Agenzia Regionale per il Lavoro Lombardia

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• Agenzia Regionale per il Lavoro Lombardia
• Regional Employment Agency
• PROMOTING ACTIVE LABOUR POLICIES
• THROUGH NETWORKING

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Region of Lombardy Today
ECONOMIC BACKGROUND Lombardy is one of the four
MOTORS OF EUROPE (key engines for European
growth). GDP per capita 35 higher than EU25
average (25,786 ) The Lombardy economy
represents one-fifth of the Italian national
economy. GDP 20.7 of national GDP. COMPANIES
represent 15 of the national total 740,000 (97
lt 50 employees, 2 50-199 employees, 1gt 200
employees)
LABOUR MARKET Labour Force 4.333.000 Employed
People 4.164.000 Activity Rate 67.6 (15-64
years) Employment Rate 64.9 (15-64 years)
AREA 23,861 sq.km. (11 provinces)
POPULATION 9.366.000 15 of the total population
of Italy)
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The Regional Employment Agency
The Agenzia Regionale per il Lavoro (the
Regional Employment Agency ) is a public body of
Lombardy Region instituted by Regional Law Number
1 in 1999.
THE MISSION Promoting the integration of
employment services, active labour policies and
training measures in order to develop a flexible
and transparent labour market and increase
efficiency in job matching.
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The Integrated Regional System
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• The Employment Services Model

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www.borsalavorolombardia.net
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TWO YEARS LATER Performance Analysis
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The Regional Employment AgencyOur Expertise

• THE VALUES

A new role for Public Administration and new
modes of governance in the implementation of
development policies
Subsidiarity Citizens at the centre Sustainability
Inclusive Approach Social dialogue Public-private
partnerships
Human Capital Integration of employment and
training services
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Problem Analysis

• Lack of coordination between local and regional
  programmes and action plans in the field of
  active labour policies
• Insufficient share of best practices
• Insufficient transfer of know-how
• Insufficient deployment and sustainability of
  successfull pilot projects
• Low participation of the weakest to the labour
  market

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Our purpose The network
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Region of Lombardy Agenzia Regionale Lavoro
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Fields of activities
Geographic mobility of workers
Employment Crisis Management
People at risk of exclusion from the labour market
UPAL
Labour market Monitoring
Legislation and Info point service
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Results Achieved

• Common draft of local frameworks on active labour
  policies by the Provinces, the UPAL and the
  Agenzia Regionale per il Lavoro
• Promotion of the system Borsa Lavoro Lombardia
• Dissemination of added value measures
• Favoring signing of local agreements
• A team of experts on active labour policies (the
  first in Italy)
• The Region is closer to the territory
• More transparent and efficient dialogue between
  the institutions

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from Pilot Project to Governance

• The network needs to become the key-driver for
  promotion and dissemination of good solutions
  from the Region to the territory and viceversa
• It needs to achieve an acknowledged role within
  the Integrated Regional System
• It needs to obtain a financial support both from
  the Regional and Provincial authorities

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Next Steps

• More inclusive approach
• More stakeholders to be involved, more dialogue
  with the social
• partners
• Citizens at the centre
• Developing services for citizens in particular
  online services
• addressing companies and workers direct link
  with the Borsa
• Lavoro Lombardia system
• Bringing local administrations closer to citizens
• Exploiting best practices beyond regional borders

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Info ContactLorenzo BienatiActive Labour
Market Policies Division Via G.Cardano, 10
20124 Milanlorenzo.bienati_at_agenzialavorolombardia
.it39 02 66743221
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UPAL Province of MantovaA pro-active role for
the local operator
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The origin

• Agreement between
• Region of Lombardy and
• Province of Mantova
• Signed on 14 April 2003 by the Ministers for
  Labour and Social Affairs of Lombardy and the
  Province of Mantova
• Operational Agreement for the creation and
  management of the UPAL network between the
  Agenzia Regionale per il Lavoro and Provincia di
  Mantova

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Relationship with the territoryThe Social
Partners

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• Social partners exchange and updating of
  information on general issues and in particular
  on best practices and obstacles to the
  development of active labour policies
• Problem Solving approach to develope specific
  actions targeting workers at risk of exclusion
  from the labour market through efficient
  cooperation with the social partners
• The future
• Planned future partnership with the social
  partners and the private labour marker operators
  with the aim of creating local Antenna points
  for the labour market.

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Piano Provinciale Politiche Attive per il Lavoro
(local action plan on active labour policies)

• Disabled people
• Over 40 unemployed
• Women at risk of exclusion from the labour market
• Health and security at work
• Workers on unemployment benefit or workers at
  risk of exclusion from the labour market

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Crisis Management

• Actions helping workers who follow mobility
  proceduresor have access to the wages guarantee
  fund
• CASSA INTEGRAZIONE GUADAGNI STRAORDINARIA (CIGS)
• Projects developed under Budget Line n. 908 of
  Region of Lombardy
• Projects developed under Call for tender n.236
  activities for specific company crises
• Actions developed under the local active labour
  market policies framework- FNO
• Project financed by ESF and developed by the NO
  OUT

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Social Security Benefits

• 24 May 2005 signing of Agreement between the
  Provincia of Mantova and the Social Partners and
  with the technical support of
• Agenzia Regionale per il Lavoro for the use of
  social security benefits within SMEs of the
  textile, clothing and shoes sectors.
• 13 July 2005 signing of a Protocol between the
  Ministry of Welfare and the Provincia di Mantova
  and the Social Partners
• 9 February 2006 signing of Agreement between
  Provincia di Mantova and Social Partners for the
  use of social security benefits within SMEs of
  further industrial sectors

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Info Contact

• Pietro BelliniUPAL Provincia di MantovaVia
  Gandolfo, 13 Mantovaupal_at_provincia.mantova.it
  390376432548

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