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ACTION FOR TOMORROW. INTRODUCTION. The Greek partnership “Action for Tomorrow” proposes the study and the application of practices whose aim is achieving permanent and effective employability. But, in which way could we achieve this result?
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INTRODUCTION The Greek partnership “Action for Tomorrow” proposes the study and the application of practices whose aim is achieving permanent and effective employability. But, in which way could we achieve this result? One solution is to create new types of professions by the aid of which the employees will be able to obtain long-term employment with flexible timetables. The target groups are persons from social groups such as women, the long-term unemployed, the unemployed who are more than 45 years old, persons with limited technical skills e.t.c. These persons will receive training in new technologies and in the domain of new production methods. The new types of jobs refer to the environment in its larger sense. They are not only the professions, which are closely related to nature, but, among them, there exist also professions related to the construction sector and the conservation of the national heritage. Before we present the Greek action, we must present the terminology that we will use in order to describe the proposed new types of jobs and employability. We say that we aim at ” sustainable development “. In Greek there is the term «αειφόροςανάπτυξη». The word «αειφόρος» contains the adverb «αεί» whose meaning is “always” like in the expression «νυνκαιαεί» that means “for ever and ever”. The second constituent of the word «αειφορία» is «-φορία» and it derives from the French expression “rapport soutenu”. In forestry, there is the Greek word «αειφορία» which is a principle according to which the same amounts of forest goods are produced annually or periodically. In the same way, the expression «αειφόροςαπασχολησιμότητα» (“sustainable development”) is the kind of employability that we aim at. In the work sector, the “viable employability” is the kind of continuously developed employability. Finally, we mention the term «viable professions» («πράσιναεπαγγέλματα») which are the new types of professions envisaged.
CENTRAL PROBLEM THAT THE PROJECT IS CALLED UPON TO FACE The contemporary term of “Sustainable Development” includes 3 parameters: the social, economic and environmental ones. The social parameter is directly connected with development, employability expansion and its safeguarding. The Lisbon Conference also recognizes the importance of Sustainable Employability as a central aim of the Social Aspect of Economic Viability. Taking this under account, the Developmental Partnership “Action for Tomorrow” aims at the organization of productivity through the development of a new category of professions: the “sustainable professions”. These professions address a wide range of employees (women, unemployed, low-qualified adults, sensitive social groups). Following the appropriate vocational training, education and adjustment to new technology standards, these groups will be able to ensure their employability as well as some flexibility in their timetables and the organization of their productive activities. Therefore, the “sustainable professions” place great emphasis to voluntarism and working for the social good. There are not only the employees that take advantage of the usefulness of the sustainable professions but also the enterprises, which thus achieve viable growth.
PARTNERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP The Development Partnership “Action for Tomorrow” includes members that cover a wide social range. Those are: • The non-governmental organization “Programs of Volunteer Work for the Environment” (PEEP) • The National Centre of Social Research (EKKE) • Marathonios Anaptixiaki SA: a trans-municipal development company that represents 9 municipalities and communities of the wider region of Eastern Attica • Econometrica Ltd: a consultancy firm specialized in the field of European funded programs • The European Center of Environmental Research and Training of the Pantion University of Athens (EKEPEK) • The National Institution of Youth Centre of Vocational Training (KEK EIN) • The national newspaper Apogevmatini Publications SA
PROJECT OBJECTIVES/ SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES Project Objectives • The initiative “Action for Tomorrow” will offer a valuable experience as it concerns both the educational training and the application of flexible and innovative schemata of work organization in the domain of the sustainable professions. In this manner, it will create new operational plans and work organization methods. It will promote the adaptability of the enterprises and the employees to the economic changes and the use of new technologies and innovative applications. The project includes the creation of an Active Observatory for the support of enterprises within the field of the sustainable professions. This will codify the know-how that will come about as a result of the individual actions, the information and the structured knowledge with the aim of constantly supporting the procedure of enterprise adjustment and the undertaking of initiatives Specific Objectives Reinforcement of the employment and the entrepreneurship in the field of the “sustainable professions” which aims at the employment of the unemployed who come especially from socially sensitive groups • Reduction of the unemployment of persons who are without work for a long time as well as persons who face problems of access to the labor market due to low qualification or who find it difficult to adjust their professional time with the time they need to devote to their personal and family lives • Creation and development of support tools for the employment and the enterprise competitiveness • Development of good practices and policies for the reinforcement of the local economy through the adjustment of enterprises to the economic and social reality of the region of Eastern Attica
TARGET GROUPS / RECIPIENTS OF THE PROJECT RESULTS Target Groups The target groups include: • Low-qualified persons from socially sensitive groups • People of an advanced age • Women with children • Parents of one-parent families • Unemployed who are more than 45 years old Recipients of the Project Results The project results are expected to benefit two main groups of recipients: • The unemployed who will be aided at their job quest • The enterprises which will benefit from the know-how that the project will offer thus enhancing their competitiveness and self-orientating towards an environmental approach within a territorial framework like the Eastern Attica region where this activity can be easily applied
PROJECT DELIVERABLES The Members of the Partnership will produce the following: • A study that will research the “Sustainable Employment” • A study of the new forms of work organization with emphasis placed on the sustainable professions • A Manual-guide for the enterprises relevant to the financial motives, the valorization of the new technology, the production organization under the axis of the development of competitiveness and the timetable flexibility • A study for the design of special tools and evaluation prototypes • A study for the new forms of work organization in the field of the sustainable professions in the Eastern Attica region and in the municipalities which participate in the company “Marathonios Anaptixiaki SA” • Results of the field-research and their first evaluation • Conclusions • Promotion material, brochures, posters • A book and CD concerning Sustainable Development • A series of publications in newspapers and magazines • Articles and scientific interviews of the DP in the media
Manifestations for the Project promotion-invitations-written and electronic promotion material • A conference for the promotion of the research results • Application of an adaptability model in selected enterprises • Workshops in subjects of Sustainable Development with new organization of the productive procedure schemata • Educational programs for the target groups • A study of technical-functional specifications for the Active Observatory • An Action Plan of Transnational Cooperation • Follow-up and evaluation of transnational cooperation reports • Creation of an interactive website • Reports on the Evaluation of the Project actions
CONTRIBUTION OF THE GREEK DP ACTION FOR TOMORROW TO THE TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION BRAT The main objective of Action for Tomorrow is the valorization of the workers’ acquired competences through a transfer of knowledge to younger employees (cross-generation transfer of knowledge) in similar or different working environments during their career. Specifically, Action for Tomorrow will contribute to: • The development of a system of certification of the acquired professional experience in enterprises. This system will be based on European standards • The sensitization of enterprises relating to the valorization of the know-how of more experienced employees • The development of a model of sustainable employability within enterprises • The analysis of the procedure of continuous vocational training of the employees, their trainers and all those who can transfer professional know-how within enterprises
CONTRIBUTION OF THE GREEK DP ACTION FOR TOMORROW TO THE TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION PING The transnational cooperation PING consist of Development Partnerships among Italy “OLTREPO PAVESE: UN TERITORIO COME RISORSA, UN OPPORTUNITA PERLE PERSONE”, Holland “TICKET TO THE FUTURE” and Greece “ACTION FOR TOMORROW”. The common interest of the DPs is the wish to start a comparison of various social and economic practices, study the conditions that aid or prevent the entrance in the labor market and the maintenance of working conditions. The three DPs desire to develop new ways of action and dissemination of methods and tools of life long learning (continuous training). In this way they will help professionals gain an additional value.
