EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING SOCIAL COHESION INNOVATION & KNOWLEDGE ENTREPRENEURISM INTERNATIONALISATION GREEN ECONOMY Catalonia 2020 Strategy
5. 1. Employment and training 5. 2. Social cohesion 5. 3. Innovation and knowledge 5. 4. Entrepreneurism
6. 2. Improving the performance of the employment market 6. 3. Facilitating business access to finance
employment, establishing a roadmap for economic recovery whilst preserving the model of social cohesion ECAT 2020 establishes objectives
employment and training; social cohesion; innovation and knowledge entrepreneurism; internationalisation; and the green economy ECAT 2020 is organised around eight strategic lines of action.
implementing policies to improve competitiveness and employment In many spheres, however, the effective and efficient implementation
employment, finance, productivity and confidence The CAREC report stresses that the strategy for the competitiveness of the Catalan
employment, R&d climate change and energy, education, and combating poverty and social exclusion Within the framework established by the Europe 2020 Strategy,
required to launch initiatives aimed at generating growth and employment through the so-called National Reform Programmes.
-Fostering a high-employment economy that can ensure economic, social and territorial cohesion (inclusive growth ECAT 2020 follows the roadmap laid down by the Europe 2020 Strategy,
signed the Strategic Agreement for the Internationalisation, Quality of Employment and Competitiveness of the Catalan Economy.
employment and social cohesion When this agreement expired, the signatories decided to revise its content
particularly important initiative in this context is the Catalan Employment Strategy whose main goal is to reduce unemployment.
competitiveness of the Catalan economy and employment. ECAT 2020 takes its inspiration from the Europe 2020 Strategy,
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, an essential condition for generating jobs and
jobs Employment and training Inclusive growthyouth on the move European platform against poverty Social cohesion Resource-efficient Europe Green economy Sustainable growth
jobs Employment and training Inclusive growthyouth on the move European platform against poverty Social cohesion Resource-efficient Europe Green economy Sustainable growth
Policies promoting a culture of mobility with regard to employment and training are also crucial to improving employability
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
employment and training; social cohesion; innovation and knowledge; entrepreneurism; internationalisation; and the green economy Targets, budgets and monitoring indicators for each product
2020 emphasises the importance of the new Catalan 2012-2020 Employment Strategy and the current Plan for the Development of Active Policies
decisions with regard to training and employment, helping to ensure that they make appropriate choices about their professional career and training needs.
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
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
1. 3. Promoting new niches of employment 1. 4. Matching vocational training to labour market requirements 1. 5. Raising rates of school success
6. 2. 1. Improving efficiency and information with regard to employment media -tion mechanisms For the labour market to operate well,
6. 2. 3. Improving job quality and conditions of employment In order to foster sustained economic growth based on productivity, it is crucial to
conditions of employment are key factors in persuading workers to commit to company projects and contribute to improving competitiveness
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
2. 3. Improving job quality and conditions of employment 2. 4. Preventing fraud connected to undeclared work and undue reception of benefits
and to generate employment. The â€oecatalunya emprã n†programme pursues these objectives and seeks to promote a
generate employment and improve social cohesion 6. 5. 3. Promoting regional economic development Policies must take Catalonia†s great territorial diversity into account.
Renewable energy sources generate business opportunities and employment and contribute to modernising the production system,
growth and employment, environment, climate change health and education, inclusive societies, well-being, etc Making a project to tackle societal needs implies framing the needs
challenges to developing countries of ï ight of capital, tax evasion and employment reduction by oï €shoring
the local Leipzig employment centre, which provided temporary staff for over fifteen years Digitising the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig
high employment economy delivering social and territorial cohesion Tracking the progress of growth within each
•Employment-raising the employment rate for women and men aged 20-64 to 75
employment, Â educationâ andâ training, Â andâ socialâ inclusion. Â Thisâ mayâ includeâ humanâ resourcesâ developmentâ activitiesâ
for 3. 3%of EU GDP and 3%of employment in the EU 2 OJ C 297,7. 12.2006, p. 1
In employment terms, almost 67%of workers are employed by SMES of which 45%are employed by micro-enterprises, 30%by small companies and the remaining 25%by medium
Table 1 †Number of enterprises, SME employment and gross valued added in EU 27 (2010
%Employment Number 38 905 519 26 605 166 21 950 107 87 460 792 43 257 098
employment 6 Table 2 illustrates the size of six different industry clusters2 in terms of the percentage of the total
%in Lithuania to 37.8%in the UK In terms of employment size, this cluster is followed closely by
†labour intensive industries†with employment rates ranging from 20%(UK) to 44.2%(Slovakia The lowest levels of employment are found in the †life science†and †tourism and hospitalityâ€
clusters The use of heat map colours in table 2 helps to analyse employment rates vertically.
