The concept of ‘distance travelled’ is a way to measure progress in achieving ‘soft outcomes’ that may lead to sustained employment or other associated ‘hard outcomes’ in the future.

The aim of the guidebook is to support ESF managing authorities and intermediate bodies in implementing the partnership principle in their programmes.

This publication displays lessons learnt from transnational cooperation since 2015 around five themes: ways of working in the Thematic Networks; synergies between the ESF and other EU funds and programmes; stakeholder engagement; transfer of learning; mainstreaming.

This report features 30 ESF projects funded under the 2016 transnational coordinated call, involving organisations from 14 Member States.

In line with the ESF education and skills network’s aim to support the implementation of the EU Digital skills and jobs coalition, this paper includes examples of ESF-funded projects featuring innovative solutions to the challenges of digitalisation and the future of work and skills.

This paper looks at how ESF Managing Authorities and their partner organisations may support employers, employees and unemployed people in job carving and/or job crafting – two methods aiming to match the needs of enterprises with the talents, needs and interests of individuals.

Building on the ESF Network on Partnership, this report displays a preliminary mapping of partnership interpretations in the regulations of other EU Funds and programmes, including Erasmus+, EaSI, FEAD, Horizon2020, Cohesion Fund, ERDF, EAFRD, EMFF, etc.

This paper presents key learning from the network on how to embed migrant integration more effectively using the ESF. The learning draws from the network’s study visits, meetings, case studies and workshops on migrant integration.

This paper builds upon the work of the ESF Network on Partnership to present a preliminary mapping of partnership interpretations and perspectives beyond the ESF, and to explore how partnership is understood in the regulations of other EU Funds and programmes, including Erasmus+, EaSI, FEAD, Hori

Between 2016 and 2018, the ESF Youth Employment network explored support to marginalised Youth through site visits: integrated services (Finland), the role of foundations (Germany), young offenders (Czechia), innovation and sports (Belgium), helping young people leaving care (UK - Scotland).