Two Working Groups reviewed programmes and projects WG Sustainable Workability and Employability WG Transitions from (un)Employment to Work
WG Transitions from (un)Employment to Work Meeting 1: The Hague, April 27-28 Prevention of unemployment Meeting 2: Tallinn, June 15-16 Senior entrepreneurship Meeting 3: Kassel, October 5-6 Public employment service
First Meeting: Prevention of Unemployment Programme presentations 1 Outplacement Belgium Nl 2 Reconversion Units Belgium Fr 3 Regional mobility centres Netherlands Short statements: Transfergesellschaften Germany Older people – a valuable resource on the labour market Estonia
Second Meeting: Senior Entrepreneurship Programme presentations Shorter statements 1 Estonian Labour Insurance Fund / “Older workers, a valuable resource …” Estonia 2 Senior Enterprise Ireland 3 National Agency for Women Start-ups & Entrepreneurs Germany Project „Mature entrepreneur“ Poland Henriette Dickeboom (Beneficiary) Nether-lands
Third Meeting: Public Employment Service Programme presentations Shorter statements 1 Talent 45+ The Nether-lands 2 Perspective 50plus Germany Jobcenter Guldborgsund Denmark Department for Work and Pensions UK
Overview of Work Process Stages A-D (for each of the three good practices) … A B C D Presentation Group work Peer statement Plenary discussion Stage E-F (for all good practices together) E F Group work Plenary discussion
Role definitions for group work Bold questioners This means that your group consists of very critical experts of labour market policy. You are not easily satisfied and very insistent in the way you ask questions. Old wise persons You are mentors of younger colleagues and you are often asked for recommendations. You are also sympathetic to your younger colleagues and very constructive in your criticism. Number crunchers You … always insist that all the empirical evidence for the success of a programme is put on the table. You are … very critical in your judgement about what counts as empirical support for the success of a programme. Gender group Imagine you are … in charge for gender mainstreaming. You …. want to safeguard that the goal of gender equality is achieved in the programmes. Transferability group You are seeking good examples but you also want to avoid any risks – i.e., you do not want to “import” a good example that has worked well elsewhere but does not work in your country.