1. Folie 1 MÜNCHENKOMPETENT Development of Competencies for the Region of Munich Michaela Pichlbauer Commissioner for Equal Opportunities for the City of Munich Brussels, 25.2.2007

2. Folie 2 EQUAL Programme - the opportunity a) Develop and test a new cooperation model (partnership) aiming at the policy delivery in parallel with the mainstreaming Programme MBQ (Munich program for employment and qualification) b) Move from service providers to partners c) Establish joint work and dialogue with relevant actors namely the stakeholders d) Capitalisation of synergies between EQUAL and mainstreaming city projects to enable transfer and policy in cooperation e) Mainstreaming in the local policy bodies to support sustainability of EQUAL project structures

3. Folie 3 MünchenKompetent An innovative policy delivery instrument Objectives: To improve the local governance model through the creation of a more participative policy delivery instrument – the partnership To analyse the bottlenecks to expansion of employment and to introduce the necessary correcting measures to adapt offer to the demand; and To generate new employment opportunities for the more disadvantaged groups

4. Folie 4 Project Structure PB 1 Creation of enterprises PB 2 LifeLong Learning PB 5 Good Governance in München PB 3 Organisa- tional Development TRANSNATIONALESTRANSNATIONALES E V A L U A T I O N PB 4 Cooperations model School- Companies

5. Folie 5 Organisation and Management DP Thematic working Groups Entrepreneurship LLL Org. Dev. School/Companies TH1 TH2 TH3 TH4 Policy Group Transnational thematic Working groups

6. Folie 6 How to promote innovative and socially inclusive restructuring in SME? Need of an existing networking culture Selection of SME with potential of networking through common problems and strengths Motivation through offers addressing own needs Set up of networks Consolidation through empowerment and collective actions Increasing social responsibility awareness in the business practice

7. Folie 7 Restructuration Process Results Sustainability achieved through: Organisation of Thematic task forces Common identity Common products development Further networking with strategic partners/ local politicy actors Supported by own funds

8. Folie 8 Results and Experiences Level 1): Partners Efficiency / Results Trust Gaining influence in policy design Gaining wider offers in the market Learning Process – collective and individual

9. Folie 9 Results and Experiences Level 2): City of Munich Policy closer to practice needs Equality policy for groups outside the labour market Partnership as Policy delivery instrument Integration of EQUAL project services in the city structure – sustainability

10. Folie 10 Results and Experiences Level 3): Transnational Partnership Good communication and exchange platform among European Regions with potential scale economy effect on research and development investments Transnational Cooperation Agreement – sustainability of transnational cooperation

11. Folie 11 Results and Experiences Which factors hinder MünchenKompetent in influencing local policy? Lack of needs Too good average performance Too little dialogue among strategic actors Lack of resources to support the management costs of the partnership (no programmes available)

12. Folie 12 Questions and comments are welcome! Thank you! Michaela Pichlbauer michaela.pichlbauer@muenchen.de