, selected national and EU-level experts, […]
Matching Skills to Jobs: The Greek Challenge
One of the persistent challenges in the Greek labour market is the mismatch between the skills offered by training providers and the competencies demanded by employers. While linking the Vocational Education and Training (VET) provided with the knowledge and skills needed by the labour market is a central objective of the Greek VET system (Laws […]
Matching Skills to Jobs:
One of the persistent challenges in the Greek labour market is the mismatch between the skills offered by training providers and the competencies demanded by employers. While linking the Vocational Education and Training (VET) provided with the knowledge and skills needed by the labour market is a central objective of the Greek VET system (Laws […]
Matching Skills to Jobs: The Greek Challenge
One of the persistent challenges in the Greek labour market is the mismatch between the skills offered by training providers and the competencies demanded by employers. While linking the Vocational Education and Training (VET) provided with the knowledge and skills needed by the labour market is a central objective of the Greek VET system (Laws […]
From Vision to Impact: Building EU-ALMPO’s Theory of Change Together
In early July, Tavistock Institut Germany (TIG) brought together partners from across the EU-ALMPO project to explore one of the core methodological components of Work Package 7: developing a shared Theory of Change. Over two online sessions held on 4th and 8th July 2025, around 20 participants joined each workshop, representing all eight core partner […]