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“Addressing the Crisis through Skills and Inclusion: Regional and local responses”

Open Days workshop 07D01 -“Social inclusion as an instrument for restoring growth and strengthening cohesion”


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Table of contents

GENERAL BACKGROUND...................................................................................................... 4

OPEN DAYS EVENT .................................................................................................................. 4 DUAL-SEMINARS ON “SKILLS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION AS INSTRUMENTS FOR RESTORING GROWTH AND STRENGTHENING COHESION” ............................................................................................. 4 CONSORTIUM PARTNERS.......................................................................................................... 4 DATE AND LOCATION ................................................................................................................ 4

WORKSHOP 07D01 – SOCIAL INCLUSION AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR RESTORING GROWTH AND STRENGTHENING COHESION” ................................................................... 5

SEMINAR 1: INCLUSION............................................................................................................. 5 SEMINAR 2: SKILLS .................................................................................................................. 5

WORKSHOP 07D01: SEMINAR 1 - INCLUSION..................................................................... 6

MODERATORS & SPEAKERS ...................................................................................................... 6 Moderator .......................................................................................................................... 6 Regional Speakers ............................................................................................................ 6 External speakers.............................................................................................................. 7

TOPICS/QUESTIONS FOR THE PANELISTS ................................................................................... 8 Digital inclusion/e-inclusion ............................................................................................... 8 Inclusion of Migrants and tackling social tensions ............................................................ 8 Inclusion of women............................................................................................................ 8 Inclusion of the elderly/disabled ........................................................................................ 8 Child poverty, inclusion of children.................................................................................... 8

WORKSHOP 07D01: SEMINAR 2 - SKILLS............................................................................ 9

MODERATORS & SPEAKERS ...................................................................................................... 9 Moderator .......................................................................................................................... 9 Regional speakers............................................................................................................. 9 External speakers............................................................................................................ 10

TOPICS/QUESTIONS FOR THE PANELLISTS................................................................................ 12 Social enterprise, young people, re-orienting the European Social Funds..................... 12 Is the requirement for formalism a jeopardising factor for recruitment or do alternatives exist to recognise skills based on experience and not on diplomas? ............................. 12 Public-private partnerships, matching skills .................................................................... 12 Preparing young people for employment/improving young people’s skills ..................... 12

ANNEXES................................................................................................................................ 13

SPECIFIC THEMES .................................................................................................................. 13 SPECIFIC THEMES - INCLUSION ............................................................................................... 13 Inclusion of the elderly Inclusion of migrants and tackling social tensions ..................... 13 Inclusion of women and family policies ........................................................................... 13 Inclusion of migrants and tackling social tensions .......................................................... 13 Inclusion of disabled/integration policies......................................................................... 13 Digital inclusion ............................................................................................................... 13 Inclusion of youth/participation........................................................................................ 13 Inclusion / protection of children...................................................................................... 14

SPECIFIC THEMES – SKILLS .................................................................................................... 14 Tackling unemployment through skills ............................................................................ 14 Supporting and encouraging entrepreneurship............................................................... 14 Increasing capacity to deliver Lifelong Learning ............................................................. 14 Apprenticeships, internships, sustainable solutions to facilitate the transition? ............. 14 New Skills for New Jobs.................................................................................................. 14 The Demand-Led Skills Model ........................................................................................ 15 Living in the 21

st Century, what skills are going to be needed?...................................... 15

Social economy and social enterprises........................................................................... 15 CONTACT DETAILS ................................................................................................................. 16


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Stockholm Region (lead partner) .................................................................................... 16 Veneto Region (deputy partner)...................................................................................... 16 Flanders .......................................................................................................................... 16 Ile de France ................................................................................................................... 16 Kent ................................................................................................................................. 16 TEDKNA - Local Union of Municipalities & Communities of Attica ................................. 16 Madrid Region ................................................................................................................. 17 Navarra Region ............................................................................................................... 17 Region of Noord-Brabant ................................................................................................ 17 North East England ......................................................................................................... 17 Timis ................................................................................................................................ 17

LOCATION.............................................................................................................................. 18 Adress: ............................................................................................................................ 18 Getting there:................................................................................................................... 18

PARTICIPATION LIST ............................................................................................................... 19 REGISTRATION STATISTICS ..................................................................................................... 21


