The Regional Department of Labour, Employment, Guidance, Services and Training Activities of the Sicilian Region is entrusted with the tasks referred to in Decree No. 9 of the President of the Region of 5 April 2022. All the activities mentioned in the Decree are carried out by the intermediate and peripheral structures of the Department, which are divided into Areas and Services throughout the Region.
Among others, the Labour Department plays the role of coordinator of public employment services and regulating body of private employment agencies; coordination of competences in the field of targeted employment; activities concerning special support measures for unemployed workers; Emigration Service; job placement of young people; interventions to combat poverty; interventions to promote the start-up of youth enterprises; national and transnational mobility; coordination of the regional EURES network; manages relations with the Managing Authorities of the Structural Funds.