MONAGHAN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENTSupporting Growth and Opportunity

 

MONAGHAN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENTSupporting Growth and Opportunity

  Introduction to MID:• MID is the Local Development Company (LDC) for Co Monaghan  and delivers national programmes at Co level

• Funding from the state and EU

• Two core Programmes:• LCDP (Local & Community Development Programme) - tackles poverty

and social exclusion through partnership and constructive engagement between Government and its agencies and people in disadvantaged communities.

• LEADER -- to improve the quality of life of rural dwellers and to diversify the rural economy

• Additional programmes and initiatives developed & delivered locally to complement national progs & respond to local needs

  

•Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) – providing employment, training and further education opportunities•LEADER Programme - to improve the quality of life and to diversify the rural economy •Local Employment Service (LES) –  matching people to jobs opportunities across Co Monaghan•Volunteer Centre – promoting volunteering, matching potential volunteers to community needs•TUS Programme – providing community work placement•Rural Social Scheme – providing community work placement•Job Club – A training course to enhance employability prospects•Ability Activation Project – helping employers embrace varied ability in work•Peace III Integration Project – supporting integration of new communities•IFI Older Persons Project – helping older members of the community gain the benefits of peace•Equality for Women Measure – personal development & second chance opportunities for women•Helping Hands project – odd jobs service for vulnerable older persons and individuals

Local Initiatives delivered by MID:

 

MONAGHAN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENTSupporting Growth and Opportunity

 

MONAGHAN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENTSupporting Growth and Opportunity

  MID Structures:  • Board of up to 23 Directors

• Made up of:• 8 Community Representatives• 6 Statutory agencies• 5 Local Gov & Local Authority • 4 Social Partners (Business, Farming , Unions)

• Sub-committees & Working Groups:• LEADER Sub-committee• Labour Market Working group• Volunteer Centre WG• Peace III New Communities  WG• IFI Older Persons WG• Disability Activation WG• Building Healthy Community WG

Purpose of Today's event:

•Raise awareness of current national supports available to employers

•Update you on what supports are available to employers locally from MID

•Highlight for discussion the key LM policy areas i.e. Youth Unemployment

MONAGHAN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENTSupporting Growth and Opportunity

 

MONAGHAN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENTSupporting Growth and Opportunity

  High level Policy Issues • Nationally unemployment rates predicted to stay above 13% into 2014 and a need to target long-term unemployment• Underemployment in rural areas is 22.7% or 135,700 (Pobal)• Rapid fall in off-farm employment in farm households of 30.5% in a year, half of which is attributed to fall in construction sector which fell from a peak of 284,000 in ‘07 to just under 100,000 in ‘12 (FAS)• Youth unemployment has tripled since ’07 from 9% to 30%;• Ireland has one of the highest levels of young people not in education, employment or training in the EU (NEET) @ 21% (DSP)• 90% of all enterprises in IR employ < 10 people, highlighting the importance of micro enterprise supports in rural areas• GDP in the BMW region at 96.6% of EU avg compared with 151.1% for S&E with unemployment 2.5% higher in BMW region (2012)

COMMUNITY LED LOCAL DEVELOPMENTDelivered by 50 Local Development – Local Action Groups

Job Placement &

SelfEmployment

Stimulating Rural

Enterprise

Community Dev Volunteering

Active Citizenship

Supporting Access

to Education Training &

Lifelong Learning

CommunityLed Local

Development

SupportingYouth & Older People

throughSocial Enterprise

Integrated Local Development StrategyIntegrated Local Development Strategy

Matching unemployed with local employers and job opportunitiesStimulate creation of Rural Enterprises & farm

diversification

Keeping unemployed close to labour market through relevant skills development, work experience and personal development

Addressing under-employment and seasonality through support for off farm employment opportunities

Enterprise start-up support and training for unemployedWork experience opportunities in private/community

sectors

Proactively supporting Social Economy to provide important social services, and public goods

Supporting equality of access to Education, Training and Lifelong learning opportunities

Promoting Active Citizenship & Linking Volunteers with local community & voluntary groups

Stimulating cultural/artisan food and place-based Tourism

Building local ‘social capital’ through developmental supports to groups & individuals

Supporting Community & voluntary groups access community employment opportunities

  

MID Results for 2012

• Total Individuals Supported by MID Activities: 3,227

• Individuals supported into Education & Training: 1,758

• Individuals placed in Jobs: 585

• Enterprises Supported: 224

• Groups/Communities Supported: 91

• Com Groups & Social Economy work placements: 76

• Individuals supported in Volunteering activity: 312

• Total of projects funded under LEADER 2012 €639,674

• Total projects approved under LEADER 2012 €1,502,368

• Levered almost 2⅔ times its core funding into County

MONAGHAN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENTSupporting Growth and Opportunity

 

MONAGHAN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENTSupporting Growth and Opportunity

  Getting Monaghan Working •MID are working towards a more integrated local employment strategy•We see an important role for local employers in designing and implementing this strategy•We want to draw on your experience to help us develop particular approaches to job creation•We want to improve local data on skill requirements and more efficiently link employers with those seeking job opportunities•We want to work with local employers to maximise potential of national LM schemes at a local level