1. EUSDR Priority Area 9 “People and Skills” & EUSDR Priority Area 10 “Institutional Capacity and Cooperation” 3rd Call Thematic Seminar on Governance
15 January 2019, Bratislava

2. EU Strategy for the Danube Region… … what is it?

3. key challenges
Setting the scene…
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4. Defining actions &
testing solutions
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5. Protecting the Environment Building Prosperity
Connecting the Region
Mobility
Sustainable Energy
Culture & Tourism
Protecting the Environment
Water Quality
Environmental Risks
Biodiversity
Building Prosperity
Knowledge Society
Competitiveness
People & Skills
Strengthening the Region
Institutional Capacity
Security
Policy coordination
Establishing interfaces for cooperation & exchange
Efficient use of ressources
Increasing policy impact
Knowledge exchange
Harmonisation of standards & rules

6. How to contribute to Priority Area 9 Investing in People and Skills

7. Priority Area 9 „Investing in People and Skills"
Priority Area Coordinators
(AT) Roland Hanak – Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection
(AT) Jürgen Schick – Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
(MD) Anna Gherganova – Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Families
(MD) Ludmila Pavlov - Ministry of Education, Culture and Research, Moldova
PA9 works in the fields of education and training, labour markets and marginsalised groups
Education & training and modern labour marktes are key for:
socio-economic development and growth
equitable and inclusive societies
well-being
personal fulfillment of its citizens
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8. Priority Area 9 „Investing in People and Skills"
PA9 targets:
Contribution to a higher employment rate in the Danube Region, especially through tackling youth and long-term unemployment
Contribution to improved educational outcomes and relevant skills and competences in the Danube Region, focusing on learning outcomes for employability, entrepreneurship, innovation, active citizenship and well-being
Contribution to increased quality and efficiency of education, training and labour market systems
Contribution to ensuring inclusive education and training and promoting inclusive labour markets, equal opportunities and non-discrimination as well as the promotion of civic competences and lifelong learning opportunities for all
Contribution to a closer cooperation between educational, training, labour market and research institutions, in particular on transnational, regional and bilateral levels
Results:
evident in terms of projects
improved networking and coordination
exchange on policy level
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9. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Quality and efficiency:
Modernise VET (e.g. dual elements); Develop quality assurance meachanisms; Promote teaching at all levels
Inclusive education, common values:
Reduce ESL; Increase educational outcomes of disadvantaged learners; Promote civic and social competences, critical
thinking
Relevant skills: Improve basic skills to financial, language, entrepreneurial, green and digital skills
Lifelong learning:
Address transition phases (within education and from school to work); Promote adult learning

10. Labour Market
To foster cooperation between key stakeholders of labour market, education and research in order to develop learning regions
To fight poverty and social exclusion of marginalized communities in the Danube Region
Focus on holistic approaches /measures for the labour market integration of ROMA
Focus on tackling youth and long-term unemployment of of vulnerable groups

11. Thank you for the attention!
PA9 – Education PA9 –Labour Market
Ulrike Sedlmayr Barbara Willsberger
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12. How to contribute to Priority Area 10 Institutional Capacity & Cooperation

13. Institutional Capacity Multi-level Governance
Good Governance in Priority Area 10 Institutional Capacity and Cooperation
Institutional Capacity
Improving public service provision
Enhancing policy coordination
Improving public management
Multi-level Governance
Building trust
Establishing methods of cooperation & co-creation
Strengthening capacities of stakeholders in MLG
Funding
Developing suitable funding and project support
Enhancing (transnational) project management skills
Improving funding coordination

14. Migration and Demographic Change
Establishing integrated
and user-friendly public services
(e.g. eGovernment tools, one-stop shop approach)
Developing innovative models of cooperation to create modern, needs-based public services
(e.g. Public-private partner-ships, Public Innovation Labs)
Enhancing methods and standards of planning in functional regions
(e.g. interregional policy coordination, spatial planning practice)
Developing low threshold access to local public services
(e.g. reducing administrative burdens, capacity building for civil servants, accessability)
Establishing
transnational/ multi-level
policy coordination
(e.g. against trafficking in
human beings, Roma inclusion)

15. Active Citizenship & Sustainable Democracy
Capacity building for public and private stakeholders to enhance participatory governance and co-designing public policies
Creating frameworks for Civic Engagement and Youth Participation
Establishing modes of participatory policy-making
Civic Education

16. Priority Area 10 Institutional Capacity and Cooperation
Claudia Singer PA10 Coordinator – EUSDR
Kaiserstrasse
1070 Vienna (AT) 
Tel: +43 (0)
Nina Čepon
PA10 Coordinator – EUSDR
Grajska cesta 1
1234 Loka pri Mengšu (SI)
Tel: 
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