Baden Württemberg
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Alliance for Education and Employment (May 1999)
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- Land government
- Industry
- Trade unions (until January 2000)
- Land employment office
- universities
- Municipalities
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Improving the framework conditions for education, training, technology and employment to strengthen the positive development on the labour market
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60 recommendations for action, 31 have already been implemented and the remaining have been initiated, e. g. (from February 2001)
- Securing the future possibilities of training (24)
- Promoting lifelong learning (10)
- Increasing labour market flexibility (4)
- Innovative ways for more employment (9)
- assistance to create jobs (13)
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Bavaria
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Employment Pact Bavaria (June
1996)
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- Organisations of Bavarian industry
- Trade unions
- Bavaria’s state government
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- Stopping the decrease of employment
- Reducing the unemployment figures
- Improving the situation of training vacancies working groups:
- situation of training vacancies
- labour market fund
- lack of skilled workers, continuing education and flexibilisation of the labour market
- compatibility of family and employment
- dialogue between different branches of industry
- socially acceptable development of EU expansion to the East
- unemployment of severely disabled people
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- situation of training vacancies: Catalogue of measures „Training Initiative
Bavaria“ (1997), „Training Initiative 2006“ (Oct. 2000) to support the efforts of industry and to further improve training opportunities for young people (27 individual measures).
- labour market fund: Since 1997 an annual 10.2 million € from privatisation gains for training and employment promotion measures; so far the working group has unanimously selected 237 projects to be equipped with funds of approx. 60 million € so that approx. 16,500 participants can be trained and approx. 12,000 receive different support measures.
- Additional decisions (1996- 1999): conclusion of a declaration on loyalty to wage negotiations and sub-contraction in order to guarantee the existing collective bargaining agreements in the construction sector, founding of a counselling agency for technology and innovation TIBAY (1999), passing the “Bavaria model” (1999) to reduce or avoid overtime by granting wage cost subsidies for fixed- term employment of unemployed workers;
- additional decisions in 2001 on the lack of skilled workers, compatibility of family and employment, socially acceptable development of EU expansion to the East, vocational continuing education, flexibilisation of the labour market.
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Berlin
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Berlin’s Alliance for Securing
Production Sites and Employment
(March 1996)
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- Senate
- Industry (chamber of trade
and commerce, business associations, chamber of handcrafts)
- Trade unions
- Land employment office
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Working groups:
- labour market and innovation offensive
- elimination of red- tape
- regional solidarity
- reduction of costs
- training and continuing education
Since 1999:
- hospital reform/ socially acceptable implementation of hospital planning
- qualification and scarce professions
- conditions of Berlin as a premier location for business
- taking up the priorities of the Federal Government’s immediate programme for vocational education policy/ new initiatives to create training vacancies and to combat youth unemployment
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Sept. 1996 – presentation of interim report by the 5 working groups.
June 1999 – decision on reports on the issues training/ vocational education and qualification and scarce professions.
The Alliance is a process and has shifted to the local level. Since 2000/ 2001 so- called “District Employment Alliances” (BBB) have been created in all 12 districts of Berlin. These alliances integrate the relevant local partners and businesses and work on local projects.
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Brandenburg
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Joint session of Land government
and the board of the Standing
Conference of Local Planning
Authorities (1st meeting in April
1996)
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- Land government
- board of the Standing
Conference of Local Planning Authorities
- county district
commissioners and mayors
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Strengthening industry and improving the employment situation in the regions of Brandenburg.
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Selection of projects with special importance for industry and the employment situation. As far as employment effects are concerned, training potentials and women’s share are taken into consideration.
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Brandenburg’s training consensus
(informal)
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- Land government
- umbrella associations of
industry
- Trade unions
- Employment service
- Municipalities
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Using the existing structures and bodies, especially the Land Committee for Vocational Education Brandenburg to solve current and future problems in the vocational training sector.
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The partners of Brandenburg’s training consensus have set themselves the target to provide a training vacancy that leads to a recognised occupational training certificate for each young person who is able and willing to be trained.
