Description
Description (EN): SUMMARY The Joint Employment-Driven Initiative (JEDI) project aims to enhance the employment in the Romanian-Hungarian (ROHU) cross-border (CB) region through improving the conditions of vocational trainings and by implementing a set of activities to balance the supply and demand side of the labour market and enhance the mobility of the workforce in the targeted CB area. The project has a complex approach in order to ensure that existing imbalances in the labour market can be handled in a sustainable way on the long run. In the frame of the project new mechanisms will be set up among the CB labour market actors that can be easily extended after project closure and replicated at other CB sections in the EU facing similar problems.JUSTIFICATION Based on the available statistical data and on the findings of the Interreg V-A Romania-Hungary Cooperation Programme (Programme) employment still represents a significant problem in ROHU CB area: the activity rate of the total active population is low, long-term unemployment is high and the unemployment rate remained high in significant part of the region. However, on the Southern section of CB region another common challenge emerged during the last decade: the lack of skilled labour which in some sectors poses an obstacle to their further growth of enterprises and it is even a serious threat to day-to-day operation of companies. A specific problem of the region is that the institutions offering vocational and adult trainings are not attractive enough students to their trainings party because of the low prestige of the professions that they teach and partly because of the obsolete and missing infrastructure (training sites) that they use. The Programme has identified the lack of CB labour market as one of the biggest challenges in CB area thus the development of joint labour market as one of the biggest potentials of the region.OBJECTIVES The overall objective of the project is to enhance employment of the ROHU CB region by creating favorable conditions for a balanced labour market on the long term.Specific objectives:1.Foster the balance the supply and demand side of ROHU CB labour market2. Improve the conditions of vocational trainings in ROHU CB area3.Enhance the mobility of the workforce between Csongrád and Timis counties by increasing the connectivity of institutions and stakeholders that support the employment in ROHU CB region RESULT The project will create state of the art conditions for (vocational and professional) trainings in the region by developing 5 sites for such trainings: 2 completely new training buildings will be constructed, 1 training premise will be reconstructed and expanded and 2 existing building will be improved with new equipment necessary for offering high quality and practical trainings.It will also contribute to the development of joint CB labour market in Csongrád and Timis counties by various activities that aim to facilitate the process of merging the currently separate labour markets on the two side of the border. The novelty of the project that these activities will target not only those persons who are actual jobseekers or already employed but it will focus also on students of secondary education institutions (mostly those in vocational training institutions).The project will bring together all the relevant institutions in the field of employment and training of CB area thus it will establish an institutional network on two levels: by matching the employment and training institutions in order to provide with workforce (with the desirable skills) the employees in the region based on their previously examined needs. The second level is the CB layer which will connect the different institutions from RO and HU side of the border.To better match the employers’ demands with the supply, CB mobility of workforce also need to be enhanced and the project foresees various activities to support that, a permanent InfoPoint and a website will be established to promote CB workforce mobility.The project is officially endorsed both by Csongrád and Timis County Councils.BUDGET Total eligible budget of the project (including CN+FA) is € 6.739.359 from which the FA budget is € 6.531.618. The breakdown of the budget of the project partners from the total eligible project is as follows: SZSZC: € 951.024; DKMT: € 518.335; SZCSE: € 1.300.000; HE € 2.470.000; CJT: € 1.350.000; CCIAT: € 150.000.MAIN ACTIVITIES In CN phase the focus will be on the elaboration of the FA and the documentation needed to comply with the rules set in the GfA for flagship project. Also, a joint employment strategy will be elaborated to underline the ‘soft’ activities that will be implemented in FN phase and also ensures the synergy with the objectives of ROHU Programme’s strategy.Envisaged activities and WPs of the Full Application phase (which will be elaborated in details in CN phase):1. Project management2. Creating state of the art conditions for vocational trainings5 training sites will be developed (as described in result section) Activities: Procurement procedure for technical documentation, Elaboration of technical plans, permitting, Public procurement for infrastructure, Procurement procedure for site supervision service, Building works, Purchase of equipment, Supervising the execution of work, Operation of the training sites (e.g. cost of staff who will be responsible for operation)3. Mapping, networking and joint development of the labour market of the target areaThe main objective of this activity is to promote the creation of joint CB labour market and all the sub-activities within contribute to that aim (eg. case studies and study tour to visit a best practice project, action plan for improving CB labour market), but they will also enhance the mobility of workforce (eg. workshops and consultations for students, joint CB employment fairs, infopoint) and improve labour matching (eg. detailed inventory of needs by surveying the companies in the region, creation of strategy to handle the lack of skilled labour).4. Joint institutional cooperation in the field of employment and training Sub-activities will focus on bringing together all the relevant institutions in the field of employment and training of CB area and to establish an institutional network on 2 levels: by matching the employment and training institutions in order to provide with workforce (with the desirable skills) the employees in the region based on their previously examined needs. The second level is the CB layer which will connect the different institutions from both side of the border. There will be various activities that contribute to the set objectives: seminars, study tour, professional conferences, workshops etc.5. Communication and dissemination
Read more Achievements (EN): Finalized:
1) Elaboration of Feasibility Study and the technical design documentation, permits for the planned investment (reconstruction and extension of training building) in Kistelek;
2) Elaboration of Feasibility Study and technical design documentation, permits for the planned investment in Mórahalom;
3) Elaboration of the technical documentation including the Feasibility Study, other studies, legal agreements and approvals necessary (including the translation) for the planned investment in Timisoara.(construction of a training site);
4) Common elaboration of the Full Application with every detail of the implementation (detailed activities, specified deliverables, detailed budget, etc.);
5) 1 Joint cross border employment strategy elaborated;
6) 1 Project Communication Plan elaborated.