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General Background

Open Days Event

The seventh edition of the OPEN DAYS will consist of 125 seminars, workshops, debates and exhibitions between 5 and 8 October 2009 for around 7,000 participants. More than 250 event partners have joined forces, among which 213 regions and cities from 33 European countries, and more than 600 speakers will be actively involved. During the month of October, another 230 local events will be organised addressing an expected audience of 30,000. The event’s key objective is to facilitate exchange, debate and networking among Europe’s experts and decision-makers in regional and local development from the public, private and financial sector. Under the overall headline “Global challenges, European responses”, all events will be organised around four themes:

• Restoring growth: Innovation in Europe’s regions and cities • Regions and climate change: Europe’s way to sustainable regional development • Territorial cooperation: Working together across borders • Achieving results, looking ahead: EU Cohesion Policy’s evaluation and future

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Dual-Seminars on “Skills and Social inclusion as instruments for restoring growth and strengthening cohesion”

The global recession has placed regional and local front-line services fighting poverty in a precarious situation – falling government revenues are straining existing social nets whilst at the same time loss of employment for many of our most at-risk is leading to an increase in demand of those front-line services. The solution would seem to be simple: get as many of the newly unemployed back into the labour market as soon as possible thereby ensuring that services are strained for the least amount of time whilst still ensuring quality and effectiveness. To do this, re-training is needed to ensure that newly unemployed can access existing job offers quickly. However, as our regional experts know, it is easier said than done and requires a concerted effort involving many stakeholders. Our two seminars will focus on actions undertaken by our regions in response to the economic crisis under two broad themes: skills and inclusion. Through our seminar, we seek to underline the importance of taking action under both themes to restore growth and strengthen cohesion at the European level. Associated partners are ELISAN (www.elisan.eu) and ENSA (http://www.ensa-network.eu).

Consortium Partners

Sweden Stockholm Region (lead partner) Italy Veneto Region (deputy partner) Belgium Flanders France Ile de France Region Greece TEDKNA - Local Union of Municipalities & Communities of Attica Netherlands Region of Noord-Brabant Spain Madrid Region Navarra Region United Kingdom Kent North East England Romania Timis

Date and location

Date October 7, 9.30 – 13.00 Location Stockholm House, Avenue Marnix 28, 1000, Brussels


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Workshop 07D01 – Social inclusion as an instrument for restoring growth and strengthening cohesion”

Seminar 1: Inclusion

Themes Inclusion of the elderly/disabled Inclusion of women/youth and family policies Inclusion of migrants/integration policies Digital inclusion Moderator Mr Jerome Vignon, European Commission (French/English spoken) External speakers Ms Jean Lambert, MEP (English spoken) Regional speakers Mrs Mariana Eftimie, Timis (French spoken)

Mr Dimitrios Kalogeropoulos, TEDKNA (Greek/Italian spoken) Ms Ingrid Lieten, Flanders (English spoken)

Mr Kayamba Tshitshi Ndouba, Madrid Region (English spoken) Mr Stefano Valdegamberi, Veneto Region (Italian spoken) Mr Guillaume Vuilletet, Ile de France (French spoken)

Time frame 9.30 - 11.00 Executive Summary Our consortium will look at the role of social inclusion as an instrument of economic growth and territorial cohesion, placing social policy at the heart of economic policy. Experts from our regions, European institutions, and stakeholders will come together to discuss the complex needs of specific target groups such as the elderly, young people, women, lone-parent households, disabled individuals, migrants, and minority groups and the impact successful active inclusion policies, strategies and delivery programmes can have in reducing their exclusion and further increasing their potential to contribute to a region’s economic growth. We will look at how the crisis is influencing our front-line services in their mission to deliver quality, accessible, affordable public services as well as look at other symptoms of social exclusion that are coming to the fore both as a result of the crisis but also as the result of our changing demography and economic model.

Seminar 2: Skills Themes Social economy and social enterprises

Develop skills through life long learning initiatives, literacy Public/private partnerships

Moderator Ms Carol Thomas (English/French spoken) External speakers Ms Simonne Abraham-Thisse, ENSA/The Val-de-Marne County Council

(French spoken) Mr Frederic Geers, Belgian Perm. Rep. to the EU (English spoken) Mr Robert Strauss, European Commission (English spoken)

Regional speakers Ms Lesley Calder, North East England (English spoken)

Ms Sue Dunn, Kent (English spoken) Ms Carmen Mier, Navarra (English spoken) Mr Pehr Granfalk, Stockholm Region (English spoken)

Mr Seyit Yeyden, Noord-Brabant (English spoken) Time frame 11.30 – 13.00 Executive Summary Active inclusion, in particular to bring at-risk individuals into the labour market, can only succeed if the individuals concerned are given the right skills-set to readily access jobs available on the labour market today and tomorrow. Our consortium will therefore also look at the skills dimension as the other important instrument necessary to succeed in our efforts to restore growth and strengthen cohesion in particular in the mid-to-long-term. Our seminar will look at the challenges facing our skills providers in meeting the skills needs of tomorrow. The complexities of putting in place a demand-led skills model where skills provision is commissioned by learners and enterprises themselves. The role that is to be played by local and regional public sector in forecasting future needs and ensuring actors are mobilised to deliver on them – in short, how to make lifelong learning a reality for all citizens and in particular those most at risk of being permanently left out of our Europe’s current and future labour markets.


