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Eurofound – European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
www.eurofound.europa.eu
The European Globalisation Fund: a cornerstone of the European social model?
Forum on Protection of Worker's Rights and Decent Work in the Context of Regional Trade Integration
Ministry of Labour, Taipei, 18 August 2015
Christian Welz
• article 175 TFEU - regulation 1927/2006 /EU repealed by regulation 1309/2013/EU
• one-off specific funding opportunity to assist individual employees adversely affected by globalisation, a high increase in imports and a decline in EU exports
• globalisation could put into question the European Social Model, a system that promotes sustainable economic growth, social dialogue, equal opportunities and good employment terms and conditions
background
• in operation since January 2007
• maximum annual budget EUR 150 million for the period 2014-2020
• total budget 2014-2020: 1.05billio EUR
• fund up to 60% of the cost of projects designed to help workers find another job or set up their own business
budget
• conditions to be fulfilled
a minimum of at least 500 employees have to have been made redundant in a company or Member State (MS) - including employees in suppliers or downstream producers) over a period of 4 months
period increases to 9 months here this involves small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
conditions
• Member State has to
demonstrate the link between planned redundancies and economic global structural changes
identify the affected enterprise and worker
identify the territory affected and the impact redundancies will have on local and regional employment
discuss the procedures used to consult the social partners.
conditions
• job-search assistance, occupational guidance, tailor-made training, outplacement assistance and entrepreneurship promotion or aid for self-employment
• special time-limited measures, e.g. job-search allowances, mobility allowances or allowances to individuals participating in lifelong learning and training activities
• measures to stimulate in particular disadvantaged or older workers, to remain in or return to the labour market.
types of actions funded
• 134 applications amounting to €561.1 million from 20 MS since 2007
• over 122 000 redundant workers have been targeted and many of them have already received tailor-made assistance
• France requested the highest amount of co-funding (€84.6 million) followed by Ireland (€67.3 million), Denmark (€63.7 million) and Italy (€62.5 )
achievements
• applications from 45 sectors (2007-2014)• most of them in manufacturing, but construction and services
were also represented
• 4 manufacturing sectors accounted for the largest number of applications the automotive industry machinery and equipment textiles printing
achievements
• enabled MS to respond more flexibly to the current employment challenges, to devote more attention to lower skilled people and harder-to-help job seekers
• useful instrument at a time of budget deficits and public sector cuts, when MS and companies are struggling to recover from the crisis.
achievements
• helped a total of 27 610 workers during 2013/14• provided more than €114.4 million to assist workers in 13
Member States (AT, BE, DE, DK, EL, ES, FI, FR, IE, IT, NL, PL and RO)
• funding was matched by another €94.1 million from national resources
• half the workers (7,656 out of 15,245) who participated in the measures found new jobs or became self-employed
• additional 667 people were at that time in education or training to increase their future employability
achievements
• IE made 9 successful applications
6 by made redundant in specifically named companies (i.e., Dell, Waterford Crystal, and SR Technics, Talk Talk, Andersen Ireland, Lufthansa Technik
3 EGF applications covered almost 9,000 workers and apprentices made redundant in three sectors of the construction industry
EGF and Ireland
• Committee of the Regions (2012) MS States must also consult with the relevant local and regional
authorities and SP during the application
• ETUC limited role of the SP in the implementation essential for the SP to be consulted and their input taken into account support only be given to workers who suffer from delocalisations to
third countries
Views on the EGF
• Eurochambres (Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry) thinks the globalisation fund "is a mistake". produces a wrong message to European entrepreneurs may give the impression that one can protect Europe from the rest of
the world, which we cannot
• Houses of the Oireachtas / IE (2010) SP must be involved throughout the process
Views on the EGF
• European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Marianne Thyssen said:
"During times when public resources are limited, the EGF has been providing welcome support to workers made redundant in mass lay-offs caused by globalisation or the crisis. Through personalised and targeted
assistance we have supported the transition of some of the most vulnerable workers into new jobs, leading to an encouraging re-employment rate of almost 50%.”
View of the European Commission
