BOTH, THE REGIONAL MINISTER OF LABOUR AND THE MAYOR OF CALVIÀ PRESENT THE PROJECTS OF GARANTÍA JUVENIL (YOUTH GUARANTEE) AND THE PROGRAMME VISIBLES OF THE SOIB WHICH WILL MEAN THE CONTRACTING OF 68 PEOPLE

The Galatzó public estate develops 4 of the 8 projects to be made in Calvià to improve the employability of the unemployed beneficiaries

Both, the Regional Minister of Labour, Commerce and Industry, Iago Negueruela, and the Mayor of Calvià, Alfonso Rodríguez Badal, presented the projects that are part of the Programme of Youth Employment Guarantee and the Programme Visibles for the improvement of the occupation of elderly workers, which promotes the SOIB, with the co-financing of the European Social Fund.

A total of 68 unemployed people, amongst under 30 year-old youths and over 45 long-term unemployed people, will benefit this year of these two programmes in the municipality of Calvià, where a total of eight actions that combine training and occupation will be developed.

YOUTH GUARANTEE

The IFOC has initiated the activities of the Youth Employment Guarantee Programme which were approved by the SOIB and the Regional Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industry, and which are co-financed by the European Social Fund, through the Youth Employment Operating Programme of the Youth Occupation Initiative for the period 2014-2020.

To perform these actions a total of 38 people have been hired whom which 30 are student-workers (under 30 year-old youths, mainly from the municipality of Calvià) and the rest are professionals assigned to the project: coordinating, teaching, administrative support staff.

Three projects in the area of ​​Galatzó a framed within this programme, driven by the area of​​Environment and the IFOC, which combine work (through a 12-month apprenticeship contract) and training (in various professional certificate specialities).

The actions are as follows:

Bosc de sa Madona: This action plans to undertake forestry, agricultural and signaling activities in an area close to the houses of Galatzó. The work will be complemented with the teaching of the professionalism certificates:

CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF FORESTRY AND FOREST USE AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES, amongst other formative actions and support for the pupils.

Routes of Calvià: Actions of the professional certificates GUIDE FOR ITINERARIES OF LOW AND MEDIUM MOUNTAIN and ENGLISH A2 mainly, are developed within this initiative. All this will allow to draw up a catalogue of technical datasheets and signs of mountain excursions to the municipality of Calvià, which will enable the implementation of itineraries and tours in which not only pupils of educational centres and tourists can participate but also the general public.

Puig del Senyor: Within this project, training will be complemented with professionalism certificates such as AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES IN GARDENS AND GARDEN CENTRES and AUXILIARY ACTIVITES ON THE CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF FORESTS, combined with forest management works, phytosanitary treatments, agricultural closures and tasks of creation, maintenance and improvement of gardened areas, in the Galatzó public estate.

Once the projects are concluded, the IFOC will be in charge of promoting the hiring through the Municipal Work Agency or the Entrepreneur Service.

VISIBLES PROGRAMME

The SOIB, through these programs, will finance the recruitment, which will be undertaken by the Town Hall, of 28 full-time workers during 6 months.

The SOIB participates in this programme which is co-financed by both, the European Social Fund (FSE) and the Estate Occupation Public Service (SEPE).

The programme enables local entities to hire workers over 35 years old (giving priority to those over 53 and 45 years old) who in the last year and a half have been at least 12 months unemployed and who have not benefit of an economic compensation or subsidy.

The Town Hall will contract them to develop the works or services of general or social interest and also will provide them with training in basic skills (mathematics, Spanish language and Catalan), and this will allow them to pursue Level 2 professional certificates and improve the professional grading.

Two teachers specialists in basic skills were hired in order to develop the training programme.
The selection of beneficiaries was carried out in collaboration with the SOIB during the month of January, taking into account the access criteria and priorities established in the official announcement (older workers, with a level not superior to EGB or with dependents), and the professional profiles (occupations) demanded by the different areas of the Town Hall where the projects are developed.

The projects are as follows:

Environment Department: ACTIONS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE GALATZÓ PUBLIC ESTATE. It has six employees, including building maintenance workers and labourers.

IFOC: ACTIONS TO IMPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR THE OCCUPATION OF CALVIÀ CENTRES. It has six employees, including building maintenance workers and labourers.

Maintenance Department: ACTIONS FOR THE LANDSCAPE'S ADAPTATION AND WORKS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CALVIÀ. It has eight people, including gardening and civil works workers, helpers and labourers.

Calvià 2000: It has two projects, INVENTORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MAINTENANCE ASSETS POSITIONING AND WATER CYCLE SURFACE ASSETS, which has four employees, including inventory workers and labourers, and DISPOSAL OF POLES AND POSTENSAS, with four employees, including civil works workers and labourers.

The team of teachers will be in charge of ensuring that all participants, in order to improve their professional grading, obtain the basic skills that enable them to access the Level 2 professional certificates. They will also receive an awareness module for the equal opportunities and another awareness module for the self-employment.

At the end of the projects, the IFOC will provide them with the necessary resources to promote employment: the Municipal Work Agency or the Entrepreneur Service, additional training actions, or the Professional Guidance Service.