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Workshop 07D01: seminar 1 - Inclusion

Moderators & speakers

Moderator

Name: Mr Jerome Vignon Title/organisation: Former Director, dir. E, ”Social Protection and integration”, DG Employment, European Commission. Working language: French/English

Regional Speakers

Name: Mrs Mariana Eftimie Region: Timis County

Title: Member of the culture, education and youth committee within Timis Region

Description: Mrs Eftimie is regional elected politician since 2004; Secretary of the health and social protection committee of Timis County Council from 2004 to 2008; since 2008, member of the culture, education and youth committee within Timis Region; actively involved in the activities of the AER Committee 2 “Social Policy and

Public Health”, (chaired by Constantin Ostaficiuc, president of Timis County); organiser of the 7th Conference on Equal Opportunities between Women and Men in Timisoara, October 2007; concrete proposal of the Interreg IVC project Gender4Growth came out on the occasion of this Conference (which seeks to exchange experiences between partners on 2 major issues: growth and gender equity). Theme addressed: Inclusion of women, gender perspective Working language: French

Name: Mr Dimitrios Kalogeropoulos Region: TEDKNA - Local Union of Municipalities & Communities of Attica Title: President of TEDKNA, CoR member, Mayor of Municipality of Egaleo and Vice-President of ELISAN.

Description: Mr. Kalogeropoulos was a CoR rapporteur of the document “Local and regional authorities at the forefront of

integration policies”. Theme addressed: Role of local authorities in the integration of immigrants. Working language: Greek/Italian

Name: Ms Ingrid Lieten Region: Flanders Title: Minister of the Flemish government, competent for social inclusion Description: Flanders has made a 2020Pact and has launched the initiative of Flanders in Action; pact and action are driven by the European dynamic within the Lisbon agenda and the spirit of the new Social agenda; one of the main goals is to reduce poverty by half.

Theme addressed: Child poverty, inclusion of children Working language: English


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Name: Mr Kayamba Tshitshi Ndouba Region: Madrid Region Title: Director of Studies, Regional government of Madrid. Description: Mr. Tshitshi Ndouba is the Director of Studies at the School of Professionals of Immigration and Development of the Autonomous Region of Madrid (EPIC) as well as researcher at the Regional Immigration Observatory, Regional Ministry of Immigration. As director of studies, he is, among other things, coordinating

University Masters in Integration and Co-development. Theme addressed: Inclusion of immigrants Working language: English

Name: Mr Stefano Valdegamberi Region: Veneto Region Title: Regional Councillor of Social Policies and national Italian coordinator for social policies, Veneto Region. Description: From November 2006 Mr Valdegamberi is Regional Councillor of Social Policies of the Veneto Region, in charge of planning social and health policies and volunteer activities. He is also the national Italian coordinator for social policies. Previously he has

been twice mayor of the Municipality of Badia Calavena (Verona), Regional Councilor of the Veneto Region, member of the executive Regional Committee of the UNCEM (National union of Municipalities Communities and mountainous areas). He is heavily involved in European Networking: he is Vice president of the Elisan Regional Inclusion and Social Action Network and the coordinator of the ENSA (European Network of Social Authorities), and member of the board of the ESN European Social Network. Theme addressed: Inclusion of elderly/disabled Working language: Italian

Name: Mr Guillaume Vuilletet

Region: Ile de France Title: Regional Councillor of the Regional Council of Ile de France and president of ARTESI (l’Association régionale des territoires et de la société de l’information). Description: The Ile de France region is currently focusing on issues linked to the digital divide, and the new inequalities covering the

connected and the excluded from the information society. More specifically, this means encouraging a reflection and presenting the responses to the challenge brought by the Ile de France region, with the support of the Regional Agency for technologies and the information society (ARTESI). Theme addressed: E-inclusion/digital inclusion Working language: French

External speakers

Name: Ms Jean Lambert Institution/Title: Member of the European Parliament (UK -The Greens - European Free Alliance).

