Furthermore, it is necessary to create support mechanisms to re-skill the long-term unemployed, to prevent them from passing into inactivity, through obsolescence of the knowledge acquired previously. Preferably, re-skilling and the acquisition of new skills takes place within companies.
From the viewpoint of social cohesion, it is key to safeguard two aspects: firstly people must not be condemned to remain outside the labour market; and secondly the mechanisms for re-skilling workers must be efficient and the employment created is not artificial but economically sustainable.