NCJ Number
124838
Date Published
1987
Length
48 pages
Annotation
This analysis of three local initiatives in France concludes that policymakers and project organizers in central and local government, nonprofit organizations, and others can learn from the French experience in developing responses to unemployment.
Abstract
The Association for the Development of the Pyrenees Through Training provides training for social and economic development projects in valleys and mountain areas. The second project is the Center of Employment Initiatives for Young People, which provides a range of services to people under age 25 in Paris. The third project, Studies and Services for the Promotion of Enterprise, provides advice and training to potential business and cooperative enterprises. The experience of these projects indicates the need for a coordinated approach, local government involvement, and an intermediary to link public agencies and local people. Other important needs are innovation, a strategic approach, capacity building, precise identification of target groups, active promotion of a project's service, accessibility, preparatory training for the unemployed, and the use of a team approach. Monitoring and evaluation should also be a program component. Descriptions of each project, figures, maps, illustrations, notes, and lists of further readings.