Working language: English


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Topics/questions for the panelists

Digital inclusion/e-inclusion

Ile de France – Mr Guillaume Vuilletet You are working on tackling the digital divide and the resulting inequalities? Is the digital divide a new form of exclusion? What actions have been put in place in Ile-de-France to bridge the gap?

Inclusion of Migrants and tackling social tensions

Madrid – Mr Kayamba Tshitshi Ndouba What are the specific features/characteristics of the immigration policy of the Region of Madrid that make it different from the other Spanish and European regions? What innovations could you highlight regarding the integration policy measures for immigrants within the Region of Madrid? TEDKNA – Mr Dimitrios Kalogeropoulos How does the current economic crisis affect the integration policies? What effect does this crisis have on the actions of the local and regional authorities? How does the European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals contribute to the efforts of the local and regional authorities?

Inclusion of women

Timis – Mrs Mariana Eftimie Why is there no updated database on migration at regional level (detailed by gender) in circumstances where there is a legal framework that regulates the issue addressed?

Suggestions/recommendations for amendments to the legal framework in order to optimize the records at regional level on women's migration.

Inclusion of the elderly/disabled

Veneto – Mr Stefano Valdegamberi In the context of the economic crisis, in addition to the demographic changes faced, what are the key challenges in supporting the inclusion of vulnerable people, such as the elderly and the disabled, and how can we ensure co-ordination between social policies and services and other policies that affect inclusion, such as health? In a context where the financial sustainability of social services is already a challenge, facing theses emerging needs, what are the actions and suggestions of your Region at local and European level to support and to improve the quality of life of people at risk of exclusion?

Child poverty, inclusion of children

Flanders – Ms Ingrid Lieten


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Workshop 07D01: seminar 2 - Skills

Moderators & speakers

Moderator

Name: Ms Carol Thomas Title/organisation: Permanent Delegate in Brussels of CPMR (Conference of Peripheral and Maritime Regions). Description: Carol Thomas has held the post of Permanent Delegate in the Brussels office of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR) for the last five years. She is responsible for maintaining regular contact with the EU Institutions, to ensure that CPMR's political messages are circulated widely and are

taken into account, particularly in key areas of concern for CPMR's members, such as regional and cohesion policy and maritime affaires. She follows closely events in Brussels, so as to enable CMPR's members and the CPMR secretariat to remain updated of the latest and upcoming developments in EU policies. Ms Thomas is an important point of contact for the Brussels offices of CPMR´s member regions as regards the on-going work of the secretariat. Prior to joining the CPMR, Ms Thomas was Head of Office of the East Midlands European Office in Brussels. Ms Thomas has a Masters´ degree in European Economic Studies from the College of Europe. She is an English native speaker, speaks fluent French and has a good knowledge of German. Working language: English/French

Regional speakers

Name: Ms Lesley Calder Region: North East England Title: Head of Skills and Europe, ONE NorthEast Description: Mrs. Calder has been spearheading efforts in the region to boost skills attainment by the regional labour force. In her capacities, she chairs two regional partnerships one is known as the Skills and Employment Response Group established directly in response to the financial crisis and the other: the Regional

Employment and Skills Partnership. Both partnerships have a remit of improving regional skills providers’ ability to match the needs of on the one hand business sector and on the other hand of individual learners. She has therefore acquired a great deal of expertise in bringing together diverse stakeholders to move forward in unison to tackle the skills challenge facing regions. Theme addressed: Tackling unemployment through skills / New Skills for New Jobs Working language: English

Name: Ms Sue Dunn Region: Kent Title: Head of the 14-24 Innovation Unit, Kent County Council. Description: Ms. Dunn is the head of the 14-24 Innovation Unit at the Kent County Council. Kent County Council created the 14-24 Innovation Unit to respond to the rapidly changing education and skills legislation and welfare reforms. The unit has responsibility for

professional skills and training, Educational Business Partnerships, careers guidance and vocational programmes to ensure that our young people become the workforce of tomorrow bringing economic success to Kent. Theme addressed: Preparing young people for employment. Working language: English


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Name: Ms Carmen Mier Region: Navarra Title: Director of International Development Description: Theme addressed: Refocusing the ESF, fostering talents and skills Working language: English

Name: Mr Pehr Granfalk Region: Stockholm Region Title: Vice Mayor and Chair of the employment and skills committee, City of Solna (Stockholm County) Description: The City of Solna is currently undertaking active measures to reduce unemployment and improving skills, working in close cooperation with employment centres in the municipality. Theme addressed: Public/private partnerships, innovative ways of

creating job opportunities and improving skills, “The Solna model”. Working language: English

Name: Mr Seyit Yeyden Region: Region of Noord-Brabant

Title: Municipal Executive spokesperson for Economic Affairs, City of Helmond Description: Mr. Yeyden is Aldermen in the city of Helmond, responsible for economic affairs and employment as well as city centre development. He represents BrabantStad, the cooperation of the five largest cities in the province of Noord-Brabant.

