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Participation, inter-sectoral action, networking and local-level policies are key-concepts mobilised by public authorities in the field health promotion. These concepts are implemented by those working in the field of public health without necessarily knowing how these professionals really understand or interpret them A participatory initiative organised by the Liege Centre for Health Promotion (Province of Liege, Belgium) offered an opportunity to clarify issues related to the ownership of these concepts by the professionals in the field. The initiative also served as a forum to nourish and develop reflection around how to build more coherent public policies in the field of public health.

The European Employment Strategy has been adopted in 1997. It organizes a coordination ofnational employment policies around common European objectives. The initial method was basedon mutual learning and peer pressure but it has recently moved towards a more binding form ofgovernance.This thesis focuses on the uses of this strategy in Wallonia. It describes the procedural andcognitive effects of the EES and analyzes the strategies of the social and political actors involved inemployment policies. Finally, it highlights the effective changes in employment policies that can beassociated with this strategy., La stratégie européenne pour l’emploi, adoptée en 1997, organise une coordination des politiquesnationales de l’emploi autour d’objectifs communs. La méthode initiale reposait sur l’apprentissagemutuel et la pression par les pairs. Elle a récemment évolué vers une forme de gouvernance pluscontraignante.Cette thèse porte sur les usages de cette stratégie en Wallonie. Elle décrit les effets procédurauxet cognitifs de la SEE et analyse les comportements et stratégies des acteurs. Enfin, elle met enévidence les changements effectifs des politiques de l’emploi qui peuvent être associés à cettestratégie.