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The Netherlands,José Hilgersom
Supporting collaborationin local labour markets
Conference Managing Accountability and Flexibility Aarhus, 5 April 2011
Content
• The power of regional networks and public private cooperation in the labour market
• Characteristics of the labour market in the Netherlands and the players
• Supporting local collaboration, differing forms of steering that have proved their usefulness
• New developments leading to different ways of steering local collaboration
Conference Managing Accountability and Flexibility Aarhus, 5 April 2011
Importance of the local labour market
The aim of participation
- less people on benefit, more people in paid work
The cabinet’s choices
• compact government fit for purpose
• decentralisation of tasks to local authorities
• citizens and companies to take more responsibility
Conference Managing Accountability and Flexibility Aarhus, 5 April 2011
Characterisation of the Dutch labour marketActive population in the Netherlands
Total population (x 1,000) 16.358Population 15–64 (x 1,000) 11.018Active population (x 1,000) 8.768
NL EUActivity rate 15–64 (%) 78.3 71.3Activity rate 15–24 (%) 70.1 44.3Unemployment rate 15–64 (%) 4.3 9.4Unemployment rate 15-24 (%) 8.3 20.5
Conference Managing Accountability and Flexibility Aarhus, 5 April 2011
Characterisation of the Dutch labour market
Continued ageing and decreasing work force/ a tighter labour market in future
Pressure points in the labour market• industrial sectors short of labour • vulnerable groups on the margins of the labour market
Solutions directed at• using up all the supply of labour • increasing inter-sector employment
Conference Managing Accountability and Flexibility Aarhus, 5 April 2011
Thirty labour market regions Increasing tension in the labour market
September 2009 September 2010
Conference Managing Accountability and Flexibility Aarhus, 5 April 2011
September 2009 (left) and September 2010 (right)
Thirty labour market regions Characterisation of the labour market by sector of profession
Technical and Industrial Transport
Conference Managing Accountability and Flexibility Aarhus, 5 April 2011
Thirty labour market regions Characterisation of the labour market by sector of profession
Care and services Economical, clerical
Conference Managing Accountability and Flexibility Aarhus, 5 April 2011
UWV: providing technical assistance in finding employment Bringing vacancies into view by means ofa central data bank
Local authorities: multiplicity of tasks/decentralised with greater freedom toformulate policy
Management & labour: cope with the tightness of the labour market/ sectors of industry displaying shortages
Schools: connecting the courses offered by educational establishments to the needs of the professions
Conference Managing Accountability and Flexibility Aarhus, 5 April 2011
Players in the local labour market
Supporting local collaboration
Differing examples of steering in the regions at a time of economic crisis
• Mobility centers at 30 regional ‘work squares’ aimed at preventing unemployment of those threatened with redundancy
• Plan of action aimed at combating and preventing youth unemployment
A step in the right direction
Conference Managing Accountability and Flexibility Aarhus, 5 April 2011
New developments helping to steer policy on regional labour markets
Local authorities will increasingly determine how to help difficult groups to actively participate in the labour market/ custom-made approach/working according to your ability
UWV with nationwide technical support to provide modern e-services and 1 central registration system to match up job vacancies with job seekers
Employers to take more collective responsibility/private first public second
Q & A’s
Conference Managing Accountability and Flexibility Aarhus, 5 April 2011