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COMPENDIUM OF EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
Introduction
The Caledon Institute scoured the World Wide Web, for creative, practical initiatives in the general area of community-based poverty reduction. As those of you who have surfed the Web for similar reasons are well aware, there is a plethora of relevant and interesting information on economic and community development of various kinds. The problem quickly becomes one of time: who has the time to scan this wealth of material in order to identify the most useful items?
This Compendium of Employment Development Strategies is an initial effort to facilitate access to such information for people with an interest in community-based poverty reduction. It brings together, in a single document, the findings of a limited search of a sample of relevant websites. As such, it is a compilation of profiles, case studies and best practices culled from the United Nations, the United States, the United Kingdom and other member countries of the European Union. It is also a stepping off point as the project descriptions are often accompanied by links to further information and inevitably more links.
The projects included in the Compendium are organized according to the following themes and sub-themes:
- Employment Development Strategy - Skill Development, Enterprise Development, Job Linkage, New Community Infrastructure
As jobs are an essential component of poverty-reduction, innovative ways of working with people to find or create jobs are always welcome. Examples of employment development strategies and their support structures need to be shared.
- Target Population(s) – Youth, Women, Homeless, Ethno-Cultural Community, Low-Skilled Worker and Marginalized.
Most organizations do not have the resources or mandate to provide comprehensive services to all people. Further, certain populations are in greater need of employment development supports for a variety of social, economic, political, cultural and health-related reasons. The projects have been organized according to the particular population or populations they seek to serve.
- Partners – Business, Local Government, Other Levels of Government, Educational and Training Institutions, and Other.
This type of work cannot be done alone. Effective partnerships can often be a determining factor in the success of a particular project. The case studies highlight some of the types of successful partnerships currently under way.
A note on replicability
The projects included in the Compendium are presented to offer examples, ideas, inspiration and contacts. They are not, however, presented as strategies that are guaranteed to work in a given community. Every local context has its specific circumstances which must be addressed; every community must go through its own process of identifying its assets and needs. In some instances, a process that may be seen as reinventing the wheel may turn out to be the essential step in building the community cohesiveness, commitment and capacity which makes an employment development strategy successful. That being said, with economic globalization and the rapid spread of information and communication technologies, shared experiences and the ability to dialogue about them are only likely to increase. The Compendium of Employment Development Strategies is a contribution to this dialogue.
How to use the Compendium Table
Projects in the Compendium Table have been cross-referenced according to the following topics and sub-topics:
- Employment Development Strategy - Skill Development, Enterprise Development, Job Linkage, New Community Infrastructure;
- Target Population(s) – Youth, Women, Homeless, Ethno-Cultural Community, Low-Skilled Worker and Marginalized, and
- Partners – Business, Local Government, Other Levels of Government, Educational and Training Institutions and Other.
To identify topics of interest, scan the Table to identify those initiatives with the features most relevant to your concern. For example, to find projects that provide job linkage for youth and have local government involvement scan the Job Linkage, Youth, and Local Government columns. Those specific projects that appear in all three columns will be of greatest interest.
Once you have selected a project of interest, simply clink on the web link to view a project profile.
Please note:
- If the hyper link provided in the Compendium does not function, simply copy the address into your browser in order to visit the specified site.
- Most projects are accompanied by a hyper link which should enable you to go directly to the project profile. In some cases the link is not to the specific project profile, but to a more general website which contains profiles of many other projects as well. You will have to follow the instructions given on the website to find the specific project. This will be a matter of clicking on the "Case Studies" or "Profiles" option and /or using the search tool provided.
- For the 'Leonardo da Vinci' Programme:
Leonardo da Vinci is the name given to the European Community action programme for cooperation in the field of vocational training. As you will find in the Compendium, some of the projects listed are part of this programme. To access them, go to:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg22/leonardo/html/
The screen will be split in two. On the left side click on "EN" for English and then on "Compendium". A search tool will appear. As our examples are from 1997, click on "1997" and then type in the name of the project. Please note that these initiatives are project submissions that have been approved by the EU, they are not programme reports or outcome evaluations.
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