Material of the 10th Annual meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Development |23-25 April 2014 | Stockholm, Sweden More info http://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/10th-fplg-meeting.htm

1. BEST PRACTICES FROM THE
CZECH REPUBLIC
10th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on
Partnerships and Local Development
Presentation by Martin Bakule

2. Significant reforms to employment
services
Pre-reform
Ministry of Labour
and Social Affairs
(strategy)
Employment Service
Administration of the
MLSO (management)
77 district labour
offices and their
detached workplaces
Post-reform
Ministry of Labour and
Social Affairs (strategy)
Labour Office –
Directorate General
(management)
14 regional branches and
their contact points

3. • Young local institutions still learning to implement
policies effectively and to cooperate
• Diversity of new actors supported by the ESF
• Developing local partnerships
– Moravian-Silesian Employment Pact
– Regional HRD Council in South Moravia
– Project based joined action
Moving towards better local policy integration

4. • Initial education and continuing education
system not well integrated
• Improvement of skills frameworks
– Linking qualifications and labour market needs through sector
(skills) councils
• Variety of training opportunities
– Self-selected Retraining - jobseekers can choose a training
agency and programmes outside common PES programmes
– Get Trained for Growth! Project - subsidised training for
employees in potential growth sectors
Developing skills linked to demand

5. • Fighting rising youth unemployment
– Internship in companies – practical training project
– Regional individual projects targeting young people (by
regional LO branches)
• Starting to exploit the potential of public
procurement for social inclusion
– Guide for Municipalities based on good practices
• Expanding childcare facilities
– Child Groups Project
Supporting inclusion