1. Labour Mobility Centres Maarten Dolfing (SZW) ESF Age Network: labour mobility centres, april 2011

2. The crisis: What to do? At first: financial crisis Then: economic downturn Dramatic increase in unemployed people Forecast: unemployment wil rise to 875.000 Three measures: 1. reduction in working hours 2. part-time unemployment benefits 3. Mobility centres

3. Policy-instrument 1: reduction working hours Why? To keep skilled staff available for the recovery 2009 (first half year) Temporarily reducing weekly working hours Advice on training and improving skills 896 companies 49.000 employees ESF Age Network: labour mobility centres, april 2011

4. Policy-instrument 2: part-time unemployment benefits Why? To keep skilled staff available for the recovery Temporarily issuing unemployment benefits for (at most) 50% of working-time Advice on training and improving skills of employees 2009, 2010, first half of 2011 8.000 companies 80.000 employees ESF Age Network: labour mobility centres, april 2011

5. Policy instrument 3: Mobility centres Why? Finding new jobs for people in danger of dismissal (prevent unemployment) UWV as contractor Started in march 2009 33 points of public private partnership Complementary to private initiatives Pro-active approach to employers Facilitating work-to-work transitions Tailor made solutions ESF Age Network: labour mobility centres, april 2011

6. Participants Organise the joint implementation of agreements between public and private partners: Municipal authorities, regions and sectors Educational institutions Temporary and secondment agencies Professional education-business knowledge centres Re-integration agencies Industry associations Outplacement organisations ESF Age Network: labour mobility centres, april 2011

7. Activities Finding new jobs Preventive re-integration implementation of “from-work-to-work” arrangements on behalf of the employer Specific services: Information on labour market Information on vacancies Matching with vacancies Speed dates and meetings with employers Projects Training ESF Age Network: labour mobility centres, april 2011

8. Results: 217.000 employees in 2009 en 2010 found a new job Over 1.600 companies received assistance A boost to co-operation in regional networks Temporarily budget untill 2010. Method is now structurally embedded Unemployment at this moment: 395.000 people ESF Age Network: labour mobility centres, april 2011