Regions avalaible:

• Andalusia
• Estonia
• Flanders
• London
• North Rhine-Westphalia
• Sicily region
• The Banska Bystrica region
• The Basque Country
• The South Danish region
• Tuscany
• Yorkshire and Humber

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• " href="../../document/case/Andalusian Foundation Training and Employment Fund.pdf" target="_blank">Andalusian Foundation Training and Employment Fund EN (PDF 35 kb)
  One of the main objectives of the Regional Ministry for Employment (Andalusian Regional Government) is the development of activities encouraging employment and the promotion of Andalusian productive sectors. In this context, the Regional Ministry for Employment creates the Andalusian Foundation Training and Employment Fund, as a regional scope organization, that has as high priority objective the impulse of andalusian productive sector.
• " href="../../document/case/Andalusian Plan for Healthy Enterprises_1.pdf" target="_blank">Andalusian Plan for Healthy Enterprises EN (PDF 33 kb)
  The Andalusian Plan for Healthy Enterprises is one of the 3 rd Andalusian Plan for Health initia-tives and its main objective is “improving Andalusian citizens’ health with programmes for the promotion of healthful habits at the work place”.
• " href="../../document/case/Association for the Development of Southern.pdf" target="_blank">Association for the Development of Southern Slovakia EN (PDF 194 kb)
  Association for Development of Southern Slovakia—Regional Development Agency Lucenec was created in October 2000 on the basis of a government decree about the creation of an integrated network of regional development agencies. Its goal is to support regional development, i.e. permanent growth of the economic as well as social potencial of the region, which should contribute to the increased economic status, performance, competetiveness as well as standard of living of its inhabitants.
• " href="../../document/case/Agenda 21 NRW Common Ideas with a Future.pdf" target="_blank">Common Ideas with a Future EN (PDF 1,018 kb)
  The Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Nordrhein-Westfalen is the state’s highest governing body for environmental, agrarian and consumerism issues.
• " href="../../document/case/CSR integrated in regional economic strategy.pdf" target="_blank">CSR integrated in regional economic strategy EN (PDF 186 kb)
  As part of an innovative partnership, regional development agency Yorkshire Forward initially invested £6.9M with Business in the Community between October 2003 and September 2006 to develop the corporate social responsibility agenda in the Yorkshire and Humber region, and deliver public economic, social and environmental benefit.
• " href="../../document/case/Education network of SME’s.pdf" target="_blank">Education network of SME’s EN (PDF 249 kb)
  This project, supported by The European Social Fund, offers development of the competences of employees in SME’s. Through education of the business manager and supporting the management in development of business strategies, it is the aim of the project, to increase the education level of all the employees in the SME’s involved in the project.
• " href="../../document/case/Case studies - Estonia1_1.pdf" target="_blank">Enabling the development of the municipality through entrepreneurship development, local authority reputation building and teamwork EN (PDF 35 kb)
  The local authority has been engaged with various initatives and on broad terms the drivers have been as follows: - to increase the reputation of Järvakandi (the local region) on Estonian as well as European level - to provide children with vocational training facilities, and also solve the problem of not having facilities for adult training and retraining of the unemployed - to create more recreational opportunities in the local inhabitat and offer business opportunities for entreprenuers in this area
• " href="../../document/case/Entrepreneurship Day of TALLINN.pdf" target="_blank">Entrepreneurship Day of TALLINN EN (PDF 25 kb)
  The concept of CSR is generally new in Estonia and therefore is not articulated on the local level. On a local and regional level it is mostly perceived as entrepreneurship development. However, there are several initiatives that could be looked as seeds to CSR development and and could perhaps be a base for partnerships development and sharing the ideas with other regions across EU. The main driver of the activity is futhering the entrepreneurship among citizens of Tallinn and increasing the competutuvess of the city.
• " href="../../document/case/Entrepreneurship development. Cooperation with civil society organizations and support of various projects and initiatives.pdf" target="_blank">Entrepreneurship development. Cooperation with civil society organizations and support of various projects and initiatives EN (PDF 32KB)
  The concept of CSR is generally new in Estonia and therefore is not articulated on the local level. On a local and regional level it is mostly perceived as entrepreneurship development. However, there are several initiatives that could be looked as seeds to CSR development and could perhaps be a base for partnerships development and sharing the ideas with other regions across EU. The main driver of the activity is futhering the entrepreneurship among citizens of Tallinn and increasing the competutuvess of the city.
• " href="../../document/case/EU Vest Business Development Centre West.pdf" target="_blank">EU Vest EN (PDF 252 kb)
  Erhvervs Udvikling Vest (EU Vest) is a non-profit organisation, with the main objective to find financing and to offer free support services to regional SME’s in areas such as social innovation, competence and economical development, environmental sustainability and research and technological development.