He is also member of the Advisory Board of Brainport, the knowledge Region around Eindhoven and Helmond. Theme addressed: Working language: English

External speakers

Name: Mr Robert Strauss, Organisation/Title: Head of Unit - "European Employment Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility and Local Development" Theme addressed: European Employment Strategy, “new jobs” Working language: English

Name: Ms Simonne Abraham-Thisse Organisation/Title: ENSA, The Val-de-Marne County Council. County Councillor of the Val-de-Marne County with special responsibility on European actions. Theme addressed: Working language: French


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Name: Mr Frederic Geers Organisation/Title: Attaché for Work and Social Economy, Health – Permanent Representation of Belgium to the EU, Flemish Representation Theme addressed: Social Enterprise; Young people; returning to the Market; re-orienting the European Social Funds Working language: English


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Topics/questions for the panellists

Social enterprise, young people, re-orienting the European Social Funds

Belgian Permanent Representation – Mr Frederic Geers

Is the requirement for formalism a jeopardising factor for recruitment or do alternatives exist to recognise skills based on experience and not on diplomas?

Navarra – Ms Carmen Mier How can the European Social Fund contribute to regional skills and competitive workforce? What kind of actions and compromises can a region assume to foster its people, its talent?

Public-private partnerships, matching skills

North East England – Ms Lesley Calder In this period of economic crisis, how can we mobilise the relevant organisations responsible for training and employment to ensure the best possible response? Stockholm region – Mr Pehr Granfalk Having in mind that the City of Solna has many times, during the last years, been awarded as the most enterprise-friendly municipality in Sweden and has also among the lowest unemployment rates in the country - How is the municipality working together with the local enterprises in order to improve people’s skills and obtain these low unemployment rates? What is the success formula? How to match the request for skilled employees with the skills that actually exist?

Preparing young people for employment/improving young people’s skills

Kent – Ms Sue Dunn How do we build flexible systems and structures that address youth unemployment issues and meet the individual needs of unemployed young people? How do we create an integrated service for long term unemployed young people? (an "integrated service" meaning bringing together health, education, training and social welfare services available to the long term unemployed young people in order to develop a more joined up approach) What role can the EU play in supporting regions address issues like youth unemployment and skills mismatches in the mid-long term? Noord-Brabant – Mr Seyit Yeyden What have been the results so far from the collective actions in the Brainport region? What is unique about this form of cooperation in your region? What is/are the key success factor(s) in this? What are the actions in the plan mainly focusing on the short-term problems of the crisis or is there also attention for the longer term?


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ANNEXES

Specific themes

Specific themes - Inclusion

The first part of the debate will address the following specific themes:

Inclusion of the elderly Inclusion of migrants and tackling social tensions

Considering European society demographic trend with persistent long term ageing of the demographic structure and the Lisbon agenda identifying as central the promotion of interventions to improve the network of social healthcare services, Social Services of General Interest remain the main tool able to face the emerging needs of old people in condition of non self sufficiency. The deinstitutionalization of care as a way of cost containment is a possible solution proposed in order to ensure a better quality of life for frail elderly and to ensure that the assistance provided is of high quality. Good working conditions for the professionals active in this sector are essential. Therefore policy interventions should try to adapt the welfare system towards the conjugation of economic performance with inclusion and appropriateness of care.

Inclusion of women and family policies

To allow individuals in particular at risk target groups to return to work is one of the challenges faced with policies in the field of reconciliation of family and professional life. In the context of the European Alliance for families, initiatives implying quality collaboration between the public and the private sector and the Region itself is encouraged together with positive collective results in terms of family policies and social inclusion.

Inclusion of migrants and tackling social tensions

As the economic crisis continues to cost jobs, and long-term unemployment becomes a reality for many citizens, the appeal of the use of migrants as scapegoats of extremist parties continues to fuel social tensions. Local and regional actors have important roles to play to stifle this trend and to ensure Europe remains an attractive destination in particular for high-skilled migrants. As demographic trends show, migrants will have an increasingly important role to play to ensure a sustainable balance between contributors to the welfare system and beneficiaries.

