MPLOYMENT IN ESTERN REECE : ACTS FIGURES Georgia Galani Employers' Consultant Pubic Employment Service (OAED) Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs VIRTUAL peer learning meeting Work and Employment - Possible Inputs to EU-SPI July 1st, 10:00 AM -11:30 AM (CET)
Let ' s introduce ourselves .. 2001 Manpower Employment Organization established its (OAED) 1996 local Centres for Employment became the 1969 Promotion (KPA) National Employment founded Service ▰ Pillars of operation Promotion to employment Unemployment insurance and social protection of maternity and family Vocational education and training 2
Activities of OAED Counselling for *Matching labour OAED is the public authority and central body employers, the supply and demand managing: unemployed and *Local employment potential Active Labour Market Policies (ALMPs) for programmes entrepreneurs halting unemployment, promoting employment and vocational training for both unemployed and EURES employed people. NETWORK Passive Labour Market Policies (PLMPs): measures for unemployment insurance (regular Subsidy programmes Apprenticeship aiming to reduce (a) unemployment benefit) & other social protection Vocational labour costs (wages Education benefits and allowances (maternity allowance etc). and salaries), (b) non- Schools’ (EPAS) wage labour costs Active Labour Market Policies: initial vocational education combined with on-the-job training 3 ( Apprenticeship system ).
KPA Local Services in Western Greece Region Agrinion Patras 2 Messolonghi Patras1 Nafpaktos Amaliada Aegion Pyrgos 4
Figures of unemployment in WGR ＊ 3rd place in terms of: number of unemployed per region, among the 13 Greek Regions 78.974 persons registered as unemployed (12% of WGR population) Take into account WGR population (2019): 655.189 * Data taken on 1/6/2020 OAED Monthly Statistics 5
Figures of unemployment in WGR 9.824 persons receive unemployment benefits (5,5% of the national figure) Significant seasonality * Data taken on 1/6/2020 6 OAED Monthly Statistics
Figures of unemployment in WGR Almost 73% are women * Data taken on 1/6/2020 7 OAED Monthly Statistics
Figures of unemployment in WGR ▰ The majority of people seeking for work is between 30-44 years old ▰ People over 45 years old find difficulty in re-entering the labour market * Data taken on 1/6/2020 8 OAED Monthly Statistics
Figures of unemployment in WGR ▰ 50% of Work Seekers have completed the Secondary Education ▰ As expected , people holding university degrees are absorbed in the labour force , more easily * Data taken on 1/6/2020 9 OAED Monthly Statistics
Figures of unemployment in WGR ▰ WGR does not draw the interest of EU citizens to seek for job in the region ▰ Attica , Crete and Southern Aegean are more attractive to EU citizens ▰ People coming from third countries should be smoothly integrated in the labour market 10
Employed - Dynamism Analysis (2018-2019) What do we see? ▰ Urban areas of WGR present (very) strong dynamism in employment ▰ Rural or mountainous municipalities present (very) low dynamism in creating new jobs > negative balance ▰ Choosing the desirable factors, researchers and professionals can see the job creation tendency in terms of economy sectors, profession and municipality 11 *Source: National Institute of Labour and Human Resources (NILHR)
Employed - Dynamism Analysis (2018-2019) For men in WGR, the most dynamic sectors are: food service, retail and transport. New job positions are offered for: sales assistants, track drivers and elementary workers in manufacturing Are you over 45 years old and of low skill level? Job positions are more likely to be available as: cleaning staff, elementary worker of delivery staff Are you of high skill level, interested in part-time job? A position may be found as teaching staff, architect/engineers/ICT, artist or health worker 12
Employed - Dynamism Analysis (2018-2019) Annual Reports by the Mechanism for Diagnosis of Labour Market needs can answer a series of questions such as : What is the number and variation of employed per sector/region/year/educational level? What is the number of the unemployed based on their previous occupation and educational level? What are the most dynamic professions and economic sectors? How many new job positions were created in every region, based on profession, sector, municipality, gender and age? What are the skills/competences required for the job I desire? What jobs can I take based on the competences/skills I already have? 13
Employed - Dynamism Analysis (2018-2019) Data processing ▰ For instance , I have seen that one of the most dynamic professions in Communication with clients Problem solving WGR is an assistant for customer services / support . What Foreign Analysis of languages are the skills I need to Customer Satisfactions have ? e-commerce Handling offers/ distribution of products 14
What we need on regional level ? ( personal view ) We need to develop Feeling of synergies between Fair treatment in Job satisfaction protection of civil work environments regional authorities and rights co - design strategies / policies Sense of well- Sense of security/ after investigating the Skills gap and being, deriving freedom of ways to narrow it social aspects and from work choices impact of ( un ) employment facts , Respect of for example : Obstacles for minorities or access to work vulnerable groups 15
THANKS ! Any questions ? You can find me at g . galani@oaed . gr 16
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