ELA supports digital solutions to improve cross-border cooperation and access to information on labour mobility.
By promoting EU-wide tools and helping national authorities adopt them, ELA facilitates data exchange, detects fraud, supports rule enforcement, and improves access to information for citizens.
Key activities:
- Knowledge sharing (Digitalisation knowledge hub): in collaboration with the European Commission, ELA run projects to collect and share knowledge on existing digital tools promote their use and explore their risks and benefits .
- Innovation in practice (Innovation facilitator): ELA provides hands-on experience through solution mappings, workshops, and events like ELA TECH Conferences and Labs.
- Citizen support (Information hub): ELA supports citizens through tools like the EURES portal, which offers labour market information and guidance on living and working conditions in 30 European countries .
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EU digital tools for easier labour mobility
ELA promotes tools like IMI, EESSI, EURES, and SOLVIT through events, training, and its e-learning platform.
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Exploring digital innovations in Member States
ELA works with Member States to identify and analyse emerging digital solutions using AI, automation, and interoperability. It also gathers new ideas through calls for papers.
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Promoting digital tools and innovation
ELA helps national authorities adopt digital tools by organising workshops, providing training, and encouraging practical exchanges support real-world implementation.
How to
Submit your paper
Contribute to the ELA TECH Conference by submitting your paper on digital innovation in labour mobility. (Next call coming soon!)
Find a job with EURES
Search for jobs and explore cross-border opportunities on the EURES portal, with smart matching tools and up-to-date labour market info.
Explore past papers
Browse papers from previous ELA TECH Conferences and get inspired by real solutions and expert insights.
Digital solutions and digitalisation promotion events
ELA TECH Lab
ELA launched the TECH Lab as a pilot to support national authorities in adopting and developing digital tools that improve daily operations and services for citizens. The Lab focuses on hands-on experimentation, showing how digital solutions can be built, tested, and applied in the field of labour mobility.
More information on the ELA TECH Lab
ELA TECH Conference
ELA’s TECH Conferences are held regularly to bring together national authorities, industry, and academia to discuss digital solutions for labour mobility challenges.
Discover the topics of the upcoming 3rd edition and past conferences
EU DIGITAL TOOLS
EESSI: the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) system, established in accordance with EU Social Security Regulations, is a digital platform that facilitates the electronic exchange of information between national social security institutions, enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of data transmission.
PROGRESS: developed in collaboration between the European Labour Authority and the Technical Commission for Data Processing (TC), PROGRESS is designed to advance the European Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) system
IMI: Is dedicated to promote a more robust and effective use of the Internal Market Information (IMI) system modules for the exchange of information on posting of workers and road transport.
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