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Bremen
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Alliance for Employment and
Training in Bremen and
Bremerhaven (April 1999)
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- Senator for Labour,
Women, Health, Youth and
Social Affairs
- Senator for Industry and
Ports
- Senator for Education and
Science and Research
- Associations
- Trade unions
- Chamber
- Employment offices
- Magistrate Bremerhaven
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Working groups:
- improving the situation of the training
market/ reducing youth unemployment
- further development of labour market policy
- Innovative industrial policy to secure and create jobs
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- on training market situation: declaration of Alliance partners: a vacancy is to be provided for each young person who is able and willing to be trained (1999), regular regional training conferences, establishment of a co- ordination office for additional joint vocational training for T. I. M. E. jobs (2000), bundling of support for off- company training in the programme „joint training places and training partnerships“ (1999/ 2002)
- on further development of labour market policy: information and advertising campaign for an enforcement of part- time in old age (2000), support of the programme „Older people in employment” (2000), combating the unemployment of severely disabled people (2000/ 01)
- on industrial policy: bundling of strengths to combat illegal employment (since 1999), initiative to tap off the potentials of the biotechnology sector (2000), establishment of the forum „Employer tourism“ (2000), participation in the IAB’s company panel survey (2000/ 01)
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Hamburg
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Regular discussions with the first
mayor (2002)
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- first mayor
- Senate representatives
- Industry
- Associations
- Chambers of trade and
commerce
- Trade unions
- Employment service
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priorities:
employment, labour market policy and training policy, including social inclusion
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1. round of discussions scheduled for April 2002, so no results yet
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Hesse
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Meeting with the premier to
discuss the situation of training
vacancies (1996)
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- premier
- Land ministries
- Land employment office
- Associations of
entrepreneurs or employers
- Trade unions
- Chambers
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- combating youth unemployment
- improving the situation of training vacancies
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Annually setting target figures for training contracts and joint actions and recommendations to achieve the targets
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- Regular meetings with labour
market actors
- Alliance with companies that
offer temporary work (February
2002)
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- premier
- Land ministries
- Land employment office
- Associations of
entrepreneurs or employers
- Trade unions
- Chambers
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- Integration of the unemployed into employment
- creating new jobs
- combating illegal employment and moonlighting
- developing new labour market policy initiatives
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Agreements with the Alliance’s partners within the framework of co- ordination negotiations on Hesse’s labour market policy, e. g. in institutionalised support groups
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Mecklenburg Western Pomerania
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Alliance for Employment Competitiveness Mecklenburg Western Pomerania (December
1998)
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- Land government
- Employers’ associations
- Trade unions
- Land employment office
North
- Chambers
- Conference of cities and
municipalities
- Conference of counties
- Society for industry
promotion
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and - creating and guaranteeing training vacancies and jobs by improving co- operation between Land, industry and trade unions
- supporting the activities of the Alliance on the national level – developing own initiatives to improve
the employment and training situation in Mecklenburg Western Pomerania
- regional development
- working groups:
- vocational training of young people
- reduction of youth unemployment
- framework conditions for the start-
up and development of businesses
- new ways in labour market policy
- regional development of Western Pomerania
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- securing a high degree of training vacancies
- signing the training pact 2000 Plus (1999)
- review of training promotion (2000)
- support of the JUMP Programme
- development of Youth- Work- Future (JAZ) programme, including the pilot projects „youth builds“, „DUO“, „youth firms“ (2001)
- development of an offensive to promote Mecklenburg Western Pomerania as a business location (2001)
- developing Mecklenburg Western Pomerania as a biotechnology location by founding BioCon Valley M- V e. V. (2001)
- improving support for start- ups (since 1999)
- preparation of EU enlargement to the East (since 2001)
- Start of labour market and structural development programme ASP (2002)
- development of a qualification offensive (2001)
- introduction of labour promotion projects in the public interest (GAP) (since 1999)
- testing different pilot projects incl. on job rotation and part time work (since 2000)
- implementation of different projects for Western Pomerania’s regional development (since 1999)
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Lower Saxony
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Alliance for Employment and
Training in Lower Saxony
(December 1998: first meeting of
control group)
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Control group:
- Land government
- Employers
- Trade unions
working groups:
- control group
- associations
- churches
- local umbrella associations
- Land working groups
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- securing existing jobs
- creating new jobs
- securing future opportunities for young people in employment and training
- combating youth unemployment and creating additional training places
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- passing the „Programme to combat youth unemployment and to create additional training vacancies in Lower Saxony“ (September 2001)
- results so far: by the end of 2001 3,000 long- term unemployed young people had been placed; clear improvement of balance of training places
- Start of Training Offensive 2002 (decision from 2001)
- regulations on loyalty to collective bargaining agreements for all construction
plans of Land and municipalities that amount to less than 5 million €. This goes back to extensive discussions in the Alliance
- circular directive on „Principles to exclude inappropriately low and high offers when awarding public contracts
- evaluation of employment programmes on the basis of incentives and discussions in the Alliance
- preparation of the action programme to integrate disabled people into the general labour market
- implementation of the GEMEINSAM Programme (promotion of additional training vacancies within the framework of joint training systems) by the end of 2004
- start of the pilot project „joint learning places to promote training in the new IT and media professions“ (LOVE- IT) by the Land government: creation of 2, 000 new training contracts during the project’s first year.
