EGTC-platform of the CoR “EGTCs and employment” 3rd of March, Brussels Patrice HARSTER Director EURODISTRICT PAMINA Pooling of competent stakeholders for a cross-border labour market Lifelong professional education and Employment in the Eurodistrict Pamina

Territorial context 21/12/ territories 6500 km² inhabitants cross- border commuters SMEs 3 territories 6500 km² inhabitants cross- border commuters SMEs

Labour market context 21/12/2015 Cross-border labour market basins (North and South of Upper Rhine Valley) Employment rate Unemployment rates PA: 4,9 % (< 25 years: 10 %) MI: 4,3 % (< 25 years: 8,9 %) NA: 8,8 % (< 25 years: 21,7 %) vacant apprenticeship opportunities skill shortages Cross-border labour market basins (North and South of Upper Rhine Valley) Employment rate Unemployment rates PA: 4,9 % (< 25 years: 10 %) MI: 4,3 % (< 25 years: 8,9 %) NA: 8,8 % (< 25 years: 21,7 %) vacant apprenticeship opportunities skill shortages

Political context 1. Evolution of the political context Necessity to cooperate 2. Measures on the level of the Upper Rhine and on local level/Eurodistricts 3. Great number of various stakeholders in the Eurodistrict Pamina  Need to coordinate and mutualise competent structures, stakeholders and projects  Creation of a platform for the pooling of competent stakeholders and of tasks on eurodistrict level (cross-border responsibility of a legal structure -> EGTC) 21/12/2015

Prospective (I/II) 1. INTERREG V A framework project for the whole Upper Rhine - Région Alsace (lead partner) with Land Baden-Württemberg & Land Rhineland-Palatinate (main project partners) –Global budget of more than € –Focus on: 1. Career guidance for young people and job applicants 2. Matching of enterprises and appropriate candidates 3. Joint Communication –Embodiment on territorial/local cross-border level: INTERREG-funds can be attributed to the EURODISTRICT PAMINA as it has a legal structure (LGTC) Integration of the territorial stakeholders via the pooling of competent stakeholders (coordination platform) 21/12/2015

Prospective (II/II) 2. Initiatives and projects without EU-funding supported by the EURODISTRICT PAMINA –INFOBEST / close cooperation with EURES-T (complementarity) –Cross-border partnerships of local stakeholders to create added value –Coordination between existing projects, e.g. regional / local ESF-funded projects –Further cooperation with the PAMINA Business Club -> economic marketing –Reinforcement of the socio-economic tissue of the French territory: “don’t create a one-way street!”  socio-economic vision for the territory and its inhabitants  contribution to an amelioration of the employment situation and to a decrease of skill shortages 21/12/2015

PAMINA Three cooperating territories Thank you for your attention! Contact details: EURODISTRICT PAMINA Patrice HARSTER +33 (0) (0) 7277 /