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2007
Annual
Report
Employment
measures
For all unemployed
persons who are less competitive on the labour market, the ESS also provides
various active employment policy measures, within which they can obtain the
necessary additional knowledge, skills and training, and in this way they
can improve their employment prospects on the labour market.
The active employment policy measures (AEP)
for 2007 therefore included activities geared towards achieving the goals of
the Lisbon Strategy and optimal implementation of the European Employment
Strategy. The European Employment Strategy is based on three objectives:
In 2007 a total of 68 million
euros were allocated for AEP. A total of 24,153 unemployed persons were
newly included (not including those in VIGC, general advice and information for
unemployed persons or health/employment advice).
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The AEP programme for 2007
envisaged inclusion in four measures:
Measure 1 –
GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE IN SEEKING EMPLOYMENT is provided for the
purpose of guiding and helping individuals in seeking jobs and
familiarising them with vocational possibilities, while enhanced
treatment of specific groups of persons is provided in order to improve
employment possibilities and eliminate barriers in seeking jobs. Another
purpose of the measure is to present and implement active employment
policy activities. In 2007 there were 6,086 inclusions in this measure.
Target groups: Guidance and assistance in seeking employment is
intended for all unemployed persons and those seeking a job or
information on occupations and the needs of the labour market.
The purpose of
measure 2 – TRAINING AND EDUCATION – is to increase employability
and competitiveness on the labour market by acquiring new knowledge,
skills and abilities and to raise the level of education and
qualifications of employees and unemployed persons. In 2007 there were
13,608 inclusions.
Target groups:
This measure is aimed at unemployed persons without any vocational
education or with training in surplus professions, unemployed young
persons up to the age of 25, young people without work experience,
recipients of financial social assistance and unemployment benefit and
other disadvantaged unemployed persons.
The purpose of
measure 3 - PROMOTING EMPLOYMENT AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT, is to
promote the self-employment of unemployed persons, who after training
wish to fulfil an entrepreneurial idea and become self-employed,
promotion of employment for the most disadvantaged groups of unemployed
persons who are special recipients of financial social assistance.
Activities in this measure comprise for the most part state assistance,
so they are implemented in line with the rules on the allocation of
state assistance. In 2007 there were 880 inclusions. Inclusion in this
measure means immediate employment.
Target groups:
This measure involves long-term unemployed persons, recipients of
unemployment benefit and financial social assistance, the unemployed
above 50 years of age, young people under 25 years of age and first-time
job seekers, and primarily those without adequate education relative to
the needs of the labour market, workers in the process of losing their
jobs, disabled persons and other unemployed persons.
The purpose of
measure 4 - PROGRAMMES TO INCREASE SOCIAL INCLUSION, is to promote
social inclusion, in other words to carry out and establish activities
and projects to create an environment that will motivate people towards
being active and in which they may more easily and quickly find work,
while at the same time enjoying the necessary level of social
protection. In 2007 there were 3,579
inclusions. Inclusion in this measure also means immediate employment.
Target groups:
This measure is aimed at long-term unemployed persons, recipients of
financial social assistance, unemployed persons over 50, young persons
under 25 and first-time job seekers, especially those without adequate
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Inclusion in
employment measures in 2007
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Measure/activity/sub-activity |
Realisation - total 07 |
Realisation by the ESF |
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GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE IN SEEKING
EMPLOYMENT |
924,899 |
- |
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General guidance and informing unemployed
people |
813,968 |
- |
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VIGC - Vocational Information and Guidance
Centres |
74,023 |
- |
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Vocational Orientation |
18,611 |
- |
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Occupations in a different way |
9,000 |
- |
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Medical employment advising |
3,278 |
- |
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Assistance in planning a professional
career and job seeking |
4,511 |
- |
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TSL - Training for Success in Life |
245 |
- |
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Job clubs |
1,025 |
- |
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Development and testing of a new workshop
for successful entering the labour market |
238 |
- |
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TRAINING AND EDUCATION |
13,608 |
3,726 |
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Institutionalized training |
4,586 |
- |
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NVQ - National Vocational Qualification |
205 |
- |
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Work trial |
2,210 |
- |
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On-the-job training |
695 |
694 |
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Formal education |
5,697 |
2,898 |
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PLYA - Project Learning for Young Adults |
215 |
134 |
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PROMOTING EMPLOYMENT AND SELF - EMPLOYMENT |
880 |
177 |
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Subsidies for self-employment |
417 |
- |
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Promotion of new employment of long term
unemployed - recipients of financial social assistance |
286 |
- |
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Promotion of new employment of older
people |
177 |
177 |
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PROGRAMMES TO INCREASE SOCIAL INCLUSION |
3,579 |
104 |
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Local employment programmes - public works |
3,475 |
- |
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Projects of employment programs in non-profit
employers |
104 |
104 |
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MEASURES CONTINUING FROM PREVIOUS YEAR |
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32,694 |
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Education and training of employed people
from sectors in restructuring |
16,243 |
16,243 |
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Education and training of employed people
from fast developing sectors |
16,451 |
16,451 |
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