Cross-border platform for the promotion of active labor policies in crisis areas / crisis situations for the creation of sustainable and quality employment in the Nautical and Sea Economy sector
Following the economic crisis of 2008-2014, all cross-border areas are geared to support a development model that values blue and green economy opportunities. The project promotes these policies through a participatory approach of the relevant actors, who will innovate active labour policies in crisis areas for the creation of sustainable employment in the maritime sector and sea economy. Sector trends show significant employment and entrepreneurial opportunities that the project intends to pursue. The project means to counter mismatching and foster mobility (supply platform), promote a joint employment plan experimenting with the anticipation and prevention of corporate crises (outplacement) and innovate pre-incubation services to create new businesses and promote product, process and business model transfers and innovations (spin-offs, management or workers buyout). The target users are relevant actors, workers expelled or at risk of deportation, established and new businesses and operators of public and private work and training services (about 700 direct beneficiaries). If one considers the sectoral approach, the cross-border area qualifies as the optimal dimension; sector and employment development trigger diffusion and integration, even from the intersectoral standpoint, above all in the coastal area. Hence, interests converge naturally into a partnership that involves districts, enterprises, innovation centres, local institutions and the main actors of the employment systems.