Catalonia 2020 Strategy EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING SOCIAL COHESION INNOVATION & KNOWLEDGE ENTREPRENEURISM INTERNATIONALISATION GREEN ECONOMY Catalonia 2020 Strategy Generalitat de Catalunya (Government
Catalonia 2020 Strategy 5 Contents 1. Executive summary 2. Bases for growth 3. Framework of reference
(ECAT 2020) and its ten defining component parts 5. The six priority areas of action under ECAT 2020 5. 1. Employment and training 5. 2. Social cohesion
strategic lines of action 6. 1. Improving employability 6. 2. Improving the performance of the employment market 6. 3. Facilitating business access to finance 6. 4. Promoting the strategic adaptation
2020 Strategy 6 1. Executive summary In accordance with the new framework established by the European union in its Europe 2020 Strategy,
and better employment, establishing a roadmap for economic recovery whilst preserving the model of social cohesion.
employment and training; social cohesion; innovation and knowledge; entrepreneurism; internationalisation; and the green economy. ECAT 2020 is organised around eight strategic lines of action.
planning and implementing policies to improve competitiveness and employment. In many spheres however, the effective and efficient implementation of these policies depends on the action of other stakeholders (other public authorities, employers'organisations, companies, trade unions, workers'associations, etc..
The purpose of ECAT 2020 is to provide a framework that can unite the efforts of all those involved.
open system and a promotion and communication plan that will help to identify this initiative as a reference for Catalan competitiveness amongst citizens.
employment, finance, productivity and confidence. The CAREC report stresses that the strategy for the competitiveness of the Catalan economy should revolve around four basic ideas:
-Back to basics, that is relaunching the project for an entrepreneurial Catalonia with a strong and firmly-rooted industrial base in order to attract more sectors with high potential for job creation
employment, R&d, climate change and energy, education, and combating poverty and social exclusion. Within the framework established by the Europe 2020 Strategy,
the Member States are required to launch initiatives aimed at generating growth and employment through the so-called National Reform Programmes.
and Catalonia 2020 Strategy 11-Fostering a high-employment economy that can ensure economic, social and territorial cohesion (inclusive growth).
On 16 february 2005, the Catalan Government and economic and social stakeholders signed the Strategic Agreement for the Internationalisation, Quality of Employment and Competitiveness of the Catalan Economy.
economic growth, quality of employment and social cohesion. When this agreement expired, the signatories decided to revise its content
A particularly important initiative in this context is the Catalan Employment Strategy, whose main goal is to reduce unemployment.
This Strategy is structured into three large blocks: job creation; employability; and improving the labour market. The current situation of economic crisis and public spending restrictions requires appropriate, effective and efficient economic policy measures.
The Government is responsible for designing, planning and implementing such policies, but in many cases they can only be put into effect in cooperation with other stakeholders (other public authorities, employers'organisations, companies, trade unions, workers'associations, etc.).
Catalonia 2020 Strategy 13 4. The Catalonia 2020 Strategy (ECAT 2020) and its ten defining components The Catalan Government has drawn up ECAT 2020,
a strategy for improving the competitiveness of the Catalan economy and employment. ECAT 2020 takes its inspiration from the Europe 2020 Strategy,
which establishes a roadmap for economic recovery based on conserving the existing model for social cohesion.
transparent system of participation and a promotion and communication plan. 10. As in the two previous agreements, ECAT 2020 encourages participation
if appropriate, outside experts. Catalonia 2020 Strategy 16 5. The six priority areas of action ECAT 2020 identifies six priority areas based on
and the six priority areas of action identified by ECAT 2020 5. 1. Employment and training The greatest challenge facing the Catalan economy is to create employment.
The Government must provide a stable, reliable environment in order to restart the production system and economic growth,
The Government will promote sectors with high potential for job creation. These sectors include for example: the energy industry (energy efficiency and renewable energy sources;
care for Europe 2020 Strategy flagship initiatives Catalonia 2020 Strategy Priorities of the Europe 2020 Strategy An agenda for new skills and jobs Employment and training Youth on the move
however, that workers in these sectors require specific training and skills, which the education system should provide.
