This article provides information on a Working Group formed by the European Studies Center of the Institute for East-West Studies (ESC) in 1992 whose objective, among others, is to look for programmatic responses to unemployment in Europe. The ESC's Working group is unusual for several reasons: First, its membership is composed primarily of experts from Poland, Hungary, the Czechlands and Slovakia. Second, the Group's leadership offers expertise and a strong commitment. Another distinguishing characteristic of the ESC Working Group is its search for effective programmatic responses to unemployment. A fundamental understanding of macroeconomic conditions and alternatives is essential. The Group will study different prototype programs to recommend measures to prevent long-term unemployment and to assist the re-entry of long-term unemployed into the work force. Assuming, therefore, that governments must choose among program alternatives, deciding which to support and to fund, the Working Group will try to facilitate informed decision-making. The ESC formed the Working Group with two interrelated objectives. The traditional goal is to produce a report by the beginning of 1994 that will promote programs deemed effective responses to long-term unemployment.