Inclusion of disabled/integration policies

Proposing and promoting initiatives connecting job availabilities of enterprises, social and health profiles and needs of the persons. Linking the private, public social, health and employment sector for networking to facilitate integration. The importance of training and evaluation of the results is essential. Initiatives facilitating accessibility of cities and regions with a design for all concept.

Digital inclusion

Digital technologies pervade every aspect of modern society. However these opportunities are not enjoyed by the whole European population - there is a strong correlation between digital exclusion and social exclusion. There are significant and untapped opportunities to use technology better on behalf of citizens and communities. These include improved service planning, design and delivery, particularly to address the needs of disadvantaged groups and individuals

Inclusion of youth/participation

Increasing youth participation as a possibility to fight against exclusion, suggestion of regeneration initiatives of depredated or socially at risk areas of towns and regions to promote cultural integration


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Inclusion / protection of children

Promotion of child rights linked to the UN convention protecting their rights. Identification of at-risk families clarifying if children are exposed to violence and presenting best practices and models to guarantee protection. Safe information technologies. Unaccompanied refugee children.

Specific themes – Skills

The second part of the debate will address the following specific themes:

Tackling unemployment through skills

Active inclusion measures often translate in re-skilling or up-skilling of individuals who have been made redundant or have little to no qualifications. The European Social Funds are one of the key levers available to European, local, and regional actors to support these active inclusion measures. Are there any lessons to be drawn from existing example of active inclusion measures being implemented across Europe? What can local and regional actors learn from best practice in the field and vice-versa what can Europe learn from the experience of the frontlines?

Supporting and encouraging entrepreneurship

It has been recorded in pan-European studies that the longer a student remains in school, the more likely they are to not want to engage in an entrepreneurial activity. Whether it is a reflection of increased awareness of the challenges inherent with business creation or a reflection of the education system remains an open question. What is certain, however, is the important role business creation and entrepreneurs in particular amongst young people, migrants, and women will have both in speeding up economic recovery, but also boosting and strengthening the European economy. The Commission has been spearheading numerous initiatives at the European-level but local and regional actors have also taken the lead in developing innovative measures to promote, and pro-actively support candidate entrepreneurs. It will also be interesting to see how have new entrepreneurs coped with the financial crisis and the role played by local and regional actors to help them overcome these challenging times.

Increasing capacity to deliver Lifelong Learning

For years the focus of education systems has been the provision of quality primary and secondary school education supported by a higher-education strand. However, as the pace of the demographic change will progress and the majority of Europe’s future workforce becomes more and more already employed, the importance of providing appropriate, quality adult education in the workplace becomes increasingly important to consider and in particular the role of local and regional actors to facilitate provision in an adapted user-centric manner.

Apprenticeships, internships, sustainable solutions to facilitate the transition?

Interns, stages, apprenticeships, more and more Member States are identifying these mechanisms as useful ways to facilitate young people’s transition into the labour market. These at-work training schemes offer the opportunity for young people to acquire the necessary practical experience that will give more confidence for employers considering to offer contracts to them. However, several Member States have also been lobbied by groups wishing more clarity and a stricter framework to ensure young people aren’t exploited. Local and regional actors have key roles to play both in terms of providing the offer, but also of facilitating the development of quality frameworks that ensure all involved profit from such schemes

New Skills for New Jobs

The European Commission launched in December 2008 the New Skills for New Jobs communication highlighting the importance of up-skilling the population to match the future skills needs of Europe. The Commission laid down the gauntlet for improved forecasting capabilities up to 2020 coupled with improved job-matching across the European Union. For New Skills for New Jobs to work, forecasting needs to also be organised at the local and


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regional level so as to better appreciate future local and regional skills needs and facilitate the identification of regions where certain skills base may be over-supplied. With the economic crisis throwing major doubts into the forecasting models, it will be important to also identify ways in which forecasting models can become more able to take into account sudden economic change.

The Demand-Led Skills Model

One of the major challenges facing skills providers is to improve the transition from education to work – one of the proposed solutions is the demand-led skills model which places the emphasis on business and learners to define what should be taught and what profiles should skills providers provide training for. In practice, putting a demand-led skills model into place is much more difficult than it seems. Businesses often have short-term visions and are more interested in bottom-lines than identifying future skills needs 4-5 years down the line. Business and skills providers often have had very little experience liaising with one another in particular at secondary and primary school level.

Living in the 21st Century, what skills are going to be needed?

