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SKLSchool to Work - S2W

A Flagship initiative within the Baltic Sea Strategy

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The Swedish Associations of Local Authorities and

Regions (SALAR)

We are an employer’s organisation, and defend and promote the interests of our membersSALAR represents Sweden’s: 290 municipalities 20 county councils/regions

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Priority issues 2013

Better results in schools Better support for vulnerable children Jobs for young people Better life for sick elderly people Equality in welfare services Reduce patient harm Higher ambition in climate issues Strengthen public transport in social planning Sweden´s most important job Simpler eSociety Clearer mandate and cooperation between politicians and officials Improved systems for ordering, procurement and monitoring.

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First action – Project Plug In

• Plug In is one of 8 projects in Sweden with focus on reducing early school leavers/drop outs

• EUR 9 million to Plug In• The projects are funded by the Swedish ESF-council

with 50 %, which means EUR nearly 18 million• The goal for Plug In is to halve the number of

students who doesn´t finish secondary school in 4 years

• Partners– 5 regions in about 50 Local Authorities

• Ending June 2015

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Why early school leavers?Critical facts - survey

• Guidance• Special needs• Teachers roles/quality at

school• Cooperations/One stop shop • Early and reactive measures

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Background

One year of preparations– Investigate common needs – Establish the idea of common project– Two conferences– Visit all countries – Inventory of interesting initiative– Writing a proposal of cooperation– 27 Sep – letter of intent

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Ministry of National Education, Strategy and Int Coop PolandStowarzyszenie Wspierania Inicjatyw, Ad Futurum PolandCaritas Archidiencexji Gdanskiej PolandMazovia Region,EU implementing body PolandSwietokrzyskie Biuro Rozwoju Regionalnego PolandStavostwe Powiatowe Wolominskie Voivodeship Poland

Młodzieżowy Ośrodek Socjoterapii, UstkaPoland

26 stakeholders

Local Govenement (KL) DenmarkFoundation Innove EstoniaTartu Vocational Education EstoniaMinistry of Labour, Family, Social and Integration HamburgHanse Pariament HamburgLawaetz-Foundation, Jugent Aktiv Plus HamburgComeIn project HamburgSiauliai Pedagogical Pshychological service LithuaniaNational Centre of Special Needs Education LithuaniaESF LithuaniaAusra School Lithuania

Norden Association, Föreningen Norden SwedenJämtlands Gymnasium, Vinnaprojektet SwedenProject Youth Integration, Swedish Employment Office Sweden

Region of Gotland SwedenSwedish Board of Youth Affairs SwedenThe Council of the Baltic Sea States Secreteriat, CBSS SwedenRegion Blekinge Kommunförbund SwedenNational agency for Education, Skolverket Sweden

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Examples of”best practise”

DE: One-stop-shop/Dual education/ apprenticies systemSE: Unga In, Plug In etcLT: Kindergarten at school, large local social engagement at schoolDK: Activities against absence – first risk signs FI: High quality of school results

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Focus areas

• Research/statistics• Preventive measures• Guidance/councelling• Collaboration - One-stop-shop• Re-integrative measures

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The idea is established

• Many interested stakeholders to participate in the flagship

• Common view of the needs • Findings of many ”best

practice”

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Next steps• Analyse the stakeholders – 9 responsible partners

and 5 topics• Apply for project funding• Define the responsibilities and roles• Deepen the anchoring• Suggest and organise an organisation• Kick-off in February 2014• Planning meetings in the spring• Apply for project funding – in the long run autumn

2014• Project period to approx 2017 – maybe…

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A flagship with ambitions

• Test, validate and develop new methods• Create common definitions and measures• Influence on high level – change policies and

structures in Baltic Sea • Cooperation in finding solutions important in

creating growth for the macro region and Europa

• Reducing youth unemployment

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Thank you for your attention!

Leif Klingensjöleif.klingensjo@skl.se

Anne-marie Flood, annemarie.flood@arbetsmiljoforum.se