The Netherlands,José Hilgersom

Supporting collaborationin local labour markets

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Content

• The power of regional networks and public private cooperation in the labour market

• Characteristics of the labour market in the Netherlands and the players

• Supporting local collaboration, differing forms of steering that have proved their usefulness

• New developments leading to different ways of steering local collaboration

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Importance of the local labour market

The aim of participation

- less people on benefit, more people in paid work

The cabinet’s choices

• compact government fit for purpose

• decentralisation of tasks to local authorities

• citizens and companies to take more responsibility

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Characterisation of the Dutch labour marketActive population in the Netherlands

Total population (x 1,000) 16.358Population 15–64 (x 1,000) 11.018Active population (x 1,000) 8.768

NL EUActivity rate 15–64 (%) 78.3 71.3Activity rate 15–24 (%) 70.1 44.3Unemployment rate 15–64 (%) 4.3 9.4Unemployment rate 15-24 (%) 8.3 20.5

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Characterisation of the Dutch labour market

Continued ageing and decreasing work force/ a tighter labour market in future

Pressure points in the labour market• industrial sectors short of labour • vulnerable groups on the margins of the labour market

Solutions directed at• using up all the supply of labour • increasing inter-sector employment

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Thirty labour market regions Increasing tension in the labour market

September 2009 September 2010

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September 2009 (left) and September 2010 (right)

Thirty labour market regions Characterisation of the labour market by sector of profession

Technical and Industrial Transport

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Thirty labour market regions Characterisation of the labour market by sector of profession

Care and services Economical, clerical

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UWV: providing technical assistance in finding employment Bringing vacancies into view by means ofa central data bank

Local authorities: multiplicity of tasks/decentralised with greater freedom toformulate policy

Management & labour: cope with the tightness of the labour market/ sectors of industry displaying shortages

Schools: connecting the courses offered by educational establishments to the needs of the professions

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Players in the local labour market

Supporting local collaboration

Differing examples of steering in the regions at a time of economic crisis

• Mobility centers at 30 regional ‘work squares’ aimed at preventing unemployment of those threatened with redundancy

• Plan of action aimed at combating and preventing youth unemployment

A step in the right direction

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New developments helping to steer policy on regional labour markets

Local authorities will increasingly determine how to help difficult groups to actively participate in the labour market/ custom-made approach/working according to your ability

UWV with nationwide technical support to provide modern e-services and 1 central registration system to match up job vacancies with job seekers

Employers to take more collective responsibility/private first public second

Q & A’s

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