Local Plan for the development of employment in the Municipality of Fyli

Name of client: ATTIKI Regional Operational Programme 2007-2013

Origin of funding: ESF: 75%; National Funds: 25%.

Detailed description of project:

The project involved an integrated effort at a local level, mobilising many different local actors (i.e. Local Authorities, NGOs, Vocational Training Centers, Employers’ Associations) with the purpose of supporting persons of certain socially vulnerable groups of the region to re-enter the labour market in a sustainable way. The beneficiaries of all project activities were members of the local socially vulnerable groups (i.e. long term unemployed, single parented families, people living below poverty line) facing exclusion from the local labour market. All project activities fell under an integrated Action Plan, with the purpose of taking advantage of the developmental characteristics of the local economy and channeling all beneficiaries to related business activities, existing or not, with the final goal of promoting entrepreneurship (establishment of new enterprises from beneficiaries) and employment (existing companies hiring beneficiaries).

The activities of this project included:

- Analysis of the local labour market
- Networking between the beneficiaries and the local economic actors
- Vocational training
- Consulting support for the start up of personal businesses and social enterprises, as well as benefiting from grant schemes targeting at the beneficiaries of this project
- Awareness raising

Final project results included:

- The establishment of 8 new businesses in the area of light technical maintenance
- The establishment of 10 new social enterprises having activities relevant with the maintenance of the former landfill
- 10 beneficiaries will be hired from local companies and businesses (construction companies)
- 80 beneficiaries will have their skills developed and have established direct links with the local economic actors
- Social exclusion will be prevented for all 80 beneficiaries

Type of services provided:

Services provided include:

- Analysis of the local labour market and competitive advantages of the local economy
- Design and implementation of local active employment measures
- Proposal of customised employment measures for the socially vulnerable groups in the region
- Mentoring and coaching of the 80 unemployed persons mobilised for this project
- Capacity building and counseling of the beneficiaries
- Field surveys for the identification of the employment needs of the major disadvantaged groups
- Networking among all different actors of the local economy
- Business planning and provision of consulting support to the new enterprises for utilising existing financial schemes
- Design and implementation of awareness raising activities
- Evaluation of the active employment measures implemented

Other Consortium Partner: Municipality of Fyli (GR), Municipal Entrerprise of Fyli (GR)