There is a geographical divide at cluster level as well; when comparing the different clusters it is clear that
in particular Member States some clusters are more significant in terms of employment ï§â€ Creative and cultural industries†employ most people in The netherlands, Latvia
ï§The Baltic states Latvia and Lithuania take the lion share in terms of employment in the cluster †Transport & distributionâ€
Table 2 †Cluster employment(%of total Member State workforce employed in particular cluster Source: Deloitte, based on Clusterobeservatory. eu (2011
employment SMES highly depend on entrepreneurs Nevertheless, in the EU a truly entrepreneurial climate is often
create employment Three priorities have been set to help achieve this vision ï§To become a magnet for highly skilled talent
specialists8 accounted for around 3-4%of EU employment, OECD estimated that in 2010 a
ICT Skills and Employment. New competences and jobs for a greener and smarter economy 10 IDC (2009.
Exploiting the employment potential of ICTS Empirica and IDC Europe (2013. e-Skills for Competitiveness and Innovation:
and employment by stating in the European Agenda for the Integration of Third Country Nationals that"their creativity and innovation capacity should be
Furthermore, employment would be boosted, with 1. 2 million jobs expected to be created in infrastructure construction in the short term, rising to 3. 8 million jobs throughout the economy in
employment evolves 69 Contacts Vincent Fosty Deloitte Consulting †Partner vfosty@deloitte. com Dana Eleftheriadou
Exploiting the employment potential of ICTS -European commission (2012. Jobs for Europe: The Employment policy Conference -Sectors with high job creation potential
ICT Skills and Employment -OECD (2012. ICT Skills and Employment. New competences and jobs for a greener and
smarter economy -OECD (2010. ICT Skills and employment 72 Annex Industry clusters Table 7-Industry clusters in Europe(%of total Member State workforce employed in particular cluster
Source: Deloitte, based on Clusterobeservatory. eu (2011 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland
Employment and Competitiveness for SMES 03 An Opportunity Exists in Ireland to Change Mindsets about What it
firms are found to have on average a 9. 1%higher employment growth rate, a 18.7%higher added value rate and a 10.4%higher
Finish Ministry of Employment and the Economy and the Ministry of Education and Culture (2012
growing employment and high value industrial skills in Ireland Lessons from Cirdan Imaging †Hidden Design†Key to Development
Finish Ministry of Employment and the Economy and the Ministry of Education and Culture (2012
ideas for business and employment growth (Part of Innovation Strategies The comprehensive work of Raulik-Murphy (2010), 32 completed
behaviour change (the employment of designers, investment in R&d and implementation of design processes), performance
Ministry of Trade and Employment Investment: â 8m to date (2008-ongoing Run by: The Norwegian Centre for Design and Architecture
Employment /Stephen Dunniece, Technical Director & Systems Design Engineer Cirdan Imaging /Tom Edgar, Head of Consultancy at Queen†s
Trade and Employment /Karen Hennessy, Chief executive Design and Crafts Council of Ireland /Stephen Hughes, Manger Construction
zz Growth and employment: Digital value creation and digital networking stimulate growth and drive efficiency
growth, prosperity and employment Today, Germany†s ICT industry generates almost 85 billion euros of economic value added, and therefore contributes
technologies on employment and labour markets, health protection and business organisations. Working together with the social partners, we will develop new, economically
-more, a noticeable impact on employment trends is to be expected The Federal government will address
by addressing challenges surrounding integrating young people into the employment market, highlighting innovative approaches and uses of ICTS,
reshaping pathways for employment and entrepreneurship. It is a dynamic environment where governments and other stakeholders need to be more adept at developing
