The objective of this draft paper is to provide an overview of the main short and medium-term challenges and strategies for PES to tackle current issues linked to COVID-19. In the short-term this concerns the implementation of short-time work and similar schemes, the reorganisation of work processes within the PES and the organisation of service delivery to jobseekers and employers. In the short to medium-term the challenges PES face are linked to the recession (including coping with rising unemployment, bringing people back into work, offering young people potential solutions, avoiding the crowding out of older workers and vulnerable groups, and handling rising benefit claims). In the medium term they relate to adjusting to structural changes within the economy. The paper begins by giving an overview of the main labour markets trends (section 1) and possible economic restructuring assumptions (section 2). It then looks into PES responses to short and medium-term challenges (section 3). Regarding section 3 in particular, information from PES was available through a survey conducted among members of the Working Group (WG) on New forms of work and via webinars organised by the PES Network. Updates were provided by WG members until 9 November 2020. Section 4 contains conclusions.

链接地址：http://dx.doi.org/10.2767/123325