Added value of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: A comparison of experiences in Germany and Finland

This report from the European Monitoring Centre for Change (EMCC) aims to compare EGF experiences in two countries: Germany and Finland. In both countries, changes in market patterns have affected mobile phone and component manufacturers, with BenQ in Germany and Perlos in Finland shifting production from Europe to low-cost countries in Asia with resulting large-scale factory closures and thousands of workers losing their jobs. The purpose of this case study is to explore the support measures implemented as a result of EGF intervention and the added value of the EGF in these two cases.