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SPE* intervention framework and the common standpoint from December 2008

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SPE* intervention framework and the common standpoint from December 2008

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  1. Benefits of Public Services for the Employment in Flexicurity* implementation: To help in transitions during the CrisisConference : « Flexicurity in times of Crisis » - Prague March 25th-26th 2009Annie GauvinDirector of Studies, Assessment, and International Matters Employment pole - France*flexibility ad social securities /translator’s note/

  2. SPE* intervention framework and the common standpoint from December 2008 • Four Flexicurity components with impacts on particular SPE activities • Flexicurity strengthens SPE role • Challenges in times of Crisis * Public Services for Employment /translator’s note/

  3. SPE Intervention Framework • Statement on Public Services mission for the Employment in Lathi in 2006 • « Public Services for the Employment have a special mission on the Labour Market – to provide free services to employment seekers and employers, the aim of which is to balance the supply and demand, and to contribute to higher transparency on the Labour Market» • Variability of national situations on the Labour Market and in institutions • Common principles : network significance, proximity, accessibility, care of persons in greatest difficulties

  4. SPE Intervention Framework • Common standpoint was adopted at the meeting of SPE representatives on December 11th–12th 2008. It is stated in the report «Flexicurity Mission» • SPE: possibility to actually interfere in particular implementation of Flexicurity principles • Challenges in times of Crisis • To be proactive, to react immediately to the Labour Market situation by its interventions • To simplify and secure transitions between individual employments and between fields of activities • To provide immediately services to persons who just lost their jobs, to facilitate their job search • To take care of the most vulnerable persons

  5. SPE Intervention Context • Demographic perspectives, economical changes, innovations of production processes • Complex and contrast situations on the European Labour Market • Manpower shortage • Lack of employment • Employment rate too low • Unemployment rate too high • Current situation • Substantial responses on Labour Markets • Increasing unemployment and decreasing working positions • Very high decline in job opportunities • Risk of interconnection with structural unemployment

  6. 4 Flexicurity Components with impacts on SPE Operation: In both, the Period of Economic Growth and Crisis • Active Labour Market policies • Strengthened in times of Crisis • Central SPE role • Contractual labour relations: impacts on the scope and nature of working position and manpower flows • Loss of employment conditions • Types of job opportunities • Global lifetime education strategies appeal to SPE • Orientation and capacity abilities for short-term trainings in existing jobs • Providing training with the aim of permanent employment, and training for future employment • Modern social protection system: logics of balanced rights and duties of individuals and employment agents • Support of reasonable income during transition periods • Strengthening services of employment agents

  7. FlexicurityStrengthens SPE Role : 6 Specific Areas of Operation (1/3) • Helping job applicants, and monitoring programs for job applicants • To intervene as soon as possible • To apply differentiated and personal approach • To help mainly persons with greatest difficulties • Using multi-channel approach methods • To develop self-service • Support of transitions between individual working positions • To guide and intervene against restructuring • To provide transparency of vacancies • To provide « management » of growing and differentiating mobility • To supplement associated services with custom-made training

  8. FlexicurityStrengthens SPE Role : 6 Specific Areas of Operation(2/3) • Activating passive measures and balanced monitoring of rights and duties of job applicants • To define active search of working positions • To condition payments of benefits • To connects Employment Bureaus/Agencies with authorities providing unemployment benefits • Services offered to employers for recruitment • To provide employers with professional negotiators for their recruitment • To foresee manpower needs and to identify new sources of working positions • To develop services adjusted to employers • To promptly satisfy job offers

  9. FlexicurityStrengthens SPE Role : 6 Specific Areas of Operation(3/3) • Specific services for target persons • To expand and deepen the offer of services for persons most distant to the Labour Market • Young people, seniors, season employees, handicapped persons, persons very distant to employment, workers with low qualification • To draw from sources of inactive manpower • Information services and support of geographic and occupational mobility • To inform on the Labour Market and vacancies in order to facilitate employment exchange and recruitments • To develop mobility support • EURES : information on the European Labour Market; assistance for applicants and agents; cross-border services

  10. Challenges: SPE must adjust Methods of its Operation and its Organisation • To work with other participants (private services, non-governmental organisations, educational and training organisations) • To provide territorial coherence of interventions (with business and social partners) • To endeavour after internal development of agent’s competencies and adjustment of organisations • To better assess efficiency and impacts of its measures • To strengthen SPE benefits for defining Labour Market policies

  11. Challenges : SPE benefits in times of Crisis • Measures • Maintenance of employment; keeping on the job (partial activities) • Assistance in creating working positions • Retraining supports using specific programs • Expanding the portfolio of services for new customers • Maintaining the contact with employment in job applicants • Searching sources of working positions • Increasing educational and e-learnign capacities • Developing decentralised centres in disadvantaged areas • Support in job search: strengthened or adjusted unemployment benefits • Strengthening SPE means (staff; agencies) • Increasing tax relief opportunities and interventions in partnership with other participants

  12. Thank you for your attention. • Continuing Work of SPE Representatives • To continue in considerations emerging from the common standpoint • Ti identify good practice • To work up the question of SPE benefits to Flexicurity in times of Crisis

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