Regional Budgets in Brandenburg

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Regional Budgets in Brandenburg
Jens Siebert State Agency for Structure and
Labour Brandenburg Ltd.
Dr. Wilhelm Benfer County Administration Barnim
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Founded December 12, 1991 Subject services in
connection to employment promotion, structural
development Associate Land Brandenburg
100Finances Income from public
assignments Administration and distribution of
public funds Project funding
LASA Brandenburg State Agency for Structure and
Labour Brandenburg Ltd.
Wetzlarer Str. 54 14482 Potsdam www.lasa-brandenbu
rg.de
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Consultation aiming at
securing and creating sustainable jobs,
interlinking regional development, rural
development and labour support,
integration of target groups,
avoiding social exclusion due to longterm
unemployment.
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Brandenburg
29.414 square km
Germany
2.5 million inhabitants
242.725 unemployed
Unemployment rate 18,1
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Funding structure in Germany
EU Funds and Initiatives
Labour Market Policy

• EU Federal state
• Objective 1
• ERDF Ministry of Economics growth
  sectors
• EAGGF Ministry for Agriculture IRD, LEADER
• ESF Ministry of Labour
• Local initiatives, VC, Regional
  budget

• Federal Republic Labour Agency
• Unemployed lt 1 year
• Federal Republic Communities regional
  labour agencies
• Unemployed gt 1 year
• Federal state legal supervision

Implemented by Districts/Cities
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Operational Programme Brandenburg
2000-2006Implementation
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Growth sectors

• Bio technology/ Life sciences
• Aviation
• Media/IT
• Automotive
• Nutrition
• Energy/ Energy technologies
• Geo information
• Wood processing
• Plastics
• Logistic
• Metalproduction and processing/ Mechatronics
• Mineral fuel/Bio fuel
• Optics
• Paper
• Rail transportation technology
• Tourism
• Microelectronics

• Enterprises with a more global orientation
• Cooperation with research institutes or
  universities
• Joint development of new products and new markets
• Above average linkages along the value creation
  chain
• Above average importance for the added value in
  the Land
• Above average chances for growth in the sector

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12 IRD-regions
districts
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ESF - F Local capital for social
purposesBrandenburg Lokale Initiativen für
neue Beschäftigung

• Regional/local approach
• Regional advisory boards deciding together with
  regional offices on the funding of local
  initiatives. On the board representatives of
  territorial authorities.
• Funding based on local needs (average 10.000 ).
• Possibilities of funding investments.

• National approach
• Funding for target groups
• Flexible support structures (eight regional
  offices)
• Wide range of possibilities for locale
  initiatives - demanding for interpretation and
  creativity

The regional offices support, accompany and
network the local initiatives, hand out the
funding directly and see to the financial
administration.
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Preparation Regional Budgets

• In the past VC (effects)
• Now VC directed at regional budgets
• 4 model projects
• Overall Regional budgets starting 01.07.2007
• Win win Situation
• Land District/cities
• Specification of target groups direct contact
• Specification of minimum aims specific fields of
  action
• Specification of funds cofinancing
• Agreement on objectives
• Quality control
• LASA Consulting
• Exchange of experience/PR

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Regional Budgets

• Regional development
• Construction of rural and municipal
  infrastructure with long-term unemployed working
  in SMEs
• Better social inclusion
• Family care centred volunteer service (SPN)
• Micro self-employment (P)
• Sports for long-term unemployed (PR)
• Voluntary services in environ-mental protection
  (BAR)
• Improved employment situation
• Development of (new) tools for qualification
• placement
• training etc.

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