The Lisbon Strategy working together for growth and jobs

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The Lisbon Strategy working together for growth
and jobs

• Laurence Michel
• ESF Article 6 Project manager
• Unit C.4 Article 6 ESF and Readaptation
• European Commission
• DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal
  Opportunities

"Sociale innovatie als uitdaging" Ommen (NL) 23
November 2005
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Structure

• A new start for the Lisbon Strategy working
  together for growth and jobs
• How can the EU support local employment
  development?
• The European Employment Strategy
• The Structural Funds and Community Initiatives
• ESF Article 6 projects
• Mainstreaming and dissemination
• New Structural Funds (2007-13)
• Useful websites and e-mail addresses

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The Lisbon strategy
Economic, social and environmental renewal in the
EU
The most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based
economy in the world, capable of sustainable
economic growth with more and better jobs and
greater social cohesion.
Social policysocial quality/social
cohesion competitiveness/dynamism
full
employment/quality of work Economic policy

Employment policy
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Lisbon Strategy targets

• Lisbon - 2000 Long-term quantitative targets for
  2010
• 70 Employment rate overall
• 60 Employment rate women
• Stockholm - 2001 Mid term targets for 2005
• 67 Employment rate in general
• 57 Employment rate - women
• 50 Employment rate older workers (55 - 64) in
  2010

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Mid-term review of the Lisbon Strategy some
measures

• Extend and deepen the single market
• Open and competitive markets inside and outside
  the EU
• Improve European and national legislation
• Facilitate innovation
• Increase and improve investment in research
  development
• CREATE MORE AND BETTER JOBS

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A new start for the Lisbon Strategy

• A new partnership between the Commission and the
  Member States to boost productivity and
  employment
• Clear distinction of responsibilities
• Far reaching simplification
• More transparency and coherence

Guidelines for cohesion, growth and
employment(COM(2005)299 final, 05.07.2005)
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The European Employment Strategy
and the ESF
A European Strategy for full employment and
better jobs for all
The ESF
The EES
Mainstream ESF
Full employment
EQUAL initiative
Improving quality and productivity at work
Article 6 measures
Strengthening social cohesion and inclusion
Best practice
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ESF Article 6 aim

• promote new approaches
• identify examples of good practice
• that may subsequently help improve ESF mainstream
  operations

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ESF Article 6 call for proposals VP/2001/017
Local employment strategies and innovation
Overall aim to reinforce the implementation of
the NAPs at the local/regional level by
supporting the development of a number of
integrated local employment strategies Common
elements 1. Specific partnership 2. Local
employment baseline analysis 3. European
Employment Strategy 4. Gender dimension/equal
opportunities 5. Overarching framework
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ESF Article 6 call for proposals VP/2001/017
Local employment strategies and innovation
Total 85 projects
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ESF Article 6 call for proposals VP/2001/017
Local employment strategies and innovation
Provincie Overijssel project

• to develop a coherent and integrated local
  employment strategy

Overall aim
Overall aim

• creation and development of co-operative regional
  employment strategies at three sub regional
  levels that will apply three relevant themes to
  the regional labour market and link them in the
  end into a joint policy and strategy leading to
  practical solutions.

Main objectives
Main objectives
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ESF Article 6 call for proposals VP/2001/017
Local employment strategies and
innovationPreliminary results

• Projects have an impact on the local/regional
  employment situation
• Common and concerted strategic approach to
  employment matters
• Improved coordination between, and better
  cooperation amongst, key players in the
  employment area (networks)
• Improved knowledge and more efficient use of
  financial tools available
• Emergence of new ideas (innovations) to tackle
  old issues
• Increased visibility of employment measures in
  the regions

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ESF Article 6 call for proposals VP/2001/017
Best practice Sustainability and Mainstreaming
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The Structural Funds 2007 2013

• 3 Objectives
• Convergence (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund)
• Regional competitiveness and employment (ERDF,
  ESF)
• European territorial cooperation (ERDF)
• 75 threshold
• Total budget EUR 335,1 billion
• More freedom of choice for regions
• Simplification of implementing rules/administratio
  n
• Integration of community initiatives into
  mainstream
• Innovative measures remain, but within the
  national realm
• Orientation on the Lisbon objectives

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The Structural Funds 2007 2013
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More information on ESF Article 6

• Websitehttp//europa.eu.int/comm/employment_soci
  al/esf2000/index-en.htm
• E-mailempl-article6mc_at_cec.eu.int or
  empl-article6dis_at_cec.eu.int
• Phone/fax[phone] (Laurence Michel)32
  2 295 31 14 (Secretariat)32 2 296 59 89 (Fax)

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More information on the EU

• Lisbon-Strategy
• http//europa.eu.int/growthandjobs/index_en.htm
• Employment and Social Affairshttp//europa.eu.i
  nt/pol/socio/index_en.htm
• European Social Fundhttp//europa.eu.int/esf
• Future financial perspective (2007-13)
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/financial_perspective/in
  dex_en.htm