International cooperation in the area of preventive approaches on tackling long-term unemployment

Objectives to be achieved: Transfer of knowledge in terms of the activation and mobilization of the long-term unemployed; Successful networking (including the expansion of networks in partner countries). With the transfer of knowledge between the partner countries in terms of th activation and mobilization of long-term unemployed people should be developed strategies to reduce the unemployment rate. Our experiences in successful networking should support the work of the different labor market actors. And the networking should be expand beyond the international borders. The experience from Germany in terms of imparting key skills, motivation, mobility, activation / empowerment should be taken into account.

Main transnational activities (as provisionally planned, to be confirmed with partners): experience exchange about activation, mobilization, qualification and integration of unemployed; people; on-site-visits to learn about the work of the transnational partner and to get an insight in the structures; developing preventive approaches and strategies to combat unemployment; common development of a guide for labour market stakeholders.

Planned deliverables & outcomes of TNC: European labor market policy – using synergies, promoting cooperations, realizing ideas together (taking     into account country-specific conditions); support of international networking - joint strategy development with regard to the activation of long-term unemployed people; common network development in the European education landscape; developing a mentoring plan to ensure a successful, transnational knowledge transfer with both the education policy and labor market policy End Product: Guide for labor market stakeholders on working together in the European Community