• " href="../../document/case/Healthy Work Environment Department in SJ and Ribe Counties.pdf" target="_blank">Healthy Work Environment Department in South Jutland and Ribe Counties EN (PDF 252 kb)
  Departments in Ribe County and South Jutland working with the creation of healthier work environment and promotion of regional companies’ social responsibility at the workplace. The interest for public and private companies to focus on a healthier lifestyle has through the latest years increased a lot.
• " href="../../document/case/Involvement in innovative private - public partnership.pdf" target="_blank">Involvement in innovative private - public partnership EN (PDF 333 kb)
  Innovative private-public partnership to deliver economic development in east London through supporting business development.
• " href="../../document/case/LANERA_Improving the quality of employment.pdf" target="_blank">Lanera EN (PDF 174 kb)
  LANERA’s aim is to contribute to the Department of Employment and Training’s mission of inserting the unemployed into the labour market, improving clients’ employability and improving the quality of employment. Aid for Improving The Quality of Employment
• " href="../../document/case/Partnership approach to training and employing.pdf" target="_blank">Partnership approach to training and employing those excluded from the labor market EN (PDF 182 kb)
  In May 2001, the Elite Group, a business specialising in warehousing and distribution opened a new facility in Wortley, a neighbourhood near the centre of Leeds City. Keen to employ staff from the local area, the company worked with a community support group, the West Leeds Family Learning Centre, and the local Job Centre to train local people, especially the long-term unemployed, for work in the facility.
• " href="../../document/case/Passport to regional public contracts for SMEs.pdf" target="_blank">Passport to regional public contracts for SMEs EN (PDF 190 kb)
  Leeds City Council wanted to ensure fair access for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) to its tendering process, and support businesses in the local area, which strengthens the local economy. As a result of its “Best Value” performance review process, Leeds City Council decided to introduce electronic tendering.
• " href="../../document/case/Premie aid to SMES form management improvement.pdf" target="_blank">Premie EN (PDF 171 kb)
  The PREMIE program’s aim is to help SMEs put management systems in place that are geared towards continuous improvement.
• " href="../../document/case/Quality at the ATRIA Paint Factory.pdf" target="_blank">Quality at the ATRIA Paint Factory EN (PDF 167 kb)
  ATRIA Paint Factory has decided to realize the project for quality in order to reach the following aims: Improvement of customer satisfaction ; improvement of quality standard; new conditions of development thanks to study and research; continue innovations of products and processes; and eco-management system to product with the respect of the quality of life, for employees in the environment.
• " href="../../document/case/Regionale 2010.pdf" target="_blank">Regionale 2010 EN (PDF 171 kb)
  The Regionale 2010 is a development programme which is brought into action by a network of representatives from the local governments of the cities of Cologne, Bonn and Leverkusen as well as of numerous regional councils from the neighbouring areas (Rhein Sieg-Kreis, Oberbergischer Kreis, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Erftkreis and Kreis Ahrweiler) – altogether an area with about three million inhabitants.
• " href="../../document/case/Standards in Quality Environment and CSR.pdf" target="_blank">Standards in Quality, Environment and CSR EN (PDF 166 kb)
  Since this company operates in the sector of consultancy for quality, environment, safety and social issues, it has decided to adopt a policy that includes the principles of Quality, through ISO 9001 certification, and the ones related to Social Responsibility, through SA8000 certification.
• " href="../../document/case/Telecottages in South-Eastern Slovakia.pdf" target="_blank">Telecottages in South-Eastern Slovakia EN (PDF 171 kb)
  The case describes the early stages of a partnership between local government and labour offices, NGO’s and firms in the creation of a network of Telecottages in South-Eastern Slovakia.
• " href="../../document/case/Training School Consortium Network.pdf" target="_blank">Training School Consortium Network EN (PDF 41 kb)
  The Andalusian Regional Government -Junta de Andalucía-, through its Regional Ministry for Employment -Consejería de Empleo-, is running the Training School for Employment Consortium program - programa de Consorcios Escuela de Formación para el Empleo-. Responding to quality and efficiency criteria, it constitutes a formative excellence model that gives a complete answer to the most important training demands on economic activities in Andalusia’s labour market.
• " href="../../document/case/Tuscan Regional Program for Women’s.pdf" target="_blank">Tuscan Regional Program for Women’s EN (PDF 177 kb)
  This program is co-ordinated by Tuscan Region but is realised with a big number of partners: Italian Industry Ministry (that co-finance the program), other Italian regions, regional co-ordination of Chambers of Commerce, regional enterprises associations, non-for-profit organisations, banks, local authorities, business innovation centres.
• " href="../../document/case/Value-Adding Economy_1.pdf" target="_blank">Value-Adding Economy EN (PDF 169 kb)
  The aim of the program of ‘value-adding economy’ is to develop companies with a dynamic balance between the interests of the different stakeholders. Not only economical and financial values are important, but also social and environmental considerations need to be taken into account.