Providing Access to Childcare and Employment

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

Date of latest update: 2024-12-17

Description

Description (EN):

PACE establishes research-backed tests that improve access to childcare, with special attention to employment of vulnerable families. PACE offers a method to use parental involvement, voluntary engagement, training and tailored employment programmes to remove barriers to participation, to labour market and society, including building relationships and community spirit. PACE, broadens skills of childcare staff and improves soft skills of volunteers and parents and coaches them towards employment, improving the living conditions and life prospects of vulnerable and deprived families.

Achievements (EN):

The PACE project started the 1st October 2016. The overall objective is to establish research-backed tests that improve access to childcare, with special attention to employment of vulnerable families. PACE offers a method to use parental involvement, voluntary engagement, training and tailored employment programmes to remove barriers to participation, to labour market and society, including building relationships and community spirit. PACE broadens skills of childcare staff and improves soft skills of volunteers and parents and coaches them towards employment, improving the living conditions and life prospects of vulnerable and deprived families. Since the start of the project, 9 partner meetings took place hosted by all partners, a major modification (a new partner was added) and 2 technical modifications were carried out. Every partner has had a a staff turnover, some more than others. A new project leader for the LP was assigned January 1st 2019. In a cross border approach PACE develops common solutions to reach the overall objective. The 8 outputs that need to be delivered are proceeding according to plan. Some outputs are already delivered, such as O5,6 and 7, directly related to WP4 (Investments). The other deliverables that lead to achieving the other outputs are going as foreseen. Implementing the same methods by all partners can be a real challenge, since there are different legislations, regulations, values, standards, in the participating countries. But what we do have in common is that we all are focusing on the same objective. In a cross border co-operation the partnership discusses what needs to be carried out during partner meetings to find common threads, differences and communalities so partners can learn from each other, can share good practices and improve the methods used. Cross border co-operation and mutual learning is inspiring, it gives the partners a new, alternative and fresh perspective. The added value of the cross border cooperation is clear: since partners in each country are looking for ways to provide occasional childcare that fit their situation and regulations, a lot of options come into existence that are inspiring for the other countries. Enhancing access to childcare, new routes to employment, creating a legal and organisational framework to make upscaling possible, are objectives that are almost achieved. Next to this, what counts for the moment is how to get these outputs transferrible and durable.

Website: https://www.mechelen.be/pace

Delivered Outputs (EN):

The project focused on testing new research-based models of supporting parents into combining childcare and work in the four Member States covered by the 2 Seas Programme. This was put into practice through the following outputs: ● Tests to improve childcare access and parent’s employment in partnership with centres of excellence, based on cross border learnings (accessible and occasional childcare places, removal of barriers to employment from withing the childcare) ● Tests to improve parent engagement/awareness including skills training, trust building, self-help, introduction to wider services (methods of voluntary engagement and parental involvement, education pack and coaching method to build up employment experience) ● A feasibility study for upscaling including policy recommendations ● New childcare centres with parental involvement, training and guidance to for vulnerable parents ● The relocation of an occasional childcare centre into a regular childcare centre, where parental involvement, training, and guidance to work is possible in the same location. Check the “Outputs” section below to download related material and see “Main Achievements” section for further information about the achieved results.

Thematic information

Health and social services Labour market and employment

Specific Objective: Increase the development of social innovation applications in order to make more efficient and effective local services to address the key societal challenges in the 2 Seas area

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (13)

Lead Partner: Stad Mechelen

Department: Stragegy and development

Address: Grote Markt 21, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 982 778.31

ERDF budget: EUR 589 666.99

The Education People

Name: The Education People

Address: Room G78, Sessions House, ME14 1XQ Maidstone , United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 193 009.46

ERDF budget: EUR 115 805.67

Sociaal Huis Mechelen

Name: Sociaal Huis Mechelen

Department: Social Affairs

Address: Lange Schipstraat 27, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 260 715.40

ERDF budget: EUR 156 429.26

Stad Turnhout

Name: Stad Turnhout

Department: European Unit

Address: Campus Blairon 200, 2300 Turnhout , Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 444 311.62

ERDF budget: EUR 266 586.96

Kent County Council

Name: Kent County Council

Department: Education and Young People’s Services

Address: Sessions House, ME14 1XQ Maidstone, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 261 665.14

ERDF budget: EUR 156 999.08

Brighton and Hove City Council (BHCC)

Name: Brighton and Hove City Council (BHCC)

Department: Children's Services

Address: 14 Hunns Mere Way, BN2 6AH Brighton, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 726 926.15

ERDF budget: EUR 436 155.68

Stad Gent

Name: Stad Gent

Department: Department on Education & Youth – Childcare service

Address: Botermarkt 1, 9000 Gent, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 396 165.63

ERDF budget: EUR 237 699.37

Stichting voor de Haagse Jeugd Clubhuizen De Mussen

Name: Stichting voor de Haagse Jeugd Clubhuizen De Mussen

Department: Unit Participation and Unit Preschool

Address: Hoefkade 602, 2526 CM Den Haag, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 817 347.57

ERDF budget: EUR 490 408.54

Centre Social Eclate

Name: Centre Social Eclate

Address: 6/8 résidence Descartes - BP 922, 62280 Saint-Martin-Boulogne, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 528 010.51

ERDF budget: EUR 316 806.31

Arteveldehogeschool Gent

Name: Arteveldehogeschool Gent

Department: Family Force research centre

Address: J. Gérardstraat 18, 9040 Sint-Amandsberg , Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 460 793.62

ERDF budget: EUR 276 476.17

Karel de Grote-Hogeschool, Katholieke Hogeschool Antwerpen vzw

Name: Karel de Grote-Hogeschool, Katholieke Hogeschool Antwerpen vzw

Department: Center of Expertise Pedagogical Support in Child Care and School

Address: Brusselstraat 45, 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 275 077.96

ERDF budget: EUR 165 046.77

Community

Name: Community

Address: Rue Aristide Briand, 62510 ARQUES, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 307 526.41

ERDF budget: EUR 184 515.84

Association des Centres Sociaux de Wattrelos (ACSW)

Name: Association des Centres Sociaux de Wattrelos (ACSW)

Address: 21 Rue Louis Dornier, 59150 Wattrelos, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 398 891.25

ERDF budget: EUR 239 334.75

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Summary

Project name (EN): Providing Access to Childcare and Employment

Project acronym: PACE

Project start date: 2016-10-01

Project end date: 2021-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 6 053 219.03

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 3 631 931.39

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 0.60%

Co-financing sources:

Documents

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Videos / films

The PACE project - promotional film

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu

Publication date: 2022-11-02

Document date: 2020-08-24

Languages: nl, en, fr

Support PACE parents through their childcare and employment journey (INTERREG 2 SEAS / PACE PROJECT)

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu

Publication date: 2022-11-02

Document date: 2020-06-12

Languages: fr, en, nl

Books

Flexibility In Childcare

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Book

Data source: https://www.mechelen.be/pace

Publication date: 2022-11-02

Document date: 2021-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

Feasibility Study For Upscaling

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.mechelen.be

Publication date: 2022-11-02

Document date: 2021-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Reports

Impact Report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.mechelen.be

Publication date: 2022-11-02

Document date: 2021-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Impact report (2016-2020)

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.mechelen.be

Publication date: 2022-11-02

Document date: 2021-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

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Providing Access to Childcare and Employment

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