6th of July 2015
Press Release
A Trans-national Partnership Agreement was signed on 6th of July 2015 for an inclusive labour market for youth by the Novapolis Association – Center for Analysis and Development Initiatives, The Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Protection and Elderly in Romania – Social Dialogue Department, and the Spanish Foundation Envera.
The Trans-national Partnership Agreement was signed within the “Pro Juvenes– trans-national partnership for an inclusive labour market for youth” project, co-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) through the Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development 2007-2013, Investing in people!
The project is implemented by The Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Protection and Elderly – Social Dialogue Department in partnership with: “AUR” – National Association of Human Resources Specialists – Partner 1, Novapolis Association – Center for Analysis and Development Initiatives – Partner 2, National Trade Union Confederation Meridian – Partner 3, and the General Confederation of Romanian Industrial Employers – Partner 4, for a period of 12 months, at a national level, having a total eligible value of 10,988,390 lei, 75% of which is represented by the grant awarded by the European Social Fund.
The general objective of the project is to strengthen policies and practices related to employment and network development at a European level, as well as to strengthen the actors’ within the labour market capacity (trade unions and employers’ organizations, public authorities, NGOs) to be actively involved in promoting employment and social inclusion for youths by implementing policies that aim at their employment – the volunteering law, the internship law, the apprenticeship law etc.
The Spanish Foundation Envera, is a nonprofit organization created in 1977 on the initiative of the parent company Iberia employees, working for the social and work inclusion of people with disabilities or vulnerable. The Foundation operates throughout Spain, having opened centers in various parts of the country: Malaga in 1980, Tenerife in 1982 and Barcelona and Las Palmas in 1983. In 1986 opened the first Special Employment Center in Madrid, specializing in products for the aviation industry. Experience and success have led to the creation of new centers. Envera carries out information, guidance, counseling, training, accompanying professional practice and geographical mobility activities designed to provide productive paid employment, adequate to various professional profiles for disabled or vulnerable people.
Envera Foundation’s activities concern: workshops for pre-employment which provides support for developing and improving CVs, acquiring socio-professional skills and interview preparation; training activities – trainings to prepare professional profiles sought on the labor market: multifunctional supermarket worker, labor risk prevention, gender equality, first aid; and socio-professional individualized itineraries proposing goals and steps to achieve them.
