The main Union instrument to assist workers who have been affected by economic adjustment and restructuring is the ESF+, which is designed to offer assistance in an anticipatory way. The EGF is designed to offer assistance in response to unexpected major restructuring events in a reactive manner. However, the design of assistance for workers who have been affected by restructuring does not properly reflect the fact that large-scale restructuring events generally take place over a long period. Member States can use the ESF+ to upskill and reskill workers, but the ESF+ does not provide support for the upskilling and reskilling of workers in emergency situations such as those in which the workers affected by imminent job displacement find themselves. The enterprises in which the workers concerned are employed are often in economic difficulty and therefore unable to offer such assistance on their own.
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