Local Commitment
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Contact information
Central Uusimaa Partnership
Erja Lindberg, Project Manager
+358-9-2719 2853
+358-9-2719 2846 (fax.)
Aims of the Project
The aims of the project are
-to increase awareness on European Employment Strategy (EES) and related National Action Plans (NAP) at local level.
-to disseminate information on good European practices, methods and instruments on regional and local level to improve the quality of employment strategies
-to establish an international development and research forum to focus on employment issues to enhance co-operation between the actors
-to build capacities of local actors to be committed to the EES and the NAP.
Project partners
Central Uusimaa Partnership, Finland
West Cumbria Council for Voluntary Services, UK
Blackpool Challenge Partnership, UK
MIREC, Belgium
La Maison de l’Emploi et de la Formation, France
Inforcoop, Italy
Activities
An international development and research forum will be established during the project, with the aim of dissemination of European know-how and experiences on employment strategies and their application on regional and local levels. The aim is also to provide possibilities for dissemination of good practices, comparison and benchmarking. The forum will create tools for critical evaluation of practices, models and instruments, develop evaluation culture and build capacities of local actors.
Activities and outputs are:
Newsletter: to disseminate information covering European, regional and local levels. Six newsletters will be published during the project, each partner being responsible for edition of one volume.
Web-site: to disseminate information produced and gathered during the project and for public information concerning the project activities. The pages include the newsletter, public information notices regarding to the project activities, timely study reports and articles, international links and links to the homepages of all the partner organisations and their national counterparts.
Database: to collect EU-wide knowledge and experiences on employment strategies and working methods, such as research, projects and articles. The database will be accessible through the website.
International seminars, researches and publications: to collect and disseminate information on good practices, methods and EU- or local level employment strategies
Expected results
The project will establish an active international network focusing on implementation of employment strategies. It will increase awareness of the local actors on the EES in order to improve the quality of their Local Action Plans (LAP).
The project will support co-operation between the actors and provides a basis for dissemination of the EES and good practices from the local level actions. It promotes the commitment of the local actors in the EES, NAP and LAP. It furthers awareness and know-how of diverse participants and provides new models for local level action. Transnational co-operation will become a regular part of Partnership organisations’ work and they find applicable ways to benefit the knowledge and experiences of other EU Member States.
Broad based involvement will raise awareness of the EES and the NAP on the local level and connect effectively employment strategies and activities. The local development teams will promote broad based co-operation between private, public and the third sector and create new applicable models. This will ensure multi-professional approach in employment issues and increase the commitment of cross-sectoral actors on local development.
Final Report 2004
"Raising Awareness of the European Employment Strategy and the National Action Plans at Local Level and Promoting Adaption", Agreement No. - VS/2001/0677 31st December, 2001
For further details see the site Ajankohtaista, Raportteja ja julkaisuja - Final Report
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