4 New employment and entrepreneurship opportunities †Emerging sectors...17 4. 1 Online job services and job matching...
and provide them with better opportunities for employment Against this backdrop, ongoing advances in information and communication technologies (ICTS) are
for both wage employment and creating one†s own business. ICT literacy not only qualifies people for jobs
employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. The database is available at: www. itu. int/ITU-D/youth
The primary focus of the report follows, covering new employment sectors, new skills, and new ways of
One of these is a working definition of employment and entrepreneurship. For purposes of this report a
It includes wage employment, self employment, and farming. Under this categorization, entrepreneurship is a form and subset of self employment.
6 International labour organization,"Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013, †(Geneva: International Labour Office 2013), 1
7 International labour organization,"Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013, †3 8 Jenny Marlar, â€oeglobal Unemployment at 8%in 2011:
Although these jobs count as employment they do little to contribute to an individual†s well-being and a country†s economic development
In addition, 621 million youth are â€oeidle††known as NEET (not in education, employment, or training
Education to Employment: Designing a System that Works,(Washington, D c.:Mckinsey Center for Government, 2012), www. improvingthestudentexperience. com/library/general/Educationtoemployment. pdf
11 International labour organization,"Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013, †8 Digital opportunities: Innovative ICT solutions for youth employment
It renders solutions to the employment crisis more difficult to find, and in the case of over
in some developing economies, meaning they are unemployed, in irregular employment †most likely in the informal sector,
Education to Employment, 10 15 Ibid. 36 16 International labour organization,"Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013, †2
Youth More likely to Be unemployed and Underemployed Among those in the Labour force %Unemployed%Underemployed %Employed full time for
19 International labour organization,"Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013, †11 Youth unemployment rates 2000 and 2007†2016, by region
Youth not engaged in employment, education, or training (NEET) is one of the main challenges
likely to lack the life skills required for formal employment as well as the social networks needed to obtain
increases in the youth part-time employment rate of 11.8 and 20.7 percentage points respectively between the second quarter of 2008 and 2011.25 One out of three youth state that they opted for
-employment and farming to the coexistence of traditional and modern modes of production. 27 Nearly half
20 International labour organization, â€oeglobal Employment Trends for Youth 2012â€oe (Geneva: International Labour Office 2012), 31 21 International Youth Foundation, Opportunity for Action:
25 International labour organization,"Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012,21 26 Ibid, 23 27 World bank, World Development Report 2013:
29 International labour organization,"Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013, †18 30 Ibid 31 International labour organization, â€oedecent Work and Youth in Latin america, †(Geneva:
35 International labour organization,"Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013, †18 36 ibid. 4 37 International labour organization,"Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012,17
38 International labour organization,"Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013, †19 Digital opportunities: Innovative ICT solutions for youth employment
9 Youth face an underdeveloped private sector and a growing informal sector. The Middle east has among
Informal employment in the middle East, at about 67 per cent of the workforce, is higher than that in
Formal employment in the Arab States is associated strongly with public sector jobs. Young people are more likely to look for employment in the public sector because these jobs offer higher pay, better
benefits, fewer working hours, and job security. However, jobs in this sector are contracting. Meanwhile new jobs available in the private sector are filled not as youth continue to pursue public sector jobs
44 International labour organization,"Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013, †17 45 Ibid. 17 46 Ibid.
50 International labour organization,"Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013, †13-15 51 International Youth Foundation, Opportunity for Action:
56 International labour organization,"Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013, †20 57 Ibid. 20 Digital opportunities:
As a result, African youth are typically found in vulnerable employment conditions. ILO estimates that an
Informal sector employment shares, by region (2009 Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database Educational attainment among youth is chronically low.
