Employment, Professional Training and Human Resources Department

1. 26 settembre 2012 Employment, Professional Training and Human Resources Department

2. Areain sq. Kms: 2.291,67 Population: 530.000 GDP/head: 28.726,86 euro Unemployment rate: 5.1% Employment rate: 67,3% Key sector of activity: high - mech technology Advanced mechatronics Automotive Material building and construction Fashion Food farming ICT General data • Research an TT infrastructure: • University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE); • Reggio Emilia Innovazione (REI) • Number of enterprises: almost 58.000 companies (over 1 enterprise per 10 inhabitants)

3. […] Reggio Emilia.....what? where?... Economic situation: Vast majority of small and medium-sized enterprises (mechanical engineering, textiles, ceramics, food industries) Very low unemployment rate (2%) before the economic and financial crisis started in 2008; now more than 5% High rate of migrants (around the 13%), mainly from East Europe and North Africa

4. […] Reggio Emilia.....what? where?... • High entrepreneurial energy based on SMEs which are a critical resource for the province and for the whole region. • Deep resources of specific know how with a relevant equipment of public research centres recognized at national and international level. A high qualified centre corresponds to each technological sectors, in particular mechatronic, motoring and mechanical fields. • ADSL broadband access and Wi-Fi technology that covers today great part of the territory. A free wireless technology system is provided in the city of Reggio Emilia. Within the provincial territory, and particularly in the mountain area, the broadband access is high – powered, representing a key factor in the diffusion of knowledge. • Good position in the international context: • The territory is involved in international businesses with high rate of export; • The trade balance value is the best at national level.

5. […] Reggio Emilia.....what? where?... • Social field: • High indicators of social cohesion • high-level quality for the services created and provided for people living in the territory; • strategic coordination of projects between institutions related to: Social, School, Skills competences, Employment policies,etc. • Active involvement of the Province in local policy for welfare and social affaires; • A deep promotion of the integration of disabled workers at work

6. Province of Reggio EmiliaCoordination’s activities • data collection and processing, technical and administrative assistance to the local authorities; • promotion and co-ordination, in co-operation with the Municipalities and based on specific programmes, of activities concerning economic, trade, tourist, social, cultural and sports areas; • realisation of activities of territorial interest, planned and developed with Municipalities; • promotion, in co-operation with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and some research centres, of the development of research and technology activities in the territory

7. land conservation, environment protection and enhancement, risk prevention; protection and enhancement of energy and water resources; valorisation of cultural and artistic heritage and promotion of the landscape awareness; managing of transport and roads and improving sustainable mobility and interconnectivity; protection of flora and fauna, parks, natural reserves; hunting and fishing; waste disposal management at the provincial level, water discharge, gas emissions and noise production monitoring and control; health and public hygiene services devolved by the national and regional legislation; competences related to secondary school, artistic institutes and vocational training, devolved by national and regional legislation; Provincia of Reggio Emiliathe main tasks

8. Provincia of Reggio Emiliathe main tasks “Provincia di Reggio Emilia” is responsible for the services of the provincial Employment Centres and for training programmation The employment centers have a daily professional relations with the local enterprises (administrative legal advice on employment and recruitment) Through these services the Province can try to stimulate and disseminate the culture of social culture responsability

9. We wanted workers we got people… Max Frisch Just because workers are in fact people in these activities has sought to raise awareness and to involve companies in projects or activities that could put the person at the center with its strengths and its weaknesses.

10. THE ROLE OFPROVINCIAL EMPLOYMENT CENTRES • To realize information and careers counselling activities • To facilitate the cross of work supply and demand • To promote training period and training courses • To be part of services network for local development

11. OUR SERVICES... TRAININGPERIODS TRAINING COURSES JOB MATCHING JOB PLACEMENT FOR THE DISABLED LOCAL BOARDS WEB-BASED SERVICES VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE RECEPTION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR FREE ... INTERNET POINT …

12. Services addressed to private companies to people Searching for personnel Training periods Consulting services Administrative and management services Reception (first contact) Self–counselling (information material, internet point) Vocational guidance Job matching Training periods Training courses Administrative and management services

13. ACTIVITIES FOR COMPANIESJOB MATCHING RELATIONSHIP WITH COMPANIES IN ORDER TO: • Analyse the company needs • Analyse the tasks FREE ADVERTISE OF VACANCIES: • Web site • Local newspapers and magazines • Spread trough employment centres and other public offices like town hall etc. ...

14. ACTIVITIES FOR COMPANIESJOB MATCHING INDIVIDUAL TALKS WITH PERSONS IN ORDER TO: • Obtain informations about work experiences, training courses, skills and availabilities • Insert the name and all information in the database JOB MATCHING IN ORDER TO: • give the company a selection of persons and their curricula

15. MEETINGS to put companies at the centre......of employment” A selection of qualified and available persons that are sent, by e-mail, to all companies. One open day: employers can visit our offices and deepen all services addressed to companies

16. Opportunities for companies: • The training courses, financed by public funds, are designed to allow: • the improvement of skills • learning of skills in order to restructure or reorganize the company

17. TRAINING PERIOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE ON THE JOB For companies...opportunity • to know and evaluate new workforce, • to train persons to suit their needs • at the end can decide whether to hire the person Employment centres... Promote • match supply and demand • support company in the elaboration of the training project • tutor person and company throughout the training period.

18. Disabled and disadvantaged people:The specific interventions of Reggio Emilia’s Province • In Italy the legislation also supports the inclusion of people with disabilities overt and certified. • To facilitate the active inclusion of the disabled and disadvantaged people, employment center operators follow them through specific support paths to ensure a long-lasting insertion in the organization

19. Law n. 68/99“Disabled people’s right to work " Law 68/99 renewed the "Disabled people’s right to work “, promoting the actions and services for focused placement. To reach this aim, Reggio Emilia Province has a specialized Employment Centre and 6 “Local Boards” The “Local Boards", are groups of experts (located at the 6 Provincial Employment Centres) working to promote the employment of disabled and disadvantaged people, including the intermediation between the business needs and those of the workers.

20. Disabled people: supporting services and subjetcs operating in the local labour market employers department of health Mental Health services Drug addicts and alcolics service disabled people social cooperatives 45 city councils Welfare and social services dept. Province (P.E.S.) Professional training system

21. SERVICES NETWORK FOR EMPLOYMENT OF DISABLED AND DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE PROVINCE (P.E.S.) disabledperson DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH UNIONS OF SOCIAL COOPERATIVES 45 CITY COUNCILS

22. EMPLOYMENT OF DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE ACTIVITIES • use of a network of local services that support companies and persons • deep evaluation of the disadvantaged person (limits and abilities) • contacts and visits to the companies, in order to know their organization, to check the available and suitable workplaces for disabled people and to plan a customized work program • mediation, in order to simplify the available jobs, often too complex for people with disability

23. EMPLOYMENT OF DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE ACTIVITIES • counselling, promotion and sensitization activity in companies, addressed both to the employers and to the colleagues in order to favour the disadvantaged persons' placement • tutoring on workplace/practice period • supporting companies even after the placement

24. EMPLOYMENT OF DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE TOOLS • personalised projects of “work inclusion” • training period and training activities • agreement between company and Province which consists in planning the job placements of disabled people in the space of 24 months • economic facilities financed by national and regional funds

25. EFFICIENT COOPERATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES WITH EMPLOYERS OUTCOMES

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