Grassroot network for employment

Team: Coleurope POLAND

College of Europe

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Experience and discover: Causes of the problem

Level of economic activity

Demografic Trends

Lack of Qualifications

Dual labour Market

Deterioration and Mismatch of

Higher education

Growth model Creating

Low quality Jobs

Inadequate Competences

YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT

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Experience and discover: Target

Disenchantment and discouragement

Isufficient skills: Autonomy, communication, Emotional intelligence, flexibility

Unbalanced assets: Experience, training and skills

Young People 15-24

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Experience and discover: Statistics, Brussels

Population 15-24 years: 131.479 12’2% of total population

Inactive population: 94.794 72’1% of total young population

Active population: 36.725 27’9% of total young population

Students of 15 and + years: 85.156 89’9% of total inactive population

Others: 9.598 10’1% of total inactive population

Have a job: 25.071 68’3% of total active population

Unemployed: 11.654 31’7% of total active population

l  Source: SPF Économie – DGSIE (EFT), calculs Observatoire bruxellois de l’Emploi; 2009.

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By Social and Solidarity Economy we understand activities by enterprises such as cooperatives and/or social purpose businesses, associations, mutual assistance organizations or foundations that produce economic goods or services.

The ethics of these activities are reflected in the following principles: •  Aiming at service delivery to the community or the members rather than at profits; •  Autonomous management; •  Democratic and participatory management; •  Pre-eminence of people and work over capital when redistributing revenue.

All around us, there are Social Entrepreneurs trying to solve society’s most pressing social problems with innovative solutions. Their initiatives have high potential for job creation and integrate the pursuit of values and meaning being incorporated to the social and solidarity economy.

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REDISTRIBUTION

STATE NOT-FOR PROFIT

FOR-PROFIT

MARKET

FOR-PROFIT ENTREPRISES

« COMMUNITY »

PUBLIC

PRIVATE

INFORMAL FORMAL

Social and Solidarity Economy

Our Solution: A new architecture

In 6 STEPS: 1. Creation of a not-for-profit organisation (NPO) 2. Inventory of all existing social entrepreneurship initiatives 3. Cooperation with local unemployment bureau: retrieval of statistics concerning the unemployed youth by municipality and by skills 4. Matching “supply-demand”: Integration into a social network designed specifically to bring together the existing initiatives with young employment seekers 5. Development and support of training and capacity building activities 6. Enlargement of the network between municipalities 7

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Our Solution: A new scheme for new opportunities

Cooperative loan funds

Community financing

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Planned results & outcomes: From philosophy to reality, a serious commitment

Hours on the solution: 9h/week

Young unemployed people reached: around 9.000

Young people engaged: Our NPO- around 10 Our Network’s potential- around 7.750*

10 * Based on a study by the Facultés Saint-Louis and the Greenloop study bureau on the potential for employment in sustainable agriculture in the region of Brussels. http://www.villedurable.be/brusselsgreencapital/cas/une-ferme-urbaine-en-toiture-sur-le-site-des-abattoirs-danderlecht