Annemarie Muntz Eurociett President

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• Annemarie Muntz Eurociett President
• Eurociett is the only association representing
  TAW at large (brings together 26 national
  federations) and in its diversity (uniting six of
  the largest multinational staffing companies as
  well as tens of thousands of SMEs)
• Investing in HR and skills through training is
  widely recognised as one of the key engines for
  economic growth, competitiveness and social
  cohesion
• Developing new skills is a top priority for the
  future in terms of
• Employment policy By 2020, 85 million jobs will
  be available within the EU to replace workers who
  retire or leave the labour market 20 million
  new jobs are to be created
• Economic policy Economic cycles are becoming
  shorter and stronger the sectors that create
  jobs are changing quicker and quicker
• Life long learning is also key to facilitate
  transitions and secure pathways in the labour
  market in order to allow for an optimal match
  between the supply and demand of work (one pillar
  of Flexicurity policy)

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• Annemarie Muntz Eurociett President (2)
• As recognised in the Eurociett/UNI Europa 2007
  joint declaration on Flexicurity, the TAW sector
  can play a key role as a transitions broker by
• Creating pathways between unemployment and
  employment
• Facilitating the transition between education and
  work
• Promoting conversion between different types of
  work contracts
• Facilitating transitions the facts
• The TAW industry employs in Europe 3.5 million
  workers on a daily basis (full time equivalent)
  but more than 10 million in total on a yearly
  basis
• On average, more than half of the agency workers
  were previously unemployed and 1/3 of the TAW
  assignments lead to a permanent contract
  (stepping stone function)
• More than 600,000 agency workers are trained on a
  yearly basis for a total investment of 525
  million (figures for FR, BE, NL, ES IT only)

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• Annemarie Muntz Eurociett President (3)
• Training being key to secure transitions in the
  labour market, this joint project is a first step
  to
• Inventory and promote best practices in terms of
  training initiatives that take place within the
  TAW sector
• Assess how the specificity of the triangular
  employment relationship should be taken into
  account with regard to training
• Review the role sectoral social partners can play
  in facilitating access to training for agency
  workers
• Identify obstacles to the development of training
  programmes for agency workers
• Next step is to take on board the TAW sector when
  developing EU and national policies on vocational
  training (e.g. New Skills for New Jobs
  initiative) and make it easier for the sector to
  develop its contribution to training investments
• You are mostly welcomed to take part in the
  discussions and provide your own insights into
  the debate!