EURES was launched in 1994 as a network between the public employment services in the European Union (EU) / European Economic Area (EEA) countries coordinated at the time by the European Commission and since 2021 by the European Labour Authority (ELA). Other organisations, such as trade unions and employer organisations, have also taken part, in particular as participants in specific partnerships in regions with high levels of cross-border commuting.
In order to make EURES stronger and more efficient as an instrument to facilitate free movement and improve the functioning of the European labour market it has undergone a reform enshrined in the EURES Regulation (EU) 2016/589.
One of the main objectives of the EURES Regulation is to expand and broaden the network to have more organisations participating, offering more information, guidance and recruitment services to an even wider audience of jobseekers and employers all over Europe.
To that end, all EU/EEA Member States must put in place national systems to admit organisations in their respective countries to become EURES Members and Partners. Any organisation providing employment services is welcome to join the network if it meets the common criteria laid down in the EURES Regulation as well as the requirements and procedures of the relevant national admission system.
Some basic requirements:
To become a EURES Member an organisation must provide all of the following three services:
- Contribute to the pool of job vacancies by transmitting data to the EURES portal
- Contribute to the pool of job applications and CVs by transmitting data to the EURES portal
- Provide support services directly to jobseekers and employers (information, guidance, post-recruitment support)
A EURES Partner must provide at least one of the three services mentioned above and justify that it cannot deliver all services of a Member e.g. because of its size, limited resources or the character of the other services it normally provides.
All EURES Members and Partners must meet certain minimum criteria listed in the EURES Regulation in terms of service delivery (e.g. compliance with labour standards and laws, capacity to offer services, free of charge services to workers) and participation in the EURES network (e.g. delivery of data according to standards and formats, programming and reporting, allocation and training of staff).
More information
To find out more about national rules and procedures and details of the national contact points, select a country in the list below. (Most of the information is only available in English)
Austria
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found here:
Belgium
For more information, please contact your regional PES:
- ADG - Public Employment Service – German-speaking Community: http://www.adg.be
- Actiris - Public Employment Service – Brussels Capital Region: http://www.actiris.be/part/tabid/86/language/fr-BE/Devenir-partenaire.aspx
- Le Forem - Public Employment Service for Wallonia: https://www.leforem.be/partenaires.html
- VDAB - Public Employment Service for the Flemish region: https://partners.vdab.be/partners
Bulgaria
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found at the website of the Bulgarian National Employment Agency: https://www.az.government.bg/pages/nacionalna-eures-mreja/
Short information in English can be found at the Bulgarian national EURES website: https://eures.bg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=249:eures-members-and-partners&catid=90&lang=en&Itemid=738
For more information, please contact the National Coordination Office: eures
az [dot] government [dot] bg (eures[at]az[dot]government[dot]bg)
Croatia
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found here: https://eures.hzz.hr/o-eures-u/postanite-clan-ili-partner-eures-a/
Cyprus
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found here:
Czechia
No information available yet, please contact the National Coordination Office:
Denmark
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found here:
Estonia
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found here:
The Estonian National Admission System into the EURES network
Finland
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found here:
The Finnish National Admission System into the EURES network
France
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found here:
Germany
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found here:
Greece
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found here: https://www.dypa.gov.gr/eures?tab=to-eures-stin-ellada&tab2=plaisio-diktyoy-eures&tab3=
Hungary
All important information, background, call of interest, etc. are published and available on the EURES Hungary national website.
Iceland
No information available yet, please contact the National Coordination Office:
Ireland
Information and contact details can be found here:
Italy
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found here:
The Italian National Admission System into the EURES network
Latvia
Information, including the procedure and minimum criteria can be found here:
- For EURES Members (licenced private employment agencies)
- For EURES Partners (associations or foundations which have at least three years of experience in providing advice on working conditions and career issues or human resource planning issues, as well as advising employers or employees on the establishment of employment relationships)
For more information, please contact the National Coordination Office: nvanva [dot] gov [dot] lv (nva[at]nva[dot]gov[dot]lv)
Liechtenstein
No information available yet, please contact the National Coordination Office:
Lithuania
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application formss can be found here:
The Lithuanian National Admission System into the EURES network
Luxembourg
No information available yet, please contact the National Coordination Office:
ADEM - L’Agence pour le développement de l’emploi (National Employment Service Luxembourg)
Malta
Calls will be published via online media (website, social media, email).
For more information, please contact the National Coordination Office:
Netherlands
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found here:
Norway
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found here:
The Norwegian National Admission System into the EURES network
Poland
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found here:
Portugal
Calls will be published on the PES website: https://www.iefp.pt
For more information, please contact the National Coordination Office:
Romania
No information available yet, please contact the National Coordination Office:
Slovakia
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found here:
The Slovakian National Admission System into the EURES network
Slovenia
Short information in English can be found at the Slovenian national EURES website: https://www.ess.gov.si/en/partners/eures-network/eures-partnerships
For more information, please contact the National Coordination Office: euresess [dot] gov [dot] si (eures[at]ess[dot]gov[dot]si)
Spain
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found here:
The Spanish National Admission System into the EURES network
Sweden
Information, including the procedure, minimum criteria and application forms can be found here:
The Swedish National Admission System into the EURES network
Switzerland
No information available yet, please contact the National Coordination Office: