The EU's Employment Committee (EMCO) endorsed on June 24th 2009 a report showing how flexicurity policies can be monitored. The report acknowledges that assessment of flexicurity is complex and a holistic approach is essential showing the combination and the interaction between the four dimensions: contractual arrangements, life long learning, active labour market policies and modern social security systems.

Flexicurity has been an important issue in the work programme of the European Union  Employment Committee (EMCO) in 2007 and 2008. It is highly relevant as integrated flexicurity policies are seen as an important tool for dealing with the effects of the economic crisis, as it was highlighted by a recent survey showing that citizens from countries applying flexicurity approaches were more confident about the possibility of loosing their jobs in the current economic crisis situation. The Indicators’ Group has worked to provide technical advice and support by identifying and developing indicators to monitor, analyse and present the performance of Member States with the respect to flexicurity.

Flexicurity takes on board four important elements that can help to smooth transitions between jobs. The assessment of flexicurity is complex and a holistic approach is essential showing the combination and the interaction between the four dimensions:

• Contractual arrangements
• Life-long learning
• Active labour market policies
• Modern social security systems

The report summarises how flexicurity policies can be monitored and analysed within the present  framework of European Employment Strategy (EES) indicators. A graphical way has been used to improve visualisation of change of the multidimensional phenomenon. As data availability puts a restriction on the monitoring of flexicurity, the charts in the report present the framework for the monitoring and a deliberate choice of the most relevant indicators for which data is available.

Although this report should be seen as a final report, further development of the assessment of flexicurity policies should be done as new indicators and data become available.