Vocational training & promotion of PARs in the labour market

Web address of the case:

http://www.mlsi.gov.cy/mlsi/sws/sws13.nsf

Country of the case:

Cyprus

Posting Date:

12 September 2008

Last Edited Date:

15 September 2008

Author:

Nayiri Yildizian (Department of Information Technology Services)

Measure1.3 | training | PARs

Type of initiative

Project or service

Case Abstract

The Measure 1.3 project is co-financed by the European Social Fund and within its main aims is to combat digital illiteracy amongst Public Assistance Recipients (PARs). In an effort to achieve this aim, the Social Welfare Services of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, promoted training programmes to the aforementioned target group in obtaining basic skills on how to use computers and in the use of Information Technology (i.e. the Internet).

Description of the case

Domain

eInclusion

Topic

ICT and Aging | ICT and Marginalised youth | Digital literacy and competences

Sector

Education, Science and Research | Employment | Social Services

Start date - End date

May 2005 (Ongoing)

Date operational

October 2006

Target Users

People with no or poor digital literacy

Target Users Description

The target users of the project are people under 25 years of age or people belonging to a less privileged group such as, long - term unemployed people, lone/single parents, persons who have not followed secondary or equivalent education, people older than 50 years of age and people addicted to various substances.

Scope

National

Status

Operation

Language(s)

Greek | English

Policy Context and Legal Framework

The programmes are regulated by the European Union (E.U.) legislation on projects co-financed by the EU. Also, a scheme was introduced according to regulation 1976/2006 EU legislation which describes the beneficiaries.

Project Size and Implementation

Type of initiative

Training and education

Overall Implementation approach

Partnerships between administration and/or private sector and/or non-profit sector

Technology choice

Not applicable/not available

Funding source

Public funding EU

Project size

Implementation: Not applicable/not available

Yearly cost:

€49-299,000

Impact, innovation and results

Impact

The training provided the opportunity to 260 public assistance recipientâ€™s in obtaining some basic skills in Information Technology in order to improve their employability. From the 260 participants, around 100 found employment. Social Welfare Services are planning to implement a similar programme in the new Programming Period of the Structural Funds 2007-2013.

Track record of sharing

Social partners were involved in the project. Several publicity actions were promoted, with the active participation of public services, social partners and Non-Governmental Organisations.

Lessons learnt

The majority of the public assistance recipients had no skills in Information Technology and some had no educational qualifications. The private labour market needs specialised training in Information Technology and the programmes were a good beginning in obtaining these skills. Some of the public assistance recipients showed increased interest in continuing this education at their own cost and obtain the approved qualifiactions.

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