1. Austrian Partnership Practice:
Innovations to integrate marginalised groups into sustainable employment
(TEP: Territorial Employment Pacts)

2. For refreshment Territorial Employment Pacts are ...
_ contracted regional partnerships to better link employment policy with other policies;
_ established country-wide (9 regional and 11 sub-regional/local TEPs);
_ supported by the Operational Programme for Employment (ESF) by means of a specific focus (priority 5);
_ assist in implementing the OP through improved coordination at the regional and local levels in all priorities;
_ coordinate measures amounting to € 800 Mio. (2008).

3. Budgets of the partners: over EUR 800 Million p.a.
TEP - Partners
Provincial Government
Labour Market Service
Federal Office of Social Affairs
Federation of Industry
Budgets of the partners: over EUR 800 Million p.a.
Chamber of Labour
Federation of Trade Unions
Economic Chamber
Provincial School Board
Chamber of Agriculture
Educational Institutions
NGOs (Local Initiatives)
Municipalities
Gender Mainstreaming Experts

4. New Challenge for TEPs in 2007-2013
Priority 3b of the OP for Employment Austria
Priority 3b calls for innovative projects for the integration of persons distant from the labour market.
The TEPs develop and co-fund projects at regional/sub-regional/local level to reach out those on the margins of the labour market and bringing them into the mainstream, thereby building on results of EQUAL-DPs.

5. Why can TEPs help?
_ The responsibility for supporting the target group lies within the Labour Market Service as well as the Regional Governments and cities and municipalities.
_ A well established cooperation between above mentioned institutions is a necessity for an improved assistance for the target group (personal, social and labour market problems need to be solved).
_ The above mentioned institutions already cooperate within the TEPs and now should deepen their cooperation for the specific target group.
Overall strategic aims of Priority 3b: Improvement of the integration of marginalised groups into the labour market via testing and developing innovative measures and improved cooperation of institutions.

6. Innovations
System development (Improved interface between labour market and social policy)
Structural innovations
(e.g. One-stop shops for persons concerned (one support point)
Integrated & holistic approaches of all TEP partners (e.g. integration chains, mix of actions and target groups)

7. To sum up
Priority 3b …
_ assists in closing gaps between policies (labour market and social);
_ strengthens the TEP’s role in implementing innovative measures;
_ improves the situation of the poorest;
_ presses the partnerships forward to make best use out of their unique position (the cooperation) via enlarging their scope of activities;
_ supports structural and systemic developments; and
_ contributes to mobilising reforms in the field of social and labour market policies.

8. Contact Thank you for your attention
Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumerprotection.
Uli Rebhandl
ESF Uni
Co-ordination Unit of Austrian TEPs
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