Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1,75, University of Hamburg, language: English, abstract: This essay is designed to give an overview over the development and the main features of the European Employment Strategy (EES). Furthermore it explains in brief the theoretical background of EES, mainly the open method of co-ordination (OMC). Finally there is a short assessment of the value of EES and OMC for the European Integration process in social matters and in general.