It is necessary to improve the way the labour market works, correcting certain structural problems. For instance, in order to foster economic growth based on increased productivity and quality job creation, it is necessary to improve mechanisms for professional mediation,
information and guidance so as to adjust supply to demand in the labour market. Policies promoting a culture of mobility with regard to employment
and training are also crucial to improving employability. Within its responsibilities the Catalan Government should promote job quality
and adopt measures to combat the informal economy and undeclared work. A commitment should also be made to reducing segmentation
and establishing a labour relations model that fosters the maintenance of employment and the modernisation of labour organisations.
Economic and social stakeholders should also play a major role in this sphere. In order to ensure that the labour market operate adequately,
the results achieved by the education system must also be improved, and this means a reduction in school dropout rates and equipping human capital with improved skills.
and implementation of an advanced educational model aimed at generating an innovative, inclusive and quality vocational training model, one that offers lifelong,
The crisis and rising unemployment have caused a substantial increase in situations of social inequality and poverty.
Today, unemployment is the main cause of poverty amongst the working-age population. For this reason, measures promoting social cohesion focus on integrating unemployed people into the labour market and on improving job-seeking skills.
Promoting the social economy is a basic means of correcting inequalities. In the present economic climate, public spending caps greatly restrict the public authorities'capacity to respond to growing social demands.
should lead the recovery of economic activity and job creation. However, all too often, SMES have neither the training nor the tools needed to adapt to a rapidly-changing and evermore competitive environment.
and job creation and reduces dependency on imports of goods and raw materials. The green economy offers great economic opportunities to industry, the energy sector, farming and tourism.
1. Improving employability 2. Improving the performance of the labour market 3. Facilitating companies'access to finance 4. Promoting the strategic adaptation of businesses 5. Promoting entrepreneurship 6. Fostering the transition to a more resource
employment and training; social cohesion; innovation and knowledge; entrepreneurism; internationalisation; and the green economy. Targets, budgets and monitoring indicators for each product
in order to find a place in the labour market and adapt to a rapidly changing world. In the present context of severe economic crisis and high unemployment
it is particularly important to improve employability as a way of working towards a change to Catalonia 2020 Strategy 23 a more balanced production model, based on productivity.
In the light of this, ECAT 2020 emphasises the importance of the new Catalan 2012-2020 Employment Strategy and the current Plan for the Development of Active Policies. 6. 1. 1. Improving
active policies with regard to the labour market and making a decisive contribution to improving employability are two of the challenges facing the Catalan economy.
all international organisations stress the vital role played by career guidance in integration into employment. Career information and guidance services provide support for people who need to take decisions with regard to training
and employment, helping to ensure that they make appropriate choices about their professional career and training needs.
personalised access to career guidance services. 6. 1. 2. Helping young people gain access to the labour market The dramatic situation young people face in the labour market requires society to redouble its efforts
-Making vocational training more flexible in order to adapt the professional skills taught to current and future needs of the production system,
-Enabling people to accredit skills learned through professional experience, -Substantially increasing the number of young people taking vocational training courses,
and-Increasing personalised career guidance services. Catalonia 2020 Strategy 24 6. 1. 3. Promoting new niches of employment To foster job creation,
Government measures need to focus on new employment niches and to train workers for the emerging sectors with potentially high future demand,
such as personal care services, sustainability and multimedia content. Promoting such emerging industries is essential in order to reduce the high structural unemployment generated by sectors in decline
and to establish a model for economic growth that is more balanced than previous models. 6. 1. 4. Matching vocational training to labour market requirements Serious imbalances exist between supply
and demand in the Catalan labour market, especially as regards vocational training. Vocational training should be a tool for professionalising people
and helping them to find and retain jobs, and provisions need to be brought more in line with the actual needs of production.