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North Rhine Westphalia
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Alliance for Employment, Training
Competitiveness in North
Rhine Westphalia (December
1998)
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- Employers’ associations
- Chamber
- Trade unions
- Land government
Additional participants
during the preparatory
meetings of the Alliance are
representatives of:
- the protestant and catholic
churches
- the Land employment
office
-the Institute for Labour and
Technology
- the Project Ruhr GmbH
and
- other experts
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Developing concepts and pilot projects to create and secure innovative jobs with future perspectives
Priorities include:
- combating youth unemployment, improving the training situation
- employment possibilities for low- skilled workers
- supporting collective bargaining agreements on pre-retirement part- time work and other models of flexibilisation of working time
- working time models
- cross- border labour market
- incomes of the future – worker participation in company capital
- SME offensive North Rhine Westphalia "Move"
- Multimedia in mechanical engineering
- Alliance for Work in the rural regions
- senior citizen industry
- transfer partnerships
- future initiative for the construction industry
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inter alia - Training consensus North Rhine Westphalia
- Land initiative "Youth and Employment"
- starting the SME offensive "Move" (1999)- joint declaration on the support of transfer partnerships and the initiation of regional networks of competencies to support the transfer of workers (1999)
- simplification of pilot projects to integrate low- skilled workers (1999)
- Start of the "100 Businesses" project to attract businesses to use pro-employment working time models (2000)
- Land initiative „incomes of the future“ (2001)
- multimedia in mechanical engineering (2001)
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Rhineland Palatinate
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Oval table
(January 1995)
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- Premier
- Minister for Labour, Social
Affairs, Family Matters and
Health,
- Minister for Industry,
Transport, Agriculture and
Viniculture,
- Minister for Education,
Women and Youth
- Land employment office
- German Federation of
Trade Unions, ver. di, IG
Metall, IG BCE
- Federation of Rhineland
Palatinate’s employers’
associations
- Chambers
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- securing jobs
- creating new jobs
- securing training for young people
- influencing the continued structural change
- promoting social and industrial innovation
- extending an effective, innovative and practice-related school and education system
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- network for employment promotion (spring 1996): promotion programme for SMEs to implement flexible working hours, cross- departmental “special committee Illegal Employment”, support of regional training dialogues, development of employment possibilities for the low- skilled unemployed
- training consensus (1997): promotion of joint training places, extension of
Land and local authorities to train, promotion of off- company training
- implementation of JuSoPro (2000): labour market conferences in problematic
areas, targeted contacts with companies and affected people
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Saarland
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Alliance for Work Saarland
(January 1999)
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- Land government
- Chambers
- Business associations
- Trade unions
- Land employment office
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Co- ordinating labour market policy issues and measures to support the creation of new jobs
Priorities:
- New employment opportunities
- Vocational training
- Youth unemployment
- Flexibilisation of labour
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- Training and Employment Pact for Young People in the Saarland
- various working groups activities
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Joint Initiative Saar (1997) - Land government
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- party groups of the state
parliament
- associations of employers
and industry
- Chamber of Labour
- Trade unions
- churches
- employment service
- local umbrella associations
- environmental
associations
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Broad co- operation of important future- oriented measures of industrial, location and labour market policy
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- pilot project for low- skilled workers (1999)
- network „Employment transfer“ (2000)
- concept for the „practically skilled“ (2000/ 2001)
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Saxony
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Foundation Innovation and
Labour Saxony (December 1996)
Board of the foundation:
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- Saxony’s state
government
- associations of employers
and industry
- Trade unions
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Participating to secure existing employment and create new employment
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Main results in 2001:
- approx. 230 expert activities in approx. 300 businesses, mostly SMEs in the processing industry, to increase competitiveness and gain a livelihood
- support of approx. 50 networked projects of companies and scientific institutions (InnoRegio projects, innovation fora, growth hubs)
- support of approx. 120 regional projects, including 36 leading projects, mostly to develop human resources and cover industry’s demand for skilled workers.
