Integration through economic activity
The existing link between economic development, employment and integration is of vital importance: it enables social and territorial cohesion while responding to objectives in terms of competitiveness and the attractiveness of the local area.
Since 2005, the Lyon Urban Community has been implementing policies that encourage integration through economic activity, in order to improve access to jobs for those sections of the population that are currently distanced from employment.