The Government promotes an integrated vocational training system with the following objectives: to provide a single vocational training service that is adapted to the needs of the labour market;
to develop a model for dual vocational training in cooperation with companies and production industries; to introduce a model for the recognition of work experience
and to accredit professional skills; and to establish integrated career information and guidance services. 6. 1. 5. Raising rates of school success In order to reduce the high school dropout rate in Catalonia,
action is needed with regard to the basic skills taught at primary school. This action should focus on the basic skills,
particularly by encouraging reading and increasing the number of hours devoted to mathematics. With regard to reading, the aim is to improve habits
and skills amongst the school population in the conviction that these are a key requirement for school success and lifelong learning.
and research staff of excellence and establishing prestigious MA programmes with high international profiles. 6. 1. 8. Increasing integration into labour market of people from groups at risk of social exclusion Unemployment
For this reason, the Government promotes measures to foster integration into the labour market amongst groups at risk of social exclusion.
employment incentives; awareness-raising programmes; and career guidance services. Support is provided particularly for the integration into employment of people receiving the minimum income allowance,
immigrants and ex-convicts. 6. 1. 9. Using ICTS to promote equal opportunities and improve vocational skills Accessible use of information
it is important to ensure that sufficient opportunities exist for highly-qualified workers. In this respect, the Catalonia 2020 Strategy 26 Catalan Government aims to promote the presence of Phd holders at companies
and represents an opportunity for those wishing to obtain professional qualifications abroad. Measures to promote such mobility include providing more information about job offers in other European countries
and promoting professional and educational stays abroad. 6. 2. Improving labour market performance The Catalan labour market has some structural shortcomings that require correction
in order to reduce the high levels of unemployment and to generate economic growth through increased productivity and the creation of quality jobs.
Several of the measures established in ECAT 2020 are contained in the Interprofessional agreement of Catalonia, which was signed by trade union organisations and employers'organisations in November 2011.
Operational objective Employment and training Social cohesion Innovation and knowledge Entrepreneurism Internationalisation Green economy STRATEGIC LINE 1. Improving employability 1. 1. Improving
personalised careers guidance for unemployed people 1. 2. Helping young people to gain access to the labour market 1. 3 Promoting new niches of employment 1. 4. Matching vocational training to labour market
requirements 1. 5. Raising rates of school success 1. 6. Promoting full comprehension of English as a third language 1. 7. Introducing a new university model based on excellence
and internationalisation 1. 8. Increasing integration into the labour market of people from groups at risk of social exclusion 1. 9. Using ICTS to promote equal opportunities
and information with regard to employment mediation mechanisms For the labour market to operate well, it is essential to ensure smooth communications between those looking for jobs
and companies requiring workers. To this end, it is vital to improve public employment services, to strengthen company mediation services
and to enhance and increase the information available to job seekers. The Government should also promote strategies to encourage Catalan businesses to implement measures at improving employability through open agreements that,
for example, encourage companies to hire trainees. 6. 2. 2. Promoting a model of labour relations aimed at increasing productivity
and maintaining jobs The legal and institutional framework should help to create an environment that is favourable to job creation
and to enabling companies to increase productivity and become more competitive. However to guarantee job quality and security,
Permanent social mediation bodies should contribute to building a labour relations model that can serve as a tool to promote productivity and job quality,
To this end, economic and social stakeholders should undertake to focus collective negotiation on increasing productivity within the Catalan economy. 6. 2. 3. Improving job quality and conditions of employment In order to foster
A quality working environment and secure conditions of employment are key factors in persuading workers to commit to company projects
Catalonia 2020 Strategy 28 6. 2. 4. Preventing fraud connected to undeclared work and undue reception of benefits Undeclared work leaves workers unprotected, reduces public revenues
and causes unfair competition with firms that do comply with the law. In order to prevent fraud connected to undeclared work
the Catalan Government undertakes regular inspections of companies to ensure that immigration laws are breached not.
