Bibliography on territorial employment pacts

Territorial employment pacts were a programme of 84 urban and rural partnership groupings launched in 1997 in the face of the employment crisis. Each one was granted a small amount of technical assistance (normally €250,000) to produce a strategy and action plan. The Pacts were supported by the three major funds of the day (ERDF ESF EAGGF).

These programmes and their evaluation have inspired the so-called local dimension of the European Employment Strategy (EES) – from1997 to 2003 – and pilot projects such as ‘Acting locally’ and ‘Preparatory measures for a local commitment to employment’ (see historical review). Within these policy frameworks and programmes, most grey literature produced was focussed on consultation of local stakeholders, promotional campaign, description of the role of each category of key players, reviews of lessons from past and current experience, definition of local employment indicators, possible use of benchmarking and impact-evaluation of these local actions and local plans. The more recent work related with the local dimension of the EES was produced in the IDELE series:

Commission européenne, 1997 Pactes territoriaux pour l’emploi – exemples de bonnes pratiquesOPOCE, CE 07 97 216 FR C,

Commission européenne, 1997 Développement local et pactes territoriaux pour l’emploi- rapport du séminaire de Rome, OPOCE, CE V/7 97 007 FR

Commission européenne, 1999 Second rapport d’étape relatif aux pactes territoriaux pour l’emploi, Document de travail des services

Commission européenne, 1999 Pactes territoriaux pour l’emploi – 89 pactes locaux relèvent le défi du chômage, OPOCE, CX 2299175 FR C

CEC Structural funds; 1999, The Employment Territorial Pacts (ETP): examples of good practices61 operational instruments final evaluation report

Staniscia B 2003 L’Europa dello sviluppo locale – I patti territoriali per l’occupazione in una prospettiva comparata Donzelli, Roma

IDELE series 2003-2006 for dissemination and exchanging good practices in 12 seminars[4]

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