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1. Jobtown Project. Avilés
LOGO
PROJECT
Brussels 12/03/2013

2. Asturias
(Spain, Atlantic Arc)
Avilés

3. Metropolitan Area
800.000 inhabitants
80% of population in 20% of the territory

4. Information about the city
Population: 83.000
Aged Population: 22%
Foreigners: 3.598 (4%)
Economy (27.995 jobs):
- Services (71,4%)
- Industry (20,5%)
- Construction (6,5%)
- Agriculture (1,5%)

5. What are we worried about?
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22% of unemployment, higher in women.
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High job temporality (88%)
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1.039 families receiving the Basic Social
Salary.
Special incidence in young people (49%).
Increasing difficulties for people with
more job placement problems
More risk of social exclusión.
Increase of the demand of social
resources.

6. Our City Project
› Inclusive, cohesive and innovative.
› With opportunities for the future.
› Involving the stakeholders.
› Working in network and partnership
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agreements.
Consolidating a participatory
gobernance model.

7. Jobtown Project
1.
Cesena. Italy
2.
Avilés. Spain
3.
Thurrock.UK
4.
Latsia. Cyprus
5.
Gondomar.
Portugal
6.
Enfield. UK
7.
University of
Kaiserslautern.
Germany
8.
Rennes. France
9.
Aveiro. Portugal
10. Kielce. Poland
11. Nagykallo. Hungary

8. Goals of Avilés Jobtown Project
Counting on a Local Action Plan about Youth
Employment, with the participation of all the
stakeholders involved.
Transference of good practices between the cities of the
project.
“Una plaza abierta a todo el mundo,
un lugar para la educación,
la cultura y la paz“
Oscar Niemeyer

9. Composition of the ULSG
The Project begins with an Ulsg
where ten organizations are
represented.
Extended to 15 organizations (City
Council, management Authority of the
FSE, Government of the Principality of
Asturias, Social Agents, NGOs, Youth
Organizations, Formative Centres and
restoration companies and new
technologies).

10. Strategy of the involvement of the stakeholders
• Culture of Agreement.
• Involvement of all the municipal social welfare area,
both technicians and politicians, allowing the
mobilization of a great variety of stakeholders.
• A clear organization of the agenda and avoiding
wastes of time: Concrete Goals.

11. Plan Elaboration /Methodology
Elaboration of a starting Diagnosis of Youth
Employment in Avilés.
Validation of the plan with organizations outside the
local action group (University, third sector
organizations, intermediate Organizations…)
Schedule and definition of milestones in the process.
Transference to the plan of the acquired knowledge
in transnational workshops.

12. Diagnosis of youth employment in Avilés:
Elaboration of a starting
diagnosis by the local Action
group.
Participatory Process
Validation of the diagnosis and collection
of the contributions made by more than
25 organizations (university, autonomic
government, NGOs…) related to
formation and employment.
Presentation and publication of the final document.

13. Diagnosis of youth employment in Avilés:
It allows the identification of five groups as the target population of the
plan:
• Young people who abandon early the education system.
• Young people with no work experience, with or without professional
qualification.
• Young people with competences not adjusted to the labour demand.
• Young people in risk of social and labour exclusion.
• Entrepreneur young people.

14. Next actions:
Definition by the Ulsg of actions to be developed with every
group.
Validation of these actions with organizations outside the
Ulsg.

15. Predicted Actions:
• Valuation of non-formal learning.
• Formation in skills and competences
development.
• Elaboration of personalized
itineraries.
• Actions favouring a return to the
education.
• Involvement of young people in the
design of the policies addressed to
them.

16. Benefits of the Project
Counting on a consensual plan which gives us a better
position when accessing to financing and allows the
development of active employment policies addressed
to young people.

17. Avilés is Jobtown

18. contact@urbact-project.eu
www.urbact.eu/project