1. Two Working Groups reviewed programmes and projects
WG Sustainable Workability and Employability
WG Transitions from (un)Employment to Work

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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.