in cooperation with employers'organisations and social stakeholders, the Government also provides advisory services on SME funding. 6. 3. 1. Improving companies'access to finance In view of the difficulties that companies encounter these days with regard to obtaining access to credit,
adapted to specific Operational objective Employment and training Social cohesion Innovation and knowledge Entrepreneurism Internationalisation Green economy STRATEGIC LINE 2. Improving labour market performance 2. 1. Improving efficiency and information
with regard to employment mediation mechanisms 2. 2. Promoting a model of labour relations aimed at increasing productivity
and maintaining jobs 2. 3. Improving job quality and conditions of employment 2. 4. Preventing fraud connected to undeclared work and undue reception of benefits Catalonia 2020 Strategy 29 needs (for example, microcredits, direct loans, mediated loans in association
with financial institutions, guarantees, capital risk funds, co-investment, etc.).It is also important to promote channels of access to finance
particularly SMES and self-employed workers, are aware of all financing options open to them. The Catalan Government also promotes other measures to provide access to finance, particularly in the case of SMES and self-employed workers.
These include refundable contributions and advisory services. 6. 3. 2. Promoting new instruments of finance The highly specific nature of certain businesses often means that the usual provisions do not cover their specific needs with regard to financing.
Within Operational objective Employment and training Social cohesion Innovation and knowledge Entrepreneurism Internationalisation Green economy STRATEGIC LINE 3. Facilitating business access to finance 3. 1. Improving
and to generate employment. The Catalunya emprèn programme pursues these objectives and seeks to promote a public-private network that can bring together
higher Operational objective Employment and training Social cohesion Innovation and knowledge Entrepreneurism Internationalisation Green economy STRATEGIC LINE 4. Promoting the strategic adaptation of businesses to the global economy
and detecting growth opportunities Catalonia 2020 Strategy 34 and vocational training), throughout society and in public opinion in order to foster entrepreneurship,
in order to obtain certain university qualifications. 6. 5. 2. Promoting business initiative, cooperatives and self-employed work In order to drive the creation of new businesses,
Government action focuses particularly on the establishment of enterprises and on cooperatives and self-employed work.
generate employment and improve social cohesion. 6. 5. 3. Promoting regional economic development Policies must take Catalonia's great territorial diversity into account.
In line with the Europe 2020 Strategy, ECAT 2020 Operational objective Employment and training Social cohesion Innovation and knowledge Entrepreneurism Internationalisation Green economy STRATEGIC LINE
cooperatives and self-employed work 5. 3. Promoting regional economic development 5. 4. Fostering the creation of technology-based companies 5. 5. Promoting social innovation
and employment and contribute to modernising the production system, whilst also reducing dependency on fossil fuels and improving security of energy supply.
and promoting recycled, recyclable and biodegradable products. 6. 7. Modernising Government The public authorities should provide a framework for economic activity and public intervention that fosters business initiative and job creation whilst preserving the rights and duties
In this sphere, Operational objective Employment and training Social cohesion Innovation and knowledge Entrepreneurism Internationalisation Green economy STRATEGIC LINE 6. Fostering the transition to a more resourceefficient economy
and efficiency of the work carried out by the justice administration. 6. 8. Promoting strategic infrastructure Providing quality infrastructure is a key condition for making Catalan business competitive
Operational objective Employment and training Social cohesion Innovation and knowledge Entrepreneurism Internationalisation Green economy STRATEGIC LINE 7. Modernising Government 7. 1. Preventing legislation
work should focus on infrastructure and, above all, management. As regards infrastructure, an efficient Catalonia 2020 Strategy 42 road system and reductions in bottlenecks are essential
Operational objective Employment and training Social cohesion Innovation and knowledge Entrepreneurism Internationalisation Green economy STRATEGIC LINE 8. Promoting strategic infrastructure 8. 1. Promoting Catalan
30 4 Executive Summary 1. Introduction: Main trends and challenges in the Regional Innovation System Central Hungary (CH) encompassing Budapest and Pest county is the economic, commercial, financial, administrative and cultural centre of Hungary.
actors'autonomy and risk taking capability and willingness to work for the community is inferior to
Due to regional innovation intermediaries'systematic work, regional SMES have accumulated some knowledge about the available innovation management services
& promotion of scientific excellence are not sufficient. Carefully designed policy instruments should target knowledge exploitation and technology transfer.
