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The Second Round of CI EQUAL in the Czech
Republic Eva BosákováBirmingham, January
12-13, 2005
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The Second Round of CI EQUAL in the Czech
Republic
59 development partnerships 40 455 970
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• 1A - Facilitating access and return to the labour
  market for those with difficulties in
  being integrated or re-integrated
• Focusing on the formation of a system of
  prevention and assistance for disadvantaged
  groups
• Disabled, partially disabled, low-qualified young
  persons, long-term unemployed, the Romany
  minority, homeless persons
• Education, consultancy concentrated on selected
  topic groups, involvement of the employers, forms
  of employment
• 12 development partnerships

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• 1B - Combating Racism and xenophobia in relation
  to the labour market
• Supporting the multicultural environment to
  ensure the equal opportunities for all at the
  Czech labour market
• Model for cooperation between employers and
  employees endangered by racism and xenophobia
• Motivation, requalification, consultancy for
  Romany minority
• 3 development partnerships

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• 2C - Improve conditions and tools for the
  development of business run by persons from the
  groups of people with disadvantage
• Supporting the development of business activities
  of self-employed persons
• Women, elderly persons, rural population
• Consultancy, training courses, motivation
• 10 development partnerships

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• 2D - Strengthening the Social economy in
  particular the services of interest to the
  community, with a focus on improving the quality
  of jobs
• System development and diversification of
  services rendered within the Third sector with
  focus on the people with disadvantages
• Disabled persons, elderly people, rural
  population
• Prevention of social exclusion
• 9 development partnerships

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• 3E - Promoting lifelong learning and inclusive
  work practices encouraging the recruitment of
  persons suffering discrimination and inequality
  in the labour market
• Systemic and innovative development of lifelong
  learning for the integration in the labour market
  of disadvantaged groups
• System development of competencies, education
  models, information systems, e-learning
• groups of people with disadvantages - rural
  population, disabled or elderly persons, Romany
  minority
• 9 development partnerships

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• 3F - Supporting the adaptability of firms and
  employees to structural economic change and the
  use of information technology and other new
  technologies
• Support to the development and broad availability
  of information and communication technologies
• Women after the maternity leave
• Disabled persons
• 4 development partnerships

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• 4G - Reconciling family and professional life,
  developing more flexible and effective forms of
  work organisation and support services
• Providing for the opportunity of further
  education for the persons (usually mothers)
  taking the all-day care of children
• Model programme for support of toning the
  professional and family life in region
• 4 development partnerships

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• 4H - Reducing gender gaps and supporting job
  desegregation
• Application of gender mainstreaming methods,
  enhancing the awareness of equal opportunities
  among the employers, development of tools
  providing for equal renumeration of women and
  men, etc.
• 4 development partnerships

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• 5 - Assisting asylum seekers in their integration
  to the labour market
• Assistance to asylum seekers through the special
  integration courses developing their language
  knowledge and practical usage of their skills
• Educational and vocational training courses
• 4 development partnerships

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Special requirements for transnational
cooperation for DPs

• In relation with Action 1
• Proactive role and cooperation of the NSSs to
  connect potentially suitable partners
• good information background provided for NSSs
  and therefore DPs
• thematic conferences within each priority area,
  where previous experience of the DPs from the
  first round is displayed

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Special requirements for transnational
cooperation for DPs

• In relation with Actions 2 and 3
• Continual support from the MA and NSS to the DPs
• proactive work in the National thematic networks
  and European thematic groups
• information exchange among thematic fields
• continuous evaluation and gathering of good
  practice from all participants

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Lessons learnt and practical advice for projects

• for transnational cooperation plan ahead to have
  appropriate time and resources
• get to know your partners and their projects well
• find your common points of interest
• be a leading partner in at least one TCA activity
• learn from each other

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Contacts

www.mpsv.cz www.equalcr.cz www.nvf.cz/equal
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Thank you for your attention
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