NATIONAL LABOUR MARKET POLICIES
Basic Information Reports
1.3.3.Management of the AMS
The functions of the AMS are described in the AMS Act (AMSG). The execution of these functions is regulated by means of norms (guidelines) both at the national level and in the organisation's own functional area. At the same time, quality assurance is used as a means to further develop the organisation.
The deployment of the organisation's resources (personnel and budget) is planned and executed in accordance with objective labour market indicators.
The removal of the AMS from under the direct supervision of the federal authority also led to changes in its management. The organisation formulates medium-term and annual priorities for labour market policy.
The following priorities have been set with respect to general labour market policy goals:
- to promote equal opportunity as an overall aim;
- to prevent long-term exclusion from the employment system;
- to optimise matching of labour market supply and demand;
- to optimise the provision of official services;
- to assist in the adaptation of the labour force to structural change.
Quantified goals are agreed between the federal authority and the Land authorities in order that the AMS can be "managed by objectives". The objectives and the deployment of resources are planned at the Land level. The regional organisations, finally, allocate the resources available to them in accordance with the needs of the clients.
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