PERIOD 2000-2006

The European Commission, in a report dated January 12, 2001which deals with the implementation of the innovative actions described in Art. 6 of Regulation 1784/1999 of the European Social Fund, explains the way in which it intends to make use of the possibilities offered by these projects.

In this way, the general principles that will regulate the innovative actions to be developed within the programming period 2000-2006 are described, among which several should be highlighted, such as those of innovation and experimentation, those of support to the general programmes and those of concentration, complementarity, association and equality of opportunities.

Adictional Information :

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/esf2000/article_6-en.htm

• 2001- Adaptation to the New Economy within the Social Dialogue Framework..
  
  The Official Journal of the European Community dated 02/07/1999 announces the project "Adaptation to the new economy within the framework of social dialogue", where the following priorities to be reached are established:
  
  

  
  
  • Anticipation of the economic and social change.
    
    
  • Usage of the tools that the society of information makes available within the framework of Social Dialogue.
    
    
  • Reconsideration of the social responsibility of the companies.
    
    
  • Modernisation of the organisation of labour.
    
    
  • Encouragement of continuous training.
    
    

  
  

  As a result of this project, a total of 35 projects of transnational character were selected, of which 8 were developed by the following Spanish institutions:

  PROJECT	PROMOTER	PARTICIPANT COUNTRIES	TOPICS	TOTAL COST €
  Techno-professional Resources for a New Economy and Social Dialogue(RETECNOPROF)	Confederation of Businessmen of Andalusia (CEA)	Spain France	Anticipation of the economic and social change. Modernisation in the arrangement of labour. Encouragement of continuous training.	857.702
  Employment with good prospects in the field of commerce	State Federation of Commerce, Hotel trade, Tourism and Leisure of the UGT	Spain Germany Italy	Anticipation of the economic and social change.	457.360
  Modernisation of the Arrangement of Labour and Management of Knowledge. Project STRATEG.	University-Business Region of Murcia Foundation	Spain Austria Portugal	Modernisation in the arrangement of labour	945.119
  Innovation and Employment	Federació de Societats Laborals de Catalunya (FESALC)	Spain Belgium Italy	Anticipation of the economic and social change. Modernisation in the arrangement of labour. Encouragement of continuous training.	1.615.022
  Towards the Excellence of the Labour Market	Canarian Foundation for Training, Employment and Business Development.(FIFEDE)	Spain Portugal Italy United Kingdom	Anticipation of the economic and social change. Usage of the tools that the Society of Information makes available within the framework of Social Dialogue. Reconsideration of the social responsibility of the companies. Modernisation in the arrangement of labour. Encouragement of continuous training.	1.112.741
  Social Dialogue in the Society of Information (SDI)	State Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Jaén.	Spain Portugal	Usage of the tools that the Society of Information makes available within the framework of social dialogue.	533.169
  Concerta	Fundació Privada Cecot Formació	Spain Germany The Netherlands	Reconsideration of the social responsibility of the companies. Modernisation of the arrangement of labour. Encouragement of continuous training.	1.115.698
  Project ETHOS	State Federation of Commerce, Hotel trade and Tourism of Comisiones Obreras.	Spain France	Reconsideration of the social responsibility of the companies.	440.866

2002- Local Strategies of Employment and Innovation.

One of the priorities for the years 2001-2002 is the support of actions directed to the development of local strategies of employment to strengthen the implementation of the European Employment Strategy at a local level.

The summoning published in the Official Journal of the European Community C 306 of October 31, 2001, aims at the co-financing of innovative projects within this priority. They can include, among others, the following activities:

• Analysis of the situation of employment at a local level.
  
  
• Encouragement of co-operation on a local scale with the participation of representatives of the different sectors.
  
  
• Surveys and research in the field to design local strategies of employment.
  
  
• Development and implementation of the local strategies of employment.
  
  
• Monitoring, comparative surveys and evaluation
  
  
• Exchange of information, spreading and arrangement of contacts

As result of this first round of requests, The Commision has approved 44 initiatives, 10 of them belongs to spanish projects:

As result of this second round of requests, The Commision has approved 41 initiatives, 5 of them belongs to spanish projects:

2003- Innovate approaches to the management of change

For the period 2004 to 2006, Article 6 will support the development and testing of innovative measures to anticipate and manage change under the overarching theme of “Innovative approaches to the managemont of change”.

The summoning was published in the OJEU C262 the 31-10.2003 and it aims to the co-financing innovative measures will focus on two more specific sub-themes

• management of demographic change, with the aim of supporting innovative initiatives to promote active ageing and to raise the employment rate of older workers, and
    
• management of restructuring, with the aim of supporting innovative solutions to restructuring by enhancing the capacity for adaptation and anticipation of workers, enterprises and public authorities.
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2004- Transfer and dissemination of innovation from ESF Article 6 projects.

The OJEU C292 (30-11-200) publish the call for proposals “Transfer and dissemination of innovation from ESF Article 6 projects”.

This call for proposals relates to the transfer and dissemination of innovatory approaches and methods that have been developed by Article 6 projects in the 2000 to 2006 programming period.

The call for proposals aims at: 

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• identifying the most valuable lessons that can be learned from projects
    
• the targeted transfer and dissemination of these lessons to a wider audience
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More detailed information can be downloaded from the following website:

http://forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/empl/vp_2004_017/library

 

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