supporting the economic diversification of rural areas (e.g. the synergy between structural, employment and rural development policies); and

The synergy between structural, employment and rural development policies needs to be encouraged.

Providing support for restructuring therefore involves various cross-cutting policy areas – policy on state aid, the directives on informing and consulting employees, the European social dialogue, employment policy, the financial support instruments such as the Social Fund, industrial and enterprise policy or rural development policy, for example.

policies which contribute to anticipating and accompanying restructuring (employment policy, financial support instruments, industrial and company policy and rural development policy).

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4. Improving employment policies and employment services a) The balance of labour market expenditure should be shifted towards the development of active labour market policies, and within them to those active measures most effective in helping people into work, with priority attention to the long-term unemployed and young people.