The ESF should aim to promote employment, improve access to the labour market, paying particular attention to those who are furthest from the labour market and support voluntary labour mobility.
Cilji ESS bi morali biti spodbujanje zaposlovanja, izboljševanje dostopa do trga dela, usmerjanje posebne pozornosti k tistim, ki so najdlje od trga dela, in podpora prostovoljni mobilnosti delavcev.