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New Communities and Territorial Development
First results of the Work-Life Balance Roadmap implemented in Lombardy
Brussels - October 9, 2012Francesca Pasquini
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The regional socio-economic system9,6 million citizens, 4,3 million families 12 Provinces and 1.546 Municipalities Milan, a metropolis and an international cross point: Italy’s major economic
& financial centre
29.000 € GDP per capita 809.144 Enterprises 4,3 million Workers (unemployment rate: + 4,7%)12 Universities, 500 technology & research centres, 45.000 Researchers
One of the most developed and industrialized regions in EU: Part of the Network Four Motors for Europe: Baden-Württemberg (Germany), Catalonia (Spain), Lombardy (Italy), Rhône-Alpes (France)Co-founder of the World Regions Forum
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1.4 Children per woman (2010, increasing from 1.3 in 2008) 55.8 % Female employment (national average 46,1%) Maternity and participation in the labour market are both crucially important to women in Lombardy
A trade-off between career and family-life is still visible: about 20% of employed women leave the job market during the first year of maternity 30,5% women in part-time, 5,2% men in part-time
Maternity and Family Indicators
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Le famiglie lombarde (I)
About 126.182 irregular care givers are estimated to work in Lombardy (D. Mesini, S. Pasquinelli e G. Rusmini, 2006)
There are more families in Lombardy with at least an elderly person than with at least a minor among its members (ISTAT, 2010)
Family care responsibilities
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Work-life balancing: a new regional policy
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Work-life balance as a privileged platform to experiment innovative actions
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Building the Multilevel Governance System: instruments and phases
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Work-life balance: the Action Plan 2011-2013 Communications and awareness-raising
• Communications and engagement
• Award for best practices to reconcile Family-Work
Family mainstreaming• Adoption of reconciliation measures
in norms and guidelines at regional level
• Introduction of a family-related indicator into KPIs on welfare recipients
Multilevel governance and networks
• Set up of the Strategic Committee Woman, Family, Work
• Local agreements for territorial networks for reconciliation
• The White Paper as a road map: adoption of the OMC
Family care responsibilities• Introduction of a “family voucher”• Improving accessibility to services• Promoting domicile care for dependent persons• Hosing policies and programme (increasing supply,
requalification, etc.)
Time policies• Opening hours of commercial services • Opening hours of:• Sanitary and socio-sanitary services• Local Public Transport• Schools
Promoting Corporate Family Responsibility• Dote system on reconciliation (Services to citizens and
enterprises)• Second-level collective bargaining• Award incentives
Reconciliation in Lombardy Region• Second level collective bargaining and new organisational model
(tele-work, part-time…)• Communications and formative services for the workforce
Systemic actions
Specific actions
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The scheme of the specific incentives works on three parallel trajectories:
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Region
Equality Counsello
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Public local
Offices
Family Assoc.s
Third Sector Socio-
sanitary services.
Trade Unions
Cities
Hospital
Local Sanitary Services
Province
Enterprises
University
The composition of multi-actor territorial networks for work-life balancing before.. and a work in progress!
Coops and networks of enterprises
Schools edu.& training
instituions
Citizens
Professional associations
Service providers
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Diocese
Chambers of
Commerce
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Networks’ results 13 Territorial Pacts 13 Action Plans defined and launched 443 actors actively involved in the networks 127 ongoing projects
6 out of 13 pilot areas with the Dote experimental programme: - 1.700 for citizens - vouchers for services - 600 for enterprises – incentives for hiring - 78 flexibility plans and maternity/paternity leaves for SMEs
Achieved results are even more positive than
expected ones
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Reconciliation work and family life
parents returning to work after the maternity leave which don’t benefit of a part-time contract, and are employed in SMEs parents exercising free professional vendor mothers freelancers
Reimbursement of € 200 per month for 8 months for the purchase of conciliation services
Delivered 1700 doti
80% Nursery, 7,5% Small nursery, 4,5% Family nursery
Small and Medium Enterprises notify the engagement, through fixed term contract (not less than 6 months) or permanent contract, of mothers with children up to 5 years old, excluded from the job market or working in precarious working conditions
1.000 € for company
Delivered 600 doti
Type of enterprise: 32% Micro; 23,5% Small; 44,5% Medium
Type of mother engage: 77% work in precarious working conditions 23% excluded from the job market
Type of contract: 16% max 6 month 52,5% more than 6 month 31% permanent contract
Dote reconciliation – for firmsDote reconciliation – for workers
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66 projects submitted 33 eligible to funding 377 actors in partnership networks
Tender for enterprise and inter-enterprise welfare projects
Financial resources allocated: 5 M €Share of enterprise co-financing (20%): 1.390.933 €
Workers beneficiaries: 6.346
Examples of actions:“Time saving” services: agreements with local shops for goods, support for paperwork and errands, to carry out domestic work (ironing, laundry etc.).Transport services and car sharingExpansion of health coverage by joining a Health care Supplementary Fund Agreements with local services (Nursery, kindergartens, educational tutoring)
Project Area:
60,5% Welfare models integrated to promote social development at local level
27% Enterprise welfare
12,5% Pilot projects of second-level agreements for the activation of inter-Enterprise welfare programmes
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Future perspectives The work on the 13 territorial networks continues: - new resources for experimenting the Dote programmes in all 13 areas - extension to new target to families with care responsibilities for the elderly and disabled - expansion of the range of welfare services
New call for company-based welfare projects Closer focus on second-level collective agreements
The total budget for the next programme of incentives amounts to around 15 mio€
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INTERNATIONAL WORKLIFE BALANCE AWARD
the Lombardy region rewards companies, non-profit organizations and Public Administrations, all over the world, that exemplify the best work-family conciliations adopted.
Practices that conciliate work and family include, with reference to this award, all policies and initiatives regarding: personnel management, task management, company and inter-company welfare and connections with local welfare policies. These practices aim to improve the business climate and create the perfect balance between personal commitments, family life, and business associates/colleagues.
147 project from over the world 5 awards: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Lombardy Region
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