This seminar will focus on how countries can establish a policy framework to enable effective local action using an evidence-based approach, choosing between different measures when resources are scarce. The latest evidence from OECD countries on ‘what works’ and ‘what doesn’t’ will be considered, with participants sharing their own experiences from their perspectives as policy makers, researchers, practitioners and social entrepreneurs.

1. TARGETING PARTICULAR GROUPS
The use of ICF

2. % of jobseekers finding a job
1-2 jaar
7.8 7.2
>2 jaar
<1 jaar
30.0
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
3.6
7.5
14.9
25.9
9.3 9.4
12.1
15.8
8.1 7.5
15.0 14.6
6.2
4.9
2.1
3.1 2.8
0.6 0.7
6.1
9.5
13.8
11.1
10.1
8.9
5.8
8.4
19.2
19.6
13.9
11.8
< 18 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 >= 60
VDAB/WSE 2013

3. PES standard approach (2004)
< 25 & highly skilled
3 months 6 months
>25 & low skilled
Inscription 6 months > 25 & highly skilled
Job offers
9 months
Screening by
phone
individual pathway
with training, work
experience,…
face to face
intake by
counsellor
Pathway to work
2

4. PES: Intake and screening
3
online inscription
e-coaching
enlarging job orientation
person with disability
face to face counselling language skills
regional priorities
sectoral screening …
certification of skills
medical testing
specialised screening

5. ALMP: standard approach (schematic)
4
6/9 months
2 years unemployment
training, job search
support,…
work experience, local
services econonomy
5 years unemployment
social workplaces
sheltered workplaces*

6. From a standard approach to a tailormade
approach
• Basic criteria:
– Degree/certification
– Unemployment spell
– Disabilities
• Evolution in jobseekers
• Other partnerships
• Some experiments

7. 6
ICF

8. Health condition
• autism spectrum disorder
•…
Body functions &
structure
• b 1263 : psychical stability
• b 1642: timemanagement
• ….
Activities and
Participation
• d 4: mobility
• d 2401: coping with stress
• d 7202: behaviour in
company (agression etc)
• …
Environmental factors
• e 310: Support of and relation to family
• e 325: Support of and relation to
colegues
• e 330: Support of and relation to
hierarchical superiors
• …
Personal factors
• gender
• work experience
• vocational training
• skills
• …
ICF
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9. Designing the tool
 ICF compared to other tools
 Selection of ICF categories
 Input and feedback from other partners
 a selection of 49 categories
 4 points scale

10. Research
 Let’s put the tool to the test!
 600 surveys in different measures social economy and
guidance of vulnerable groups (employment,
unemployment)
 Training of counsellors and coaches
 Assessment of participants

11. 10
Statistisch onderzoek
■ 2 Objectives:
1. Determine the boundaries
1.1. When can we consider a person to be vulnerable and in
need for support?
1.2. How determine the right ALMP measure?
2. Research on the quality of the tool
2.1. Analysis by factors
2.2. Reliability when different persons use the tool
2.3. Internal consistency
10

12. 11
More research
■ Via datamining
Are there some patterns in the data
- that determine a vulnerable group more then others?
- that could be used to differentiate ALMP measures?
Research determinated some statistical decision rules
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13. Shift from a standard approach to a tailor
made approach
 PES and partners
 Training in ICF
 Adaptation of intake and screening tools
 ICT
 Tool is used in guidance of vulnerable groups and
screening
 Tool will be used to determine acces to ALMP
 Sheltered & social workplaces
 Local economy initiatives
 Tool will be used to evaluate use of ALMP

14. Patricia Vroman
Policy advisor Target groups & Activation
Dept Work & Social Economy
+32 (0)2 553 39 45
Patricia.vroman@wse.vlaanderen.be