59 International labour organization,"Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012,26 60 UNESCO Institute for Statistics,"Global Education Digest 2011,"(Montreal:
ICT-led transformations of all workforce sectors should improve the employment and entrepreneurial prospects of youth with ICT skills.
4 New employment and entrepreneurship opportunities †Emerging sectors The increasing adoption of ICTS in everyday life,
services, are creating opportunities for youth to find employment that transcend traditional paradigms The way young people find
employment in their own communities. New approaches to outsourcing like crowdsourcing and microwork are providing young people worldwide with task
The global increase in the use of mobile technologies is playing a key role in expanding employment
Great potential for employment growth derives from a demand for services enabled by mobile phones. 81 Young people can now find
covered, followed by new opportunities for ICT enabled employment. The chapter then turns to the
growing app industry, its potential for employment, and some of the issues related to becoming an app
employment for young people around the world. Lastly opportunities that green jobs may hold for youth
young women may not have the same freedoms to seek employment through conventional means, and men largely dominate internet cafes
employing people with limited opportunities for sustainable employment as principal workers in business process outsourcing centres to provide high-quality, information-based services to domestic and
persons with disabilities unprecedented levels of access to education, skills training and employment, as well as the opportunity to participate in the economic, cultural and social life of their communities. †100
employment, in many cases stimulated by initiatives and organizations focused specifically on empowering this population
significant source of digital employment for young people. Gaming platforms also rely on the outsourcing of small tasks through third-party gaming services like Crowdflower.
employment for themselves as digital entrepreneurs. An estimated 100 000 young, low-skilled workers in China and Viet nam earn their primary income by outsourcing their services to gaming platforms. 102 The
employment as gold farmers 104 Power-leveling is using the help of another, stronger player in a role playing video game to level a character more
youth job training and employment in many regions around the world. In cities throughout the developing
people†s first interactions with technology as well as a huge source of employment and entrepreneurship There are countless initiatives that offer youth skills training in device repair, local employment
opportunities, as well as business training for local micro enterprises Action Technique pour un Developpement Communautaire Action Technique pour un Developpement Communautaire (ATEDEC) is designed a project to
opportunity for employment in which ICTS and youth could play a major role. It is estimated that a shift to
107 OECD, â€oeict Skills and Employment: New Competences and Jobs for a Greener and Smarter Economy, †OECD Digital
Employment growth in the renewable energy sector alone is projected to be impressive for the coming
Other areas of employment in the green economy that involve a range of ICTS from geographic
some 7 per cent of all formal employment. 112 110 United nations Environment Programme. â€oegreen Economy, Renewable Energy:
111 OECD, â€oeict Skills and Employment: New Competences and Jobs for a Greener and Smarter Economy. â€
jobs to increase our employment and youth employment rates. †115 Paulo, YMCA volunteer Upgrading youth ICT skills will be a key factor in their ability to participate in and benefit from the green
employment 5. 1 Computer literacy Computer literacy â€oerefers to the ability to use computers and related technologies, from end-users to ICT
basic computer skills as a minimum qualification for employment. 117 An increasing number of non-IT
services aimed at improving the employment prospects of their clients. These services include: 125 •CV preparation
Support,"(OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Working papers 11,2010), www. oecd -ilibrary. org/content/workingpaper/5km7rq0k8h9q-en
connecting them with greater opportunities for education, employment and entrepreneurship Through Youthspark, Microsoft will dedicate the majority of its cash contributions to nonprofit
opportunity for employment Website: code. google. com/soc 7. 3 Learning and innovation places The classic notion of the learning place is associated with organized institutions such as schools
designed to harness ICTS for youth education, employment, and entrepreneurship. The examples are the result of a combination of factors:
partnerships across sectors to spur innovation, economic growth and employment. International agencies have played a vital role by bringing attention to the urgent needs of youth, and convening governments
employment and entrepreneurship. It is concerned especially with the school to work transition, an important period in the lives of youth.
and (5) enacting policies that boost employment and entrepreneurship opportunities 8. 1 ICTS in education
The transformations taking place around youth, ICTS, employment, and entrepreneurship are characterized by rapid change and innovation.
