OPCAREG HAUTE NORMANDIE

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OPCAREG HAUTE NORMANDIE
3 rue Pierre Gilles de Gennes BP 4024276137
Mont Saint Aignan Cedex FRANCETel 33(0)2 35
12 17 17 www.opcareg-hn.fr
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Upper Normandy
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OPCAREG HAUTE NORMANDIE

• A non-profit organisation created in 1995
• We collect and manage the financial
  contributions which, by law, firms must pay
  towards their employees training and personal
  development
• Our board members include representatives of
  employers organisations (MEDEF) and social
  partners
• OPCAREG belongs to a national network
• (25 OPCAREG 400 employees in France)

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OPCAREG HAUTE NORMANDIE

• 1200 companies on our books, mainly SMEs in
  various sectors
• - 700 gt 10 employees
• 500 lt 10 employees
• Our mission
• Finance training courses for their employees
• Manage their vocational training budget
• Our value added services
• Consultancy on human resources policy, employment
  and training legislation
• -Development and management of Regional and
  European projects in the fields of employment and
  skill development

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OPCAREG HAUTE NORMANDIE EUROPEAN PROJECTS

• Project and financial engineering we assist
  SMEs in claiming european funds to finance
  individual training programmes (addressing a need
  expressed by a company, a professional sector or
  a desiganted area)
• They help us reinforce our role as a key player
  in the fields of Human Resources we act as
  intermediary between local authorities, the state
  administration and the enterprises.
• They help us promote the European strategy of
  Lifelong Learning

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OPCAREG HAUTE NORMANDIE Reducing discrimination
in the employment market
2002-2005 F.A.M.M.E integrating women in
professionnal sectors where there is a lack of
qualified staff (for ex. bakery) 2004-2008
CAP ENTREPRENEUR improving how SMEsowners plan
their retirement and the take over of their
business 2002-2005 S.E.N.I.O.R.S. helping
companies to anticipate the forthcoming
demographic change and improving the management
of older workers
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OPCAREG HAUTE NORMANDIE Anticipating the
demographic change

• Today Upper Normandy represents 38 000
  enterprises and 800 000 jobs
• Proportion of the over 50s in our workforce
• 1999 17
• 2006 21
• 2015 25 (we expect the same proportion of
  people under 30.)
• The issues to be addressed
• Retaining the know-how
• Keeping the over 50s in a dynamic work mode
• Helping (long term) unemployed people over 50 to
  find employment