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Programme of collective training activities of associations in Lorraine operating in the home help sector Uniformation Lorraine 31 €246,283 ESF 2013 Faced with increasing life expectancy and changes in the legal environment (i.e. the Disability Law of 2005), the home help sector is set to expand and offer users increased skills and abilities in the health and social assistance field. It is to help meet these new challenges that this ESF project is seeking to provide users (elderly/disabled people, etc.) with more staff, who are better qualified and more professional in order to assist them with their day-to-day tasks and activities and to enable them to continue des entreprises et des chefs d'entrepr thématique "Augmentation de la capacité d'adaptation des travailleurs, living at home. thématique "Augmentation de la capacité d'adaptation des travailleurs, des entreprises et des chefs d'entreprises" THE «COMPETITIVENESS» AND «CONVERGENCE» OBJECTIVES 12 % 12 % 12 % € 565.5 M € 565.5 M 12 % € 116 M € 116 M Percentage of the total ERDF programming for the Percentage of the total ERDF programming for the convergenceconvergence objectivethe theme ofthe theme of objective devoted to devoted to "Increasing capacity of workers, companies "Increasing the adaptivethe adaptive capacity of workers, companies and company and company managers" managers" Percentage of the total ERDF programming for the Percentage of the total ERDF programming for the competitiveness objective devoted to competitiveness objective devoted to the theme ofthe theme of "Increasing capacity of workers, companies companies and "Increasing the adaptivethe adaptive capacity of workers,and company company managers" managers" During the 2007-2013 period, the ERDF was involved in supporting projects aimed at increasing the adaptive capacity of workers, companies and company managers, but only in metropolitan France, with a total of 95 projects implemented for an average sum of €224,000 ERDF. It was chiefly the ESF which was involved in this theme, as heading 1 of the ESF National OP 2007-2013 is devoted to the adaptation of workers and companies to economic change. Consequently, 3504 projects were supported by the ESF in metropolitan France, i.e. more than 500 projects per year for sums of up to €7 million (for projects initiated as part of the national aspect of the ESF's programme for example). Among these projects, more than 2,100 concerned in-company training and services aimed at boosting adaptability to change on the part of employees, in addition to encouraging an entrepreneurial spirit and innovation. In the outermost regions, 486 were supported by the European Union, particularly regarding specific employment, training and support services to assist with the restructuring of different sectors and companies. 3 2 In all, the ESF supported the implementation of 4,024 projects over the 2007-2013 period, i.e. 574 projects programmed each year with 1.3 million participants2 since the start of the programming period. 12% of the overall ESF budgetary envelope in metropolitan France was deployed to support the adaptation of workers, companies and company managers, totalling €565.5 million. The same percentage of the ESF budgetary envelope deployed in the OMR was focused on this theme, with a total of €116 million. Generally speaking, the fields of specific employment, training and support services to assist with the restructuring of different sectors and companies in addition to the development of strategies for lifelong learning within companies were those which featured most highly, accounting for €139.42 million in metropolitan France and €51.87 million in the OMR for the first of the above-mentioned fields, and €428.09 million in metropolitan France and €59.23 million in the OMR for the second. 2. In metropolitan France

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Thematic Overview 2007-2013 of The ERDF-ESF Programming

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Summary
Improving institutional capacities at a national, regional and local level
Reducing costs hindering the development of outermost regions (OMR)
Technical assistance
Research, technological development and entrepreneurial spirit
The information Society
Transport
Energy
Environment and risk prevention
Tourism
Culture
Urban/rural regeneration
Improving the capacities of workers, companies and company managers
Improving access to employment and sustainability
Improving the social inclusion of disadvantaged persons
Development of human capital
Investments in social infrastructure
Promoting reforms in the fields of employment and social inclusion

Thematic Overview 2007-2013 of The ERDF-ESF Programming