Transcript providing employment, training and further education opportunities

MONAGHAN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT
Supporting Growth and Opportunity
Introduction to MID:
• MID is the Local Development Company (LDC) for Co Monaghan
and delivers national programmes at Co level
• Funding from the state and EU
• Two core Programmes:
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LCDP (Local & Community Development Programme) - tackles poverty
and social exclusion through partnership and constructive engagement
between Government and its agencies and people in disadvantaged
communities.
LEADER -- to improve the quality of life of rural dwellers and to diversify
the rural economy
• Additional programmes and initiatives developed & delivered
locally to complement national progs & respond to local needs
Local Initiatives delivered by MID:
• Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) – providing
employment, training and further education opportunities
• LEADER Programme - to improve the quality of life and to diversify the
rural economy
• Local Employment Service (LES) – matching people to jobs opportunities
across Co Monaghan
• Volunteer Centre – promoting volunteering, matching potential volunteers
to community needs
• TUS Programme – providing community work placement
• Rural Social Scheme – providing community work placement
• Job Club – A training course to enhance employability prospects
• Ability Activation Project – helping employers embrace varied ability in work
• Peace III Integration Project – supporting integration of new communities
• IFI Older Persons Project – helping older members of the community gain
the benefits of peace
• Equality for Women Measure – personal development & second chance
opportunities for women
• Helping Hands project – odd jobs service for vulnerable older persons and
individuals
MONAGHAN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT
Supporting Growth and Opportunity
MID Structures:
• Board of up to 23 Directors
• Made up of:
• 8 Community Representatives
• 6 Statutory agencies
• 5 Local Gov & Local Authority
• 4 Social Partners (Business, Farming , Unions)
• Sub-committees & Working Groups:
• LEADER Sub-committee
• Labour Market Working group
• Volunteer Centre WG
• Peace III New Communities WG
• IFI Older Persons WG
• Disability Activation WG
• Building Healthy Community WG
Purpose of Today's event:
• Raise awareness of current national supports available to employers
• Update you on what supports are available to employers locally from MID
• Highlight for discussion the key LM policy areas i.e. Youth Unemployment
MONAGHAN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT
Supporting Growth and Opportunity
High level Policy Issues
• Nationally unemployment rates predicted to stay above 13% into 2014 and a
need to target long-term unemployment
• Underemployment in rural areas is 22.7% or 135,700 (Pobal)
• Rapid fall in off-farm employment in farm households of 30.5% in a year, half
of which is attributed to fall in construction sector which fell from a peak of
284,000 in ‘07 to just under 100,000 in ‘12 (FAS)
• Youth unemployment has tripled since ’07 from 9% to 30%;
• Ireland has one of the highest levels of young people not in education,
employment or training in the EU (NEET) @ 21% (DSP)
• 90% of all enterprises in IR employ < 10 people, highlighting the importance
of micro enterprise supports in rural areas
• GDP in the BMW region at 96.6% of EU avg compared with 151.1% for S&E
with unemployment 2.5% higher in BMW region (2012)
COMMUNITY LED LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
Delivered by 50 Local Development – Local Action Groups
Stimulating
Rural
Enterprise
Job
Placement
& Self
Employment
Community
Led Local
Development
Supporting
Youth & Older
People
through
Social Enterprise
Community Dev
Volunteering
Active Citizenship
Supporting
Access
to Education
Training &
Lifelong Learning
Integrated Local Development Strategy
Matching unemployed with local employers and job opportunities
Keeping unemployed close to labour market through relevant skills
development, work experience and personal development
Enterprise start-up support and training for unemployed
Proactively supporting Social Economy to provide important social
services, and public goods
Promoting Active Citizenship & Linking Volunteers with local
community & voluntary groups
Building local ‘social capital’ through developmental
supports to groups & individuals
Stimulate creation of Rural Enterprises & farm diversification
Addressing under-employment and seasonality through
support for off farm employment opportunities
Work experience opportunities in private/community sectors
Supporting equality of access to Education, Training
and Lifelong learning opportunities
Stimulating cultural/artisan food and place-based Tourism
Supporting Community & voluntary groups
access community employment opportunities
MID Results for 2012
• Total Individuals Supported by MID Activities:
3,227
• Individuals supported into Education & Training:
1,758
• Individuals placed in Jobs:
585
• Enterprises Supported:
224
• Groups/Communities Supported:
91
• Com Groups & Social Economy work placements:
76
• Individuals supported in Volunteering activity:
312
• Total of projects funded under LEADER 2012
€639,674
• Total projects approved under LEADER 2012
€1,502,368
• Levered almost 2⅔ times its core funding into County
MONAGHAN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT
Supporting Growth and Opportunity
Getting Monaghan Working
• MID are working towards a more integrated local
employment strategy
• We see an important role for local employers in
designing and implementing this strategy
• We want to draw on your experience to help us
develop particular approaches to job creation
• We want to improve local data on skill requirements
and more efficiently link employers with those seeking
job opportunities
• We want to work with local employers to maximise
potential of national LM schemes at a local level