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Website: http://interreg-rohu.eu/en/home-en/
Expected Results (EN): R 8/b Employment rate in the eligible area as a percentage of the working age population
Expected Outputs (EN): -Strategies:
1. Joint employment strategy elaborated in the CN phase and
2. a CB regional strategy aiming to get over the lack of skilled labour.
-Improved conditions for vocational trainings in the region by developing 5 sites for vocational trainings that train students for the sectors where the lack of labour is the highest
-Strongly cooperating actors and a cooperating network of relevant institutions in the field of employment and training of the CB area
-Creation of an Info Point in Szeged, in the premise of DKMT that will collect information about all the relevant aspects of labour market in RO and HU and disseminate it.
-Enhanced CB mobility of workforce.
The activities foreseen will all contribute directly or indirectly to reach the programme output indicator (8/b 1 Labour Market and Training: Number of participants in joint local employment initiatives and joint trainings) because the project will implement a complex matrix of activities and events which involve participants from both inside and outside the project partners organizations. The type of events will be various: job fairs, workshops, surveys, study tours, study visits, seminars, conferences, consultations, orientations events etc. According to the planned activities the target value of 2685 participants in joint local employment initiatives and joint trainings will be fulfilled.
The activities will contribute to the fulfilment of Ip 8/b result indicator (Employment rate in the eligible area as a percentage of the working age population) because its objectives and planned results are designed focus on the enhancement of employment in the target area. Some result will have a more direct contribution to the result indicator (eg. job fairs, direct assistance for jobseekers, students’ orientation consultations etc.) while other activities will have a long term positive effect on raising the employment rate (eg. by improving the conditions for trainings in the much-needed skills and profession
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Thematic information
Specific Objective:
Increased employment within the eligible area
Thematic Objective:
(08) promoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting labour mobility by:
Investment Priority:
(08b) supporting employment-friendly growth through the development of endogenous potential as part of a territorial strategy for specific areas, including the conversion of declining industrial regions and enhancement of accessibility to, and development of, specific natural and cultural resources
Partners (5)
Lead Partner:
Szegedi Szakképzési Centrum
Department:
Angyalné Kovács Anikó
Address:
Kálvária sgt. 85, 6725 Szeged, Hungary
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://szakkepzesszeged.hu
Total budget:
EUR 31 736.00
ERDF budget:
EUR 26 975.60
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Szeged-Csanádi Egyházmegye
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Name:
Szeged-Csanádi Egyházmegye
Department:
László Kiss-Rigó (bishop)
Address:
Aradi vértanúk tere 2, 6720 Szeged, Hungary
Legal status:
private
Website:
http://szeged-csanad.hu
Total budget:
EUR 57 050.00
ERDF budget:
EUR 48 492.50
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DKMT Duna-Körös-Maros-Tisza Eurorégiós Fejlesztési Ügynökség Nonprofit Közhasznú Kft.
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Name:
DKMT Duna-Körös-Maros-Tisza Eurorégiós Fejlesztési Ügynökség Nonprofit Közhasznú Kft.
Department:
Eszter Anna Csókási
Address:
Tábor utca 7/B, 6722 Szeged, Hungary
Legal status:
private
Website:
http://www.dkmt.net
Total budget:
EUR 9 945.00
ERDF budget:
EUR 8 453.25
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UAT Județul Timiș
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Name:
UAT Județul Timiș
Department:
CĂLIN-IONEL DOBRA
Address:
Bl. Revoluției din 1989 17, 300034 Timisoara, Romania
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://www.cjtimis.ro
Total budget:
EUR 9 700.00
ERDF budget:
EUR 8 245.00
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Homokhát Eurointegráció Kistérség- és Gazdaságfejlesztési Szolgáltató Nonprofit Közhasznú Kft.
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Name:
Homokhát Eurointegráció Kistérség- és Gazdaságfejlesztési Szolgáltató Nonprofit Közhasznú Kft.
Department:
Erika Battancs
Address:
Millennium sétány 16, 6782 Mórahalom, Hungary
Legal status:
private
Total budget:
EUR 99 310.00
ERDF budget:
EUR 84 413.50
