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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

COMPARATIVE STUDY

JOINT PUBLIC-PRIVATE LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR EMPLOYMENT TO COPE WITH THE RECESSION [28 February 2011]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/studies/tn1010012s/index.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/studies/tn1010012s/tn1010012s.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/erm/tn1010012s/tn1010012s.pdf

[full-text, 30 pages]

Abstract:

Local employment initiatives involving the cooperation of various public and private stakeholders are the focus of this study. The report examines how such local partnerships have been and are being used across the EU and Norway to prevent or counteract the effects of the economic crisis on labour markets. Examples vary of local public-private partnerships delivering employment initiatives. Some examples of local partnerships put in place in response to the crisis can be found, typically in countries where there is a long-standing tradition of such initiatives. The findings indicate that local employment initiatives have played a limited role in dealing with the adverse employment effects of the crisis across reviewed countries, as a number of ad-hoc measures and programmes have generally been designed and introduced by national authorities.

The study was compiled on the basis of individual national reports submitted by the ERM correspondents. The text of each of these national reports is available below. The reports have not been edited or approved by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. The national reports were drawn up in response to a questionnaire and should be read in conjunction with it.

CONTENTS

Introduction

Development of local public-private partnerships

Local public-private partnerships in the context of the recession

Commentary

Bibliography

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