Local Management for More Effective Employment Policies
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9789264162723
Subjects: Employment (Economic theory); Rural and Regional Development Urban
Description: To combat persistent unemployment and growing disparities, employment and training policies need re-organising to become more effective. Governments are endeavouring to achieve this by increasing the involvement of local and regional authorities, social partners, the private sector and the community in policy design and implementation.Co-ordinating the efforts of these stakeholders, all involved at different levels, is a major challenge for governments. Local management of employment and training makes for more flexibility and hence better use of all available resources. This publication looks at the decentralisation of active labour market policies in OECD countries and shows how local employment management can lead to the implementation of more effective policies.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1: Geographical Diversity and Territorial Differentiation of Employment Patterns and of the Use of Policies; title: The geographical diversity of employment patterns; title: The territorial impact of ALMP measures; title: Chapter 2: How Local Labour Markets Work; title: Definitions; title: Instruments for the identification, observation and analysis of employment problems at the local level; title: The quest for flexibility and adjustment at the territorial level; title: Chapter 3: Local Active Policies; title: The principles of local active labour market policies; title: Targeting; title: Localisation; title: Prevention; title: Mentoring; title: Outreach; title: Integration and collaboration; title: Employer involvement; title: Local needs/local jobs; title: Case study: skill formation; title: Chapter 4: The Decentralisation of Active Labour Market Policy; title: Decentralised policy models; title: 1) Regionalised systems; title: 2) Integrated systems; title: Current trends; title: Context; title: Chapter 5: Implementation of ALMPs and the Dynamics of Local Actors; title: A. The actors’ initiatives; title: B. The consequences of these local dynamics for management of ALMPs and the and local operators; title: Conclusion: Towards a Flexible Territorialisation of Employment Policies; title: Bibliography; title: Annex 1: Notes on the Decentralisation of Government Employment Policy in OECD Countries; title: Australia; title: Austria; title: Belgium; title: Canada .; title: Czech Republic; title: Denmark; title: Finland; title: France; title: Germany; title: Greece; title: Hungary; title: Ireland; title: Italy; title: Japan; title: Korea; title: Luxembourg; title: Mexico; title: Netherlands; title: New Zealand; title: Norway; title: Poland; title: Portugal; title: Spain; title: Sweden; title: Switzerland; title: Turkey; title: United Kingdom; title: United States; title: Annex 2: Public Policy Analysis: the Implementation Approach; title: Bibliography