Material of the 10th Annual meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Development |23-25 April 2014 | Stockholm, Sweden More info http://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/10th-fplg-meeting.htm

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Job creation just ahead : building
adaptable local labour market
Main opportunities and challenges for
Public Employment Services
Annie
GAUVIN
Pôle Emploi
AMSEP

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Main figures
→ High level of unemployment (specifically for more vulnerable target groups-
young people, low skilled, LTU,…-, or specific areas)
→ Mismatches and sharp gaps between labour and skills supply, and labour and
skills demand
→ Persistent amount of vacancies in specific activities
→ Responses to build up for current needs and for anticipation for skills and
competencies
→ Large diversity of situation
● Number and size of stakeholders (at national, regional, or local level)
● More or less decentralized system (federalism, regionalism, municipalization, …)
● Distribution of responsibilities and competencies (on the fields of employment and training)
● Capacity of diagnosis and evaluation
● Budget constraints
● Cost of governance, …
→ Importance of local development strategies in the context of overall low growth
situation

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Playing Role of Public Employment Services
→Public Employment Services are concerned by
● Implementing ALMP
● Orienting the employment and training system towards employer demand, on a
strategic way, enhancing investment in competencies
● Supporting strong partnership with employers
● Securing job opportunities and sustainable employment (career pathways)
● Being efficient in matching demand and supply
● Targeting programs to “at risk” groups
● Supporting inclusion and employability
● Adjusting implementation (flexibility and room of “manœuvre” for adaptability of
resources, program and services delivery based on territorial realities)
● Acting closely with partners
● Supporting local development by attracting cooperation and services

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Partnerships Between Employment Services
(PARES Recommandation according to clients needs)
→ No one organization covers the full range of competencies
→ Local autonomy establishes a favorable environment for local partnerships
● Added value recognized by national level
● Flexible freedom to operate within local partners
● Framework may be provided by national level
→ Building partnerships at local level : clear foundations and mutual trust (SMART
cooperation)
(others employment operators, NGO, local authorities, training bodies, educational
organization, employers, social partners)
→ Diagnosis of all local partners is necessary for building strategy for employment and
training issues
→ Good governance requires effective leadership (often according to program financing)
→ Involvement of employers is crucial
→ Monitoring, evaluation of goals of partnerships is strongly recommended
→ Promotion of adapted development of partnerships

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Pôle emploi experience
→ Strategic Plan Pôle emploi 2015
● Individualizing the range of services
● Acting closer with local stakeholders
● Optimizing the resources to dedicate more time to more needing jobseekers
→ “Territorialisation”
● Territorial diagnosis at all intervention level
● Adapted range of services (local situation and specific areas)
● Improvement of services accessibility (within partnerships framework)
● “Room of manœuvre” (budget and programs)
● Rebuilding partnerships and cooperation with stakeholders with goals and following system
→ Good practices in France : “win win processes” at national/local level
● 100 000 added training places for jobseekers for 100 000 vacancies difficult to provide within 2
years
● “Emplois d’avenir” scheme (“Jobs for the future”) 150 000 within 3 years.

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THANKS YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
annie.gauvin@pole-emploi.fr