TERRITORIAL TERRITORIAL EMPLOYMENT PACTEMPLOYMENT PACTOF OF VALLÈS OCCIDENTAL VALLÈS OCCIDENTAL

DESCRIPTIONOBJECTIVES

OUTLINE THE VALLÈS EXPERIENCE

EQUAL SEMINAR.GREECE, September 2002

The TERRITORIAL EMPLOYMENT PACTS are initiatives promoted by the European Commission with the following aims:

•Optimise the resources directed towards combating unemployment,

•by carrying out innovative actions,

•based on the cooperation between all the public and private agents,

•drawn up from the socio-economic diagnosis of the territory and the consensus about action priorities

• and, easy to extrapolate to others territories of the European Union.  

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DESCRIPTIONDESCRIPTION

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OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES

CREATION OF STEADY, QUALITY EMPLOYMENT from:

•Reinforcing county central role

•Giving continuity to efficient actions

•Drawing up new actions and initiatives

•Extending the cooperation in the public and private field

•Consolidating the inter-relations between local employment

policies

•Communicating and transferring a common image of Vallès

Occidental

•Activating the resources in a network on a European level

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Main basic principles to constitute and develop a Pact:

•Territory: Unemployment as a major problem

local pact / supra-municipality pact

administrative territory / labour market / others

•Members: “Pacts are signed by who wants to”Government, region, local administration, private sector (business organizations, companies, banking, chambers), trade unions, associations, local entities

•Leadership: Public Administration / Employment service / others

•Legalization of the Agreement

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• Organization chart: wide but operativeGovernment organizations / Technical Office / Work groups / Specialist Assistance / Membership and collaborators

• Action Plan: Two big and clear methods

Development of Human Resources and working market / Support to economic activity and local development

Coordination and optimization of resources / Creation of joint projects

• Financing the actions

Optimal: operative program or total subsidy

Real: “puzzle” method

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How the Pact projects work:

•Drawn and guaranteed by all the partners of the Pact,

•Managed and leadered by one of the partners,

•Performed and co-financed by some or all partners and/or collaborators.

•Externally Evaluated

Pact projects types:

• supra-municipality based (e.g. tourist routes network)

• Economy Scales (e.g. commerce dynamisation)

• financing (e.g. EQUAL Community initiative)

• procedure agreement (e.g. Contingency plans of risks at work)

• innovation approach (e.g. integral actions in suburbs)

• others

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THE VALLÈS EXPERIENCETHE VALLÈS EXPERIENCE

COORDINATION AND COOPERATION TOOLS

• Agreement document: agreement among main partners (EVERY 3 YEARS)

• Cooperation Guide: definition of common procedures of the Pact

• Framework document: diagnosis of the socio-economic situation and top priority actions (YEARLY)

• County Employment Service Map: actions planning / inventory in employment active policies, of different local agents (YEARLY)