%Employment increased by 4. 7 %since 2000 and the activity rate was much higher than the otherwise quite low national average (59.1 versus 55.4%)in 2010.
and employment drop at times of crisis was not as clear-cut as in other developed regions of Hungary.
Unemployment rapidly increased, but GDP did not decline (regional GDP decreased by a mere 0. 5%2008 in current prices).
Employment in high-tech industries and in knowledge-intensive services as a share of total employment was 7. 29%in 2008,
actors'autonomy and risk taking capability and willingness to work for the community is inferior to
and on the promotion of innovative clusters. When the programme was launched the government declared that pole cities will receive €400m (altogether) for the implementation of their strategies.
which was responsible for the management of innovation promotion programmes, for consultancy in innovation management issues,
and Employment Objective) the Central Hungary Operational Programme (CHOP) the main priority axis of which is the strengthening of R&d
However, as a result of radical downsizing, the majority of experts were fired (others had to quit) and currently NIH has little capacity for strategy preparation.
For the past couple of years the trend for regional innovation promotion is marked by the centralisation of coordination to the national level and a shift towards OPS as the main (unique) funding mechanism.
the science and technology policy experts of regional development agencies started to prepare innovation strategies (often together with specialised consultancy firms).
CHIC, the Central Hungarian Innovation Centre and the related work was supported by the European union's Fifth Framework Programme.
16 and INNOREG's experts (similarly to experts in other RIAS) could only contribute to the design of the programme by suggesting sectoral priorities that would be taken into account by the otherwise identical calls.
and to the promotion of specific industries/technologies. Support to the development of accredited innovation clusters was continued in the framework of the Enterprise Development Operational Programme of the New Széchenyi Plan.
Human resources The regional innovation policy mix does not target human resources in terms of supporting higher education institutions'education activity.
Priority 3 of the New Hungary Development Plan (Social Renewal) targets among other things tertiary education, specifically the development of human resources necessary for research development and innovation.
X X X X Science-industry co-operation and technology transfer X X X X X Human resources development X X X
As for a good practice case in terms of policy practice, the lack of evaluation by independent experts makes the selection somewhat biased.
INNOREG's policies have focused mainly on the promotion of regional innovation culture (section 3. 1). Other policy initiatives included project generation:
Innostart's experts screened the research results of various HAS-institutes and selected the ones with promising commercialisation opportunities.
Due to regional innovation intermediaries'systematic work, regional SMES have accumulated some knowledge about the available innovation management services
Related employment is concentrated here and agglomeration effects play an important role in the location of these.
Foundation for Enterprise Promotion and Pro Régió Agency Central Hungary Regional Development Agency Ltd. INNOREG participates in innovation strategy design as well as in the measurement of regional innovation and in the monitoring and evaluation of regional innovation programmes.
It is to be achieved through the development of infrastructure and human resources and the realisation of a socially conscious
Supported activities also include the procurement of production machinery related to the new prototypes and the hiring of new employees.
Direct support is provided to actions that enhance economic and employment growth. The programme sets out to improve the framework conditions for innovation
supporting innovation oriented developments, improving human resources, improving public services, revitalisation of natural environment, developing the region's transport structure.
It is to be achieved through the development of infrastructure and human resources and the realisation of a socially conscious
development of human resources of the demand and supply sides, presenting and spreading modern product development methods.
including with the assistance of external experts. It also organises trainings, conferences and exhibitions. Cooperation and networking:
media events that provide publicity to innovative actors'results. 6. Promotion of the diffusion, production and use of new products and technologies by information provision about access to venture capital or to business angels
It works in close cooperation with INNOREG. However, the organisation offers a handful of acitivities to the SMES of the Central Hungary region,
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the institutional and working conditions of potential users which might influence the time available for participation;
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