Analytical report on good practices in labour market diversification

SteelCityZen is a collaborative endeavour of 11 partners from 9 countries (HU, RO, BA, ME, CZ, BG,  RS, AT, SI) aimed at addressing the shared challenges faced by (mono)industrial cities across the  Danube Programme Region (DPR).

The project’s overarching objective is to empower Danube Region towns with strong (mono)industrial legacies in facilitating labour market diversification aligned with the priorities of their local economic restructuring (including green & digital transitions). This is to be achieved via strengthening local stakeholder cooperation and coordination (under the leadership of municipalities working closely with local employment support bodies) and enhancing local skills needs assessment & matchmaking mechanisms. By the end of this project, municipalities of the SteelCityZen partner cities and local labour market professionals will be better equipped for supporting local labour market diversification processes. 

Good practices provides examples of projects (both finalised and ongoing) which covers areas of SteelCityZen project and can inspire project’s partners for developing their own local pilot actions in following areas: 

1. Online platform supporting local labour market diversification

2. Community-driven physical spaces supporting specific local labour market needs 

3. Cooperation between municipalities and employers for labour market restructuring

A separate Excel file with a list of all described best practices was created as an integral attachment to this document, which will allow users to select appropriate best practices based on selected criteria according to the main characteristics of the project (e.g. Capacity / Partnership building, Strategy development, etc.) and main target groups (e.g. Employees, Unemployed, etc.)