Literacy, financial literary, and digital literacy basic math skills, science and technology, learning to learn skills, critical thinking, presentation skills, intercultural dialogue... The 21st Century is slated to become the century of knowledge and it with this in mind that the Lisbon Agenda placed such an importance on improving the skills profile of each and every European citizen. What are the key skills that skills providers need to be able to ensure young people can survive in today’s cut-throat labour market?

Social economy and social enterprises


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Contact details

Stockholm Region (lead partner)

Contact person: Mr Fernando Alonso Address: Avenue Marnix 28, 1000, Brussels Tel: +32 (0)2 740 06 04 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.stockholmregion.org

Veneto Region (deputy partner)

Contact person: Ms Elena Curtopassi Address: Avenue de Tervueren 67, 1040, Brussels Tel: +32 (0) 2 743 70 12 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.regione.veneto.it/bruxelles

Flanders

Contact person: Ms Solvejg Wallyn Address: Avenue de Cortenbergh 71, 1000, Brussels Tel: +32 (0)2 737 14 43 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.vleva.eu

Ile de France

Contact person: Ms Françoise Chotard, Ms Françoise Guaspare Address: Rue Montoyer 10, 1000, Brussels Tel: +32 (0)2 289 25 10 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.iledefrance-europe.eu

Kent

Contact person: Mr Dafydd Pugh, Mr Charles Morgan Address: Rue du Commerce Tel: +32(0)2 504 07 50, +32(0)2 504 07 54 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.international.kent.gov.uk

TEDKNA - Local Union of Municipalities & Communities of Attica

Contact person: Mr Athanassios Goumas, Mr Georgios Stergiou Address: Regioeuropa, Rue d’Arlon 38, 1000, Brussels Tel: +32 (0)2 234 36 00, +32 (0)2 234 36 03 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.regioeuropa.net/


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Madrid Region

Contact person: Ms María Casado Fernandez Address: Av. de la Toison d´Or 55, 1060, Brussels Tel: +32 (0)2 543 13 12 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.madrid.org/europa

Navarra Region

Contact person: Ms Maria Lozano Address: Avenue des Arts 3-4, 1210, Brussels Tel: +32(0)2 223 75 39 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.navarra.es

Region of Noord-Brabant

Contact person: Mr Bert Schampers Address: Rue Aduatique 71-75, 1040, Brussels Tel: +32 (0)2 737 99 71 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.nl-prov.eu

North East England

Contact person: Ms Sarah-Jane King, Mr Kim Smouter Address: Boulevard St. Michel 80, 1040, Brussels Tel: +32 273 53 547 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Web: http://www.northeastengland.eu/

Timis

Contact person: Ms Mirela-Carina Sinca, Ms Diana Amza Address: Rue Montoyer 24, 1000, Brussels Tel: +32(0)2 223 74125 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.cjtimis.ro


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Location

Adress: Avenue Marnix 28, 1000, Brussels

Getting there:

Metro station: Trône/Troon (exit Rue du Luxembourg) Nearest “Villo!” stations: Buses: 21, 22, 27, 34, 38, 54, 64, 80, 86, 95


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Participation list

Family name First name Organisation Country

Altmannová Petra Prague City Hall, EU Funding Department Czech Republic

Anastopoulos Konstantinos Municipality of Hydra Greece

Andersson Suzanne European Commission - DG Regio Belgium

Austin Gyda Oppland county municipality Norway

Baksa János South Transdanubian Regional Development Agency Hungary

Baldwinson Tony Centre for Construction Innovation United Kingdom

Barcia Jose FEDERACIÓN DE MUNICIPIOS DE MADRID Spain

Barczyk Kazimierz Malopolska Region Poland

Brouwer Piet Netwerkstad Twente Netherlands

Casado Maria FMM Belgium

Chotard Françoise Ile-de-France - Europe Belgium

Colligan-Genova Pauleen Social Platform Belgium

Crooijmans Huub BrabantStad Netherlands

Dankinova Nadya Union of South East Region Local Authorities Bulgaria

De Kerf Nele vleva Belgium

Feron Marie-Helene ARTESI France

Filgueiras-Rauch Maria Joao City of Munich Germany

Gaglianese Francesco Regione Calabria Dipartimento Programmzazione Nazionale e Comunitaria Italy

Gareri Stefania EU and National Programs Sector of Regione Calabria Italy

Giehm-Reese Merete Central Denmark Region Finland

Giudici Alessandra Provincia Di Sassari Italy Gonzalez Laynez Carlota Regional Government of Madrid Belgium

