General overview of the active labour market policies in Catalonia, explaining with a little bit more of detail one of our best practice, the Youth Guarantee program (Programa de Garantia Juvenil)

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Active labour market policies
Barcelona, 7th February 2017

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Evolution real GDP vs labour productivity (period 2000-2013)
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Source: Conference “Board for labour productivity and IMF for GDP - 2013”
Spain Germany USA
http://economy.blogs.ie.edu/archives/2014/01/productividad-laboral-en-espana-2000-2013-el-todavia-extrano-mercado-laboral-espanol.php

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Unemployment rate
Catalunya & Spain vs Europe
Source: Idescat
Unemployment _ Profile Gender Age
NationalityTime under
unemployment
Source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu a partir de les
dades del SOC i del Servei Públic d’Ocupació Estatal

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Most of the unemployed by the end of 2016 had a low or
low level of training. The higher level of education, the
greater permanence in occupation.
What have we learnt?
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77%
23%
Level of educacion _people under unemployment
(31.12.2016)
No Education or compulsary education
Post-compulsary education
Source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu a partir de les
dades del SOC i del Servei Públic d’Ocupación Estatal
Permanence in Ocupation by education
level (2nQ 2014-3rQ 2016) -
Source: EPA 2016

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What can we do? (*)
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(*) FOOTNOTE
Generalitat de Catalunya Competences on active labour market policies
Government of Spain Competences in pasive labour policies.
Conceptual model of the set of services and employment services (program)
 Vocational guidance
 Labour market placement
 Professional qualifications
 Employment promotion
 Companies’ needs surveillance
 Entrepreneurship and self-employment promotion
 Geographical mobility promotion
Service covered by the employment services are worked based on individuals, sectors
and territories

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Zoom on active employment policies for young people
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Economic crisis starting in 2008 causes high impact in all European countries...
Source:
Spain and Catalunya INE-EPA 4stQ 2013 vs 2016
Europe: Eurostat – October 2013/2016
2013 2016
Europe 23,2 18,4
Spain 54,9 42,9
Catalonia 48,9 32,3
Average rate of unemployment for youngsters under 25 years
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Targets:
1. To qualify and to empower unemployed young people
2. Transformation of the most vulnerable social groups (social mobility)
3. Policy design for Catalonia specific needs
Procedure:
1. Territorial, sectorial & personal profile sensitivity (tailor-made policies)
2. Meticulous & collaborative previous policy analysis
3. Proximity principle
4. Networking with social partners on the ground
5. Coaching & guidance vs control & monitoring
6. Companies’ early-stage involvement
7. Flexibility and costumized guidance
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The keys to success - Social Innovation in programs for young pople

9. Active labour market policies – Study case
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NEW OPPORTUNITIES
Type of Action Compensation ESL. Catalonia
Name of the
action
NEW OPPORTUNITIES
Background of
the action
This program has been designed from the experience of some social entities under the
concept of “Second Chance Schools”. The aim is to combat early school leaving, by
reducing school dropout and re‐engage them in education, improving their
employability. Some keys:
 Flexible, personalized and longer educational itineraries.
 Personalised guidance.
Alternate between training and work, and methodologies “learning by doing”
Aims Improve the employability of young people at risk of social and employment exclusion
through different and innovative methodologies.
Action Place 8 points around Catalonia, each one must attend 270 youngsters. In Barcelona the
program is called “Passwork” and it’s carry out by 2 social entitites.
Technical and
financial
Partnerships
All funding provides from the Regional Government, but technically the 8 stakeholders
can collaborate with other entities in order to offer to youngsters a wider range of
trainings.
Target young
people
Students between 16 and 24 years old, mostly without neither Secondary Compulsory
Degree, nor work experience, and also exposed to social vulnerability.
Descriptions of
the action
1. Between 2 and 6 weeks personal and vocational Guidance and exploration in order
to define the own itinerary.
2. Up to 20 months. Training in basic and soft skills (working habits, learning capacity,
teamwork, emotions management....) and Pre-vocational trainings. Traineeship
in/or real work experience as employees, according the definition of their
itineraries.
3. Accompaniement and support all over the itinerary .
The main strenght of this program is the possibility of search different trainings
from the youngsters requirements. With this, we get that the youngsters can
choose really their way, not fit them in a solution already ready previously

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