European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring Coordinator Institute for Economics, Labour and Culture (IWAK) University of Frankfurt a.M., Germany

European Network onRegional Labour Market Monitoring

CoordinatorInstitute for Economics, Labour and Culture

(IWAK)University of Frankfurt a.M., Germany


Regional Labour Market Monitoring - a Strategy for the Support of Youth Employment

Dr. Christa Larsen

Open Days – 9th European Week of Regions and Cities Brussels Workshop 11A11 -11th October Developing Strategies for Youth Employment at the Regional/Local Level


Youth in the Focus of Regional and Local Qualification and Labour Politics source for current and prospective labour demandsource for the structure of the prospective local and regional population

Topicsprofessional orientation of pupils and studentstransition from school to employmentprofessional education and training prevention and reduction of youth unemployment

Regional/Local Actors decide for Adequate Strategies

Initial Situation___________________


Prerequisite Transparency information actors and action

Approaches of Regional / Local Labour Market Monitoring

information (user specific)

communication (no substantial effort)

action (coordinated)

Application in Regional and Local Labour Market Observatories

strategic role of operators (initiate, coordinate, facilitate)

Regional Labour Market Monitoring___________________


Initiating and Implementing Regional and Local Youth Monitoring

1.Regional and Local Operators of Labour Market Observatoriesinfusing information in discourses of local networksconnecting relevant actors and specifying information needsprovide specified data; guide and facilitate communication

2 . INITIATIVE FOR NETWORKING REGIONAL LABOUR MARKET OBSERVATORIES ACROSS EUROPEspecifying relevant indicators and data support exchange and best practice-learning

Successfactors of Youth Monitoing

Regional and Local Youth Monitoring __________________________________


Regional and Local Youth Monitoring___________________Thematic areas of indicators (Survey Aug. 2011)

Core Indicators Context Indicators

school leavers

employment

unemployment

school to work transition

skills requirements

measures

local economy/labour market

population

socio-economic situation

prospective skills’ demand

youth-related infrastructure

crime


State of the Art Assessment (Survey Aug. 2011)

Regional and Local Youth Monitoring _____________________

% observ-atories using indicators related to youth (N=243)

Core Indicators

SCHOSCHOOL OL LEAVELEAVERSRS

YOUTH YOUTH EMPLOEMPLOY-Y-MENTMENT

YOUTH YOUTH UNEM-UNEM-PLOY-PLOY-MENTMENT

SCHOSCHOOL TO OL TO WORK WORK TRANSTRANSI-TION I-TION

SKILLS SKILLS REQUIREQUIRE-RE-MENTSMENTS

MEA-MEA-SURESSURES

63% (n=152)

24% (n= 58)

3 % (n = 8)

8% (n = 21)

2% (n = 4)




% obser-vatories using indicators related to youth (N=140)

Context Indicators

LOCAL/ LOCAL/ REGIONREGIONAL AL ECONOECONOMY AND MY AND LABOUR LABOUR MARKETMARKET

POPULAPOPULA-TION -TION

SOCIO- SOCIO- ECONOECONOMIC MIC SITUATISITUATION ON

PROSPEPROSPEC-TIVE C-TIVE SKILLS’ SKILLS’ DEMANDEMANDD

YOUTH YOUTH RELATED RELATED INFRA-INFRA-STRUCTUSTRUCTURE RE

CRIME CRIME

61% (n=85)

19 % (n= 27)

12 % (n = 17)

6 % (n = 9)

2 % (n = 2)




User groups in Regions and Localities (percentage of counts)

policy makers (23%) educational institutions (21%) administration (20%) social institutions (15%)

enterprises (10%) individuals (8%)

"Relevant factors for the reduction of youth unemployment in localities are net-working and harmonised strategy development grounded on monitoring data."

(operator of a local labour market observatory in Poland, September 2011)


Regional and Local Youth Monitoring _____________________Examples of Regions and Localities conducting Youth

Monitoring Eastern Scotland, Devon (GB) Wallonie (B) Provincia Autonoma Bolzano, Emilia Romagna, Piemonte (IT) Haute Normandie, Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur, Bassin Parisian (F) Salzburg and Umgebung, Western Austria (A) Malopolska, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Wojewodztwo Slaskie(PL) Själland, Hovestaden (DK) Prague (CZ) Basque Country (E) Ticino (CH) Region Frankfurt-Rhine-Main (DE) Harju County (EE) …


Next Steps ______________________________________

INITIATIVE FOR NETWORKING REGIONAL LABOUR MARKET OBSERVATORIES ACROSS EUROPE

Second European Day in Luxembourg (6th October 2011)• results and documents

Databank • (systematic) networking and exchange

Pool of Experts and Secretary of Initiative• individual advice

Newsletter • best practice • events, meetings• projects


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Thank you for your Attention!

-------------------------------For further information:

European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring

Initiative for Networking Regional Labour Market Observatories across Europe

c/o Institute for Economics, Labour and Culture (IWAK)Centre of the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main

Dr. Christa LarsenMail: [email protected]; Phone: +49 (0)69 798 22152;

http://www.iwak-frankfurt.de

http://www.regionallabourmarketmonitoring.net/

Documents

European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring Coordinator Institute for Economics, Labour and Culture (IWAK) University of Frankfurt a.M., Germany