These activities helped to secure and develop approx. 9,500 jobs in approx. 300 businesses, most from the processing industry.
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Saxony Anhalt
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Alliance for Work and
Competitiveness in Saxony Anhalt
(January 1999: first meeting)
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- Land government
- Industry
- Trade unions
- Municipalities
- Employment service
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- supporting the Alliance for Work at the Federal level
- reducing unemployment
- securing training for young people
- improving the competitiveness of Saxony Anhalt as a location for business
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- labour market policy initiatives: „demand- oriented qualification to eradicate bottlenecks of skilled workers”, facilitation of the transition from training into employment, extended use of Saxony Anhalt’s measures for the long- term unemployed and older workers
- training: closing the gap in training vacancies (best balance of training places in the nation for the past three years).
- promotion of SMEs: SME initiative, business set- up offensive, improvement of framework conditions, package of measures to investigate and persecute moonlighting and illegal employment
- environmental balance sheet: Alliance for the Environment to develop industry in an environmentally- friendly way: discussions with industry, implementation and continuation of ecological audits, environmental certificate of Saxony Anhalt’s crafts, relief catalogue for local industry.
- image improvement for Saxony Anhalt: image campaign “Industrial location, state of research and technology”, active and aggressive investor acquisition
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Schleswig Holstein
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Alliance „Work for Schleswig
Holstein“ (February 1999)
„Kiel Meeting“ (1988)
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Alliance „Work for
Schleswig Holstein“:
- Land government
- Land employment office
- business associations
- chambers
- handcrafts
- Trade unions;
„Kiel Meeting“:
umbrella associations of industry and trade unions as well as the Land government headed by the premier
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Alliance „Work for Schleswig Holstein“:
- labour market policy: aggressive use of JuSoPro, extending vocational continuing education, use of pre-retirement part- time work with simultaneous employment of younger workers, creating jobs with orking time measures
- industrial policy: supporting the offensive for business start- ups by the Land and the external representation of the industrial location, bundling the counselling activities for industry and technology promotion, speeding up planning and approval procedures
„Kiel Meeting“:
Issues that go beyond current politics; development and discussion of strategic aims of labour market and industrial policy
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Since the majority of the scheduled topics and concrete objectives of the „Work for Schleswig Holstein“ Alliance has been implemented , this successful co- operation between social partners and Land government will be continued in the „Kiel Meeting“.
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„Alliance for Training“ (annually)
The first “Alliance for Vocational
Training” was initiated in 1997.
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- Land ministries
- chambers
- associations
- Trade unions
- Land employment office
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- offering a training vacancy for each young person
who is able and willing to be trained.
- filling the existing training vacancies,
- supporting the Alliance for Work, Training and Competitiveness at the Federal level to modernise Germany’s dual system of vocational training.
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results 1997- 2001
- creation of additional training places
- measures to increase young peoples’ ability to be trained
- increased creation of training places in new professions
- agreement on the co- operation of all partners in Germany’s dual system additionally in 2000/ 2001
- provision of training vacancies for each young who is able and willing to be trained
- filling the existing training vacancies
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Thuringia
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No formal Alliance for Work, but regular meetings: high- level
meetings / meetings between
trade unions and industry
(regularly since 1996)
- creating additional jobs for the (long- term)
unemployed, especially for women,
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- Land government
- umbrella associations of
industry
- chambers
- Trade unions
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- reducing (long- term) unemployment young people, older workers, recipients of social assistance
- reducing placement obstacles through vocational continuing education
- improving industrial and tourist infrastructure
- flexibilisation of labour
- securing industry’s demand in skilled workers
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Initiation and test of „Second Career“ programme in co- operation with Thurinigia’s employment offices
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Thuringia’s Training Initiative
(2001)
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- Land ministries
- Industry
- chambers
- Trade unions
- employment service
- local umbrella associations
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-further development of vocational guidance classes
and professional orientation
- further development of Thuringia’s joint training places
- converting the vocational training centres of the crafts trade into centres of competencies
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- review of professional preparation
Extensive information campaign
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