Gonzalez Terol Antonio COMUNIDAD DE MADRID Spain

Goumas Athanasios RegioEuropa Belgium

Guaspare Françoise Représentation de l'Ile de France Belgium

Habersack Sarah Vienna University of Economics and Business Austria

Harvey Emma One NorthEast United Kingdom

Hassink Joop Province of Overijssel Netherlands

Jirillo Emilio Ministry of Health Italy

Johnson Geoff Government Office North West United Kingdom

Johnson Toby AEIDL Belgium

Jones Gregg National Assembly for Wales Belgium

Kiryakov Kiril European Commission/DG EMPL Belgium

Knuutinen Katja Gothenburg Region of Local Authorities Sweden

Krawczyk Artur "Cities on Internet" Association Poland

Kuschnerus Maren Verbindungsbüro des Landes Salzburg zur EU Austria

Laine Sophie West Midlands in Europe Belgium

Leoni Stefania Emilia Romagna Region Italy

Lozano Uriz María Government of Navarra Belgium

Lubs Marie-T. Royal Institute for International Relations Belgium

Lundgren Gustaf Stockholm Region - EU Office Belgium

Maiorani Manuela Provincia Di Sassari Italy

Makkinga Alice provincie Overijssel Netherlands

Malik Ewa Ministry of Regional Development Poland

Mihos Lampros MUNICIPALITY OF AGIA VARVARA Greece

Morawiec Katarzyna Marshal Office of Slaskie Voivodship Poland

Murray Frances Belfast City Council United Kingdom

Ocana Noriega Gema Representation Regional Government Andalusia Belgium

Panov Vesko Techical University of Sofia Bulgaria


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Patoulis Giorgos Municipality of Maroussi Greece

Paulet-Colas Laurence Département de l'Essonne France

Petronella Salvatore Regione Puglia Belgium

Piekielnik Aleksandra Marshal office of Slaskie Voivodship Poland

Prokofieva Alla The Apparatus of Ombudsman in St. Petersburg Russian Federation

Provost Katell Conseil général du Finistère France

Rey Vincent ARTESI Ile de France France

Riimaa Toivo Association of Estonian Cities Estonia

Sabelova Gabriela Permanent Representation of Slovakia to EU Belgium Sanchez Gimeno Alfred Comunidad de Madrid - EU Office Belgium

Sandberg Marie INTERACT Point Turku Finland

Scannapieco Fatima Italialavoro Italy

Scheer Doris Diakonisches Werk Schleswig-Holstein Germany

Schröder Cornelia CEMR Belgium

Smouter Kim Leonard North East England Office in Brussels Belgium

Sobotik-Pavan Eva County of Karlovac Croatia

Sterckx Jos Kleis vzw Belgium

Stergiou Giorgos RegioEuropa Belgium

Surányi Beatrix NORRIA North Hungarian Regional Innovation Agency Nonprofit Corporation Hungary

Szafir Barbara Marshal Office of Silesia Voivodship Poland

Tixier Virginie Conseil Général du Val d'Oise France

Toffanin Renato ARCHES Italy

Tshitshi Kayamba REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF MADRID Spain

Vafeidou Martha MANAGING AUTHORITY - R.O.P. NORTH AEGEAN Greece

Van Den Berg Karin Province of North-Brabant Netherlands

Van Den Broek Vick Municipality of Breda Netherlands

Vespoli Giovanni Association Community Pope John XXIII Italy

Vila Nunez Sonia European Commission - DG EMPL Belgium

Voermans Lia City of Breda Netherlands

Volozinskis Liliane UEAPME Belgium

Watts Claire East Riding of Yorkshire Council United Kingdom


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Registration statistics

Registration Requests of Workshop "07D01 - Social inclusion as an instrument for restoring growth and strengthening cohesion"

Requestor Country Accepted

Austria 2

Belgium 25

Czech Republic 1

Estonia 1

Finland 2

France 5

Germany 2

Greece 4

Hungary 2

Italy 9

Netherlands 7

Poland 6

Slovenia 0

Spain 3

Sweden 1

United Kingdom 5

Bulgaria 2

Croatia 1

Norway 1

Russian Federation 1

Requestor Type of organisation Accepted

National/Member State Administration 3

Regional Administration 30

National, Regional or European Association 9

Permanent Representation of Member States to the EU 2

EU Liaison Office in Brussels of a Region 6

Academic and Consultant 6

Business 1

European Commission 3

Other 17

Banks and Financial Institution 0

University 3

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