The municipality or cooperation area responsible for organising the services will be required to allocate sufficient resources to TE services in order to ensure the availability and equal access to services.
Under the Local Government Act, the municipality or joint municipal authority responsible for organising the services is responsible for ensuring equal availability of the services and other measures; for defining the need, quantity and quality of such services; for deciding how these services are provided; for supervising their provision; and for exercising powers assigned to the authority.
The specific purpose of setting certain criteria for the body responsible for organising the services is to ensure the availability of equal services. The transfer of the responsibility for organising services will involve a transfer of human resources and a significant change in the financing system, which will ultimately safeguard the provision of equal services.
Bilingual municipalities or cooperation areas will be required, based on certain criteria, to agree on mutual cooperation and the division of labour concerning TE services offered in Swedish. This will ensure the availability of Swedish-language services that are essential for jobseekers.