and positioned to seize new employment and entrepreneurship opportunities? The report has outlined a number of strategies pertaining to the role of government
and connecting them to employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. Telecentres, libraries community technology centres and other places that offer computer resources, internet connectivity, and
"OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED Working papers 11 (2010. www. oecd-ilibrary. org/content/workingpaper/5km7rq0k8h9q-en
"Global Employment Outlook September 2012: Bleak Labour Market Prospects for Youth.""Geneva: International Labour Office, 2012
"Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012.""Geneva International Labour Office, 2012 International labour organization.""Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013. †Geneva
International Labour Office, 2013 International labour organization. Working Towards Sustainable Development Opportunities for Decent Work and Social Inclusion in a Green Economy.
Education to Employment: Designing a System that Works. Washington, D c.:Mckinsey Center for Government, 2012
OECD."Employment and Labour markets: Key Tables from OECD."OECD, 2012. www. oecd -ilibrary. org/employment/employment-and-labour markets-key-tables-from-oecd 20752342
Digital opportunities: Innovative ICT solutions for youth employment 67 OECD. ICT Skills and Employment: New Competences and Jobs for a Greener and Smarter Economy
OECD Digital economy Papers, No. 198. OECD Publishing, 2012 http://dx. doi. org/10.1787/5k994f3prlr5-en
4 New employment and entrepreneurship opportunities-Emerging sectors 4. 1 Online job services and job matching
which supports employment, wages purchases, investments, and taxes. Conducting business as usual is sufficient social benefit.
And it has provided direct employment to 17,000 people†95%of whom are women†and indirect employment to an equal number of people, in rural areas where jobs otherwise were not available
These trends may well lead companies to remake their value chains by moving some activities closer to home and having
from both the private sector and local government, has experienced huge growth in employment, incomes, and company
example, a project can select impact on employment and impact on information as relevant and exclude impact on education and human capital because its
growth and employment, environment, climate change health and education, inclusive societies, well-being, etc Making a project to tackle societal needs implies framing the needs
Environment, Education and Skills, Culture and Arts, Work and Employment, Participation and Democracy, Neighbourhood Regeneration, Science
OCRACY CULTURE AND ARTS HEALTH AND WELLBEING WORK AND EMPLOYMENT S MA RT PU BL
Work and Employment DSI AREAS AREAS OF SOCIETY New ways of making Funding acceleration and incubation
OCRACY CULTURE AND ARTS HEALTH AND WELLBEING WORK AND EMPLOYMENT S MA RT PU BL
Work and Employment DSI AREAS AREAS OF SOCIETY New ways of making Funding acceleration and incubation
the rest of the EU. Identify specific social challenges (such as health, employment, urban regeneration and care) facing countries
percentage as well as in creating employment, whereas other industries are decreasing. In the long term, an innovation in social services or education will be as important as an
This guide was prepared by DG Regional and Urban Policy and DG Employment, Social affairs and Inclusion, with inputs by various other Directorates General (DG Enterprise and Industry;
with DG Employment, Social affairs and Inclusion, in particular with Olivier Rouland, Head of Unit and Diane Angermueller and Gabor TÃ th, policy analysts
There is, of course, a link with the current crisis and the severe employment and social consequences
Initiative, the Employment and Social Investment packages, the Digital Agenda, the new industrial policy, the Innovation Partnership for Active and Healthy Ageing, and Cohesion Policy
Responsible for Employment, Social affairs & Inclusion Foreword 6 1. What is Social Innovation Social innovation can be defined as the development and implementation of new ideas (products
ï Employment: 75%of the 20-64 year-olds to be employed ï R&d/innovation: 3%of the EU's GDP (public and private combined) to be invested in
Union Flagship18), the calls for proposals of the PROGRESS programme of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion 19, the Regiostars awards20 by DG Regional Policy with a specific category on
innovative activities by ESF operational programmes, New Sources of Jobs, Territorial Employment Pacts and Regional Information Society Initiatives tested in the 1990s
improve the levels of employment, the quality of jobs, and the inclusiveness of the labour market in
people in the EU, accounting for 6%of total employment. It covers bodies with a specific legal status
and thus help to find new answers to unmet needs in fields like employment housing, ageing, childcare, etc. 45
of large and small ERDF projects to stimulate social innovation in employment and inclusion of
helping disadvantaged people into employment. Similar examples exist in other parts of the EU. The
disadvantaged neighbourhoods and gives them a start in employment The EQUAL-funded BEST Procurement project looked at public procurement and social clauses across
employment social enterprise The Nantes example illustrates how public works contracts can deliver a double benefit:
STEP now helps over 6, 000 migrants a year through individual advice on legal, health, employment
ï Mindlab66 in Denmark is a collaboration between the economic, finance and employment ministries to produce a unit inside government dedicated to public policy innovation
The Rhã'ne-Alpes Region (FR) puts employment and anticipation of change at the centre of its
three of which-namely, increasing the employment rate to 75, %reducing early school leaving under 10%and poverty by 20 million people-directly concern the social domain.
macroeconomic, fiscal and employment strategies have to be accompanied by clear guidance and monitoring instruments regarding social investment.
development and innovation (thematic objective 1), employment (TO 8), education (TO 9), social policies (TO 10) and administrative capacity building (TO 11.
place through all investment priorities of the employment, education, social inclusion and administrative capacity building priorities or address the areas of these thematic objectives through a
conditionality sets are in place for specific investment priorities of the employment, education, social inclusion and institutional capacity building thematic objectives.
In thematic objective (8) promoting employment and supporting labour mobility, the possible support for the development of business incubators
such as how to create employment for youth, how to integrate migration communities into economic life,
2. 3. The Programme for Employment and Social Innovation Easi 2014-20) to follow the PROGRESS programme...
c. The Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (Easi...84 2. 4. Other programmes and action plans...
responsible for the Single Market (M. Barnier), Employment and Social affairs (L. Andor) and Enterprise (A Tajani
Programme for Employment and Social Innovation 41 See The EU's Fifth Project-Transitional Governance in the Service of Sustainable Societies
51 Written by J-Pal Europe at the request of the European commission's Directorate-General for Employment
In the new programme for employment and social innovation, technical assistance for conducting randomised evaluations is made available to administrations undertaking
programme for Employment and Social Innovation (Easi. 58 In response, a subgroup of the Commission†s consultative multi-stakeholder group on social enterprise (GECES
the development of indicators. 61 On the latter issue, the 2013 report on Employment and Social Development in Europe highlights the need to adapt the way we measure economic
DG Regional and Urban Policy and DG Employment, Social affairs in February 2013.71 Some of them show how support under the Structural Funds will increasingly be sought
for Employment, Social affairs and Inclusion in April 201372 and, on the other hand, the large body of research funded by the FP5, FP6 and FP7 Socioeconomic Sciences and
-lion people in the EU, accounting for 6%of total employment. It covers bodies with a
and thus help to find new answers to unmet needs in fields like employment, housing
ERDF projects to stimulate social innovation in employment and inclusion of marginal -ised groups. The example below from the City of Nantes illustrates how a procurement
sector in helping disadvantaged people into employment. Similar examples exist in other parts of the EU
•75%of beneficiaries were accompanied by a local insertion company (a type of training and employment social
Portugal has to restore economic growth, employment, and make long-term structural reforms at all levels, but especially at institutional and economic levels (public sector, public services, competition, etc
that deal with employment, education, health and technological development could be used for this purpose. Similarly, more transparency in decision-making processes
The Employment and Social Investment packages, which frame and fund a new ap -proach to social policies.
(1) employment;(2) education;(3) research and innovation;(4) social inclusion and poverty reduction; and (5) and climate/energy94 that the EU should meet by the end
Europe 2020 priorities in areas like innovation, the digital economy, employment, youth industrial policy, poverty, and resource efficiency.
associations provide more than 14 million jobs (6. 53%of total employment), with a steady growth rate that has shown good resilience to the crisis
Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (Easi)( 2014-20 y a significant research programme on social and public sector innovation.
-tion and employment for young people in Europe. It aims to improve young people†s ed
and achieving a 75%employment rate for the working-age population (20-64 years. It has adopted an all-encompassing approach by bringing
together the issues of education and employment and creating bridges between these issues and the stakeholders
108 Youth guarantees ensure that all young people under the age of 25 receive good quality employment
-tion and employment systems in Member States to learn from each other. Universities have been encouraged to improve the quality of the courses they offer by making them
-ingful employment makes a case for developing a sustainable framework for social enterprises and social innovation initiatives.
This flagship initiative†s main objective is to help the EU reach its employment target for
and men (aged 20-64) in employment The agenda also contributes to achieving the EU€ s targets to get the early school-leaving
-gle Market Act I114 and II, 115 in the Employment Package Towards a job-rich recovery116
employment and the reduction of inequal -ities The Social Business Initiative proposes three series of priority measures to
integration via access to employment for disadvantaged people in particular due to insufficient qualifications or social or professional problems leading to exclusion and
fully complementary to the Employment Package, the White paper on Pensions and the Youth employment Package. It also builds on the contribution the European Struc
Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (Easi), to test new approaches to social policies (such as ICT-enabled innovation)
The findings of this conference provided an input for the meeting of the Employment, Social policy, Health and Con
and the Employment and Social Innovation (Easi) programme which eventually adopted social innovation in its very title.
of cohesion, agriculture, research, employment and social policies. Since the vast majority of programmes expired on 31 december 2013, the new funding programmes and legal bases were agreed finally just before in order to
Horizon 2020 and the Employment and Social Innovation programme (Easi Overall, the reformed Cohesion Policy (ESIF, which includes the:
responsibility of the European Commissioners for employment and social policy (Lászlã Andor) and for charge of regional policy (Johannes Hahn) in February 2013.
The focus of ESF support will fall on employment and social policies: social innovation will be a tool to improve the employment, social inclusion, education and
institutional capacity-building policies supported by the ESF. The policy themes for social innovation within this scope and corresponding to Member States†specific needs will be
2. 3. The Programme for Employment and Social Innovation Easi (2014-20) to follow the PROGRESS programme
out of poverty and social exclusion and ensuring an employment rate of 75%for the
Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review highlights that the social and health services continued to generate a third
the EU€ s employment and job creation prospects. The opportunities for job creation in the social services sector are important due to the development of new needs driven
c. The Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (Easi The new Programme for Employment and
Social Innovation (Easi) was adopted in De -cember 2013134. The total budget for the 2014-20 period is EUR 919 469 000 (in
implementation of employment and social reforms at European, national as well as regional and local levels by means of pol
social entrepreneurship axis of the Employment and Social Inno -vation (Easi) represented the first EU-wide initiative specifically
policy experimentation, with the aim to further develop its potential for employment and social innovation. Under this heading, in 2014, Easi will aim, inter alia, to
In the EU, the public sector accounts for 17%of employment and general government expenditure is equivalent to 50%of EU GDP.
-ment of water innovation, contribute to sustainable growth and employment, stim -ulate uptake of water innovations by market and society.
The Employment and Social Innovation (Easi) programme has made EUR 86 million available to support the development of the social investment market and facilitate
growth and employment. European Venture capital Funds (Euveca), which along with Eusef175 became available on 22 july 2013.
-comes which focuses on delivering skills for employment, such as digital or entrepre -neurial competences, increasing the efficiency and inclusiveness of education and train
data on European higher education learning mobility and employment in cooperation with Eurostat Furthermore, a European Alliance for Apprenticeships has been established to drive
Employment & Entrepreneurship Voluntary activities; Participation; Social inclusion; Health & Wellbeing; Creativity & Culture; Youth and the World.
The Programme for Employment and Social Innovation Easi (2014-20) to follow the PROGRESS programme
c. The Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (Easi 2. 4. 1 The COSME programme:
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