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E ML PO I Acting together for gender equality in Franche-Comté Syndicat mixte de gestion de la maison de l'information sur la formation et l'emploi Franche-Comté €120,253.25 ESF 31 2011-2014 «Acting together for gender equality in Franche-Comté» is an innovative project focusing on removing obstacles to gender equality, by going beyond simply raising awareness of this subject. The concrete activities undertaken by this programme include the creation of « There is no finer investment awareness building resources and support with efforts to ensure gender equality within than parental leave for a man » EMPLOIEMPLOI companies (including more balanced recruitment, promoting best practices when it comes Marija Milosevic, Human Resources to reconciling private and professional life, promoting access for women to positions of Manager, AUCHAN. hématique "Amélioration de l'accès à l'emploi et de la durabilité" solidarity economy, etc.) and building and organising a pioneering thématique "Amélioration de l'accès à l'emploi et de la in the social responsibility durabilité" inter-company network focusing on gender equality in the North and in Franche-Comté. THE «COMPETITIVENESS» AND «CONVERGENCE» OBJECTIVES 35 % % 35 22 % % 22 € 1715.6 M M € 1715.6 € 203.4 M M € 203.4 Percentage of theof the ERDF ERDF programming for the Percentage total total programming for the competitiveness objective devoted to the theme of of competitiveness objective devoted to the theme "Improving access to employment and sustainability" "Improving access to employment and sustainability" Percentage of theof the ERDF ERDF programming for the Percentage total total programming for the convergence objective devoted to the theme of "Improving convergence objective devoted to the theme of "Improving access to employment and sustainability" access to employment and sustainability" Over the 2007-2013 period, 387 projects were supported by the ERDF in metropolitan France in the field of access to employment, i.e. around a dozen projects each year. This is not surprising given the fact that this theme is not a priority within the ERDF programme. These projects received an average of €71,430 of ERDF funding. On the other hand, for the ESF this theme was one of the key priorities of the 2007-2013 programming period, with heading 2 of the national OP stating the objective to «improve access to employment for jobseekers». With this in mind, more than 17,000 projects were programmed thanks to support from the ESF in metropolitan France and 779 projects in the OMR. In all, 17,781 projects were covered by the scope of the «improving access to employment» theme, i.e. more than 2,540 projects per year with average ESF funding of €100,700 in metropolitan France and €260,000 in the OMR. Furthermore, more than 2 million participants benefited from activities jointly financed by the ESF under this heading in metropolitan France. Throughout the whole of France, the projects were chiefly implemented with the aim of introducing active and preventive measures in the labour market (10,421 projects in metropolitan France and 529 in the OMR). Numerous projects also sought to support freelancing and company creation, with 2,810 projects in this field in metropolitan France and 141 in the OMR. Between 2007 and 2013, 35% of the total ESF budgetary envelope programme in metropolitan France was devoted to this theme, totalling €1.715 billion of ESF funding. This is the theme most highly represented within the ESF programming for the regional Competitiveness and Employment objective. With this in mind, more than €1 billion of ESF funding were programmed for projects aimed at implementing active and preventive measures in the labour market, which were the activities most frequently supported within this theme. In the OMR, 22% of the ESF budgetary envelope programmed in these regions was focused on this theme, for a total of €203.4 million. More than half of this budgetary envelope was deployed to support preventive action in the labour market, totalling €169 million. In all, the theme accounted for more than 33% of the overall ESF budgetary envelope, totalling almost €2 billion. 3 2

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