LEONARDO DA VINCI
Transfer of innovation
Livorno experience
Training of public and private
organizations’ staff
Maria Giovanna Lotti
Provincia di Livorno Sviluppo
Livorno
18th-19th November 2009
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
Transfer of innovation
Job Facilitation Tutor
He/she is a professional who works within the company, in
personnel management/human resources area.
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is able to enhance the professionalism of
disabled/disadvantaged employees (disabled people, workers with
situations of temporary discomfort due to personal causes or crisis
situations of the company)
 He/she helps create an inclusive and cohesive work environment
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
Transfer of innovation
Job Facilitation Tutor
He/she knows how to manage diversity by working with the
company’s staff
 can use communication in mediation processes
 can identify criticalities and paths for improvement of
organizational processes
 brings out and socializes the needs of the company and of its
staff
 can involve the staff in the processes of change
 contributes to the quality of work
 strengthens the company’s competitiveness
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
Transfer of innovation
Awareness of the territory
The provincial area of Livorno has shown interest in
disadvantaged people at work
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with system actions
targeted services and specialized professionals (Law 68/99)
with pilot actions
in the large adhesion to the Equal project round I "Coast
Revitalization" of which “Valori” is transferring a good practice
in the adhesion to Equal project round II “La Costa della
Conoscenza” (The knowledge based coast)
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
Transfer of innovation
Awareness of the territory
Public Administration
The Province of Livorno has led the partnership of projects such as
Equal round I “Coast Revitalization”
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Equal round II “La Costa della Conoscenza” (The knowledge
based coast)
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Protocol of Agreement between the 5 provinces for the
implementation of measures to assist disadvantaged people in
the labour market
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Project “Costa Toscana per l’Inclusione” (Coast of Tuscany for
Inclusion) to place disadvantaged people in the labor market
through work experience
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
Transfer of innovation
Awareness of the territory
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In the project “Valori”:
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has promoted the proposal with Provincia di Livorno Sviluppo as
co-ordinating partner
involved the Job Centres to raise awareness among businesses
Involved the Employment Services with the Services targeted to
Disabled people
invited the responsibles and services operators to follow the
course for JFT
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
Transfer of innovation
Awareness of the territory
Trainees of the course for "Job Facilitation Tutor":
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Responsibles of the Livorno Job Centres n. 2
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Counselors and staff to meet demand / supply No 4
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No Operators 1
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
Transfer of innovation
Awareness of the territory
The enterprises
The production reality has shown interest in the experimental
measures for disadvantaged
people
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in sensibility to issues of disadvantage and diversity displayed
by cathegory associations, public and private enterprises
in response that some production realities, especially
cooperative enterprises, have given by adhering to the JFT
path
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
Transfer of innovation
Awareness of the territory
In the project “Valori”:
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have joined the path for JFT all cooperative enterprises:
- Cooplat (4 unit managers)
- Coop Otto Marzo (5 unit managers and 1 area manager)
- Coop Idea 87 (2 operators Administration / Human
Resources
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
Transfer of innovation
Livorno classroom group
Job Facilitation Tutor trainees are 19, including:
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12 from private sector
7 civil servants
7 department/ area managers
6 working units managers
6 operators of HR area
17 women / 2 men
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
Transfer of innovation
Diversity: an extended concept
Thanks to the contribution of private enterprises the concept of
diversity in the workplace, has been extended from
disability situations to:
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situations related to personal distress (marital, family, health,
etc..), including temporary
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corporate crisis
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difference in the management of schedules and working time
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wider difficulties (communicative, relational, etc.)
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
Transfer of innovation
Diversity Management: an instrument of change
As part of the path for Job Facilitation Tutor (240 hours) the
theoretical part of classroom and DL (40 hours) includes a
module of Diversity Management (14 hours)
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The module has been expanded to provide the responsible for
HR with updated tools and facilitation techniques
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DM module teaches to deal with situations of diversity and can
serve in practice to work on the business climate
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Besides the classroom lessons, moments of comparison with
the company’s personnel are planned.
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
Transfer of innovation
JFT and the chances of system
The presence in the JFT of operators of Public Services for the
Employment allows:
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To check the tools and themes so they can use them with
extended numbers of users of the services
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to qualify the public operators with updated techniques
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to spread the model "JFT" in the territories covered by the
project, in order to facilitate the drafting and implementation of
the “Protocol of Agreement on the labor market" which is the end
product of the project
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
Transfer of innovation
Info:
www.progettovalori.eu
Provincia di Livorno Sviluppo
tel. +39 0586 257257
fax +39 0586 257359
[email protected]
Il presente progetto è finanziato dalla Commissione Europea.
L’autore è il solo responsabile di questa comunicazione e la Commissione declina ogni responsabilità sull’uso che potrà essere
fatto delle informazioni in essa contenute
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