EGTC-platform of the CoR “EGTCs and employment”3rd of March, Brussels

Patrice HARSTERDirectorEURODISTRICT PAMINA

Pooling of competent stakeholders for a cross-border labour marketLifelong professional education and Employment in the Eurodistrict Pamina

Territorial context

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• 3 territories• 6500 km²• 1.700.000 inhabitants• 16.000 cross-border

commuters• 50.000 SMEs

• 3 territories• 6500 km²• 1.700.000 inhabitants• 16.000 cross-border

commuters• 50.000 SMEs

Labour market context

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• Cross-border labour market basins (North and South of Upper Rhine Valley)

• Employment rate • Unemployment rates

• PA: 4,9 % (< 25 years: 10 %)• MI: 4,3 % (< 25 years: 8,9 %)• NA: 8,8 % (< 25 years: 21,7 %)

• vacant apprenticeship opportunities• skill shortages

• Cross-border labour market basins (North and South of Upper Rhine Valley)

• Employment rate • Unemployment rates

• PA: 4,9 % (< 25 years: 10 %)• MI: 4,3 % (< 25 years: 8,9 %)• NA: 8,8 % (< 25 years: 21,7 %)

• vacant apprenticeship opportunities• skill shortages

Political context• 1. Evolution of the political context

Necessity to cooperate

• 2. Measures on the level of the Upper Rhine and on local level/Eurodistricts

• 3. Great number of various stakeholders in the Eurodistrict Pamina

Need to coordinate and mutualise competent structures, stakeholders and projectsCreation of a platform for the pooling of competent stakeholders and of tasks on eurodistrict level (cross-border responsibility of a legal structure -> EGTC)

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Prospective 2015-2020 (I/II)

1. INTERREG V A framework project for the whole Upper Rhine- Région Alsace (lead partner) with Land Baden-Württemberg & Land Rhineland-Palatinate (main project partners)–Global budget of more than 9.000.000 €–Focus on:

1. Career guidance for young people and job applicants

2. Matching of enterprises and appropriate candidates

3. Joint Communication–Embodiment on territorial/local cross-border level:

•INTERREG-funds can be attributed to the EURODISTRICT PAMINA as it has a legal structure (LGTC)•Integration of the territorial stakeholders via the pooling of competent stakeholders (coordination platform)

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Prospective 2015-2020 (II/II)2. Initiatives and projects without EU-funding supported by the EURODISTRICT PAMINA

– INFOBEST / close cooperation with EURES-T (complementarity)– Cross-border partnerships of local stakeholders to create added

value– Coordination between existing projects, e.g. regional / local ESF-

funded projects– Further cooperation with the PAMINA Business Club -> economic

marketing – Reinforcement of the socio-economic tissue of the French

territory: “don’t create a one-way street!”

socio-economic vision for the territory and its inhabitants contribution to an amelioration of the employment situation and

to a decrease of skill shortages

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PAMINAThree cooperating territories

Thank you for your attention!

Contact details:EURODISTRICT PAMINAPatrice HARSTER+33 (0) 3 68 33 88 20+49 (0) 7277 / 89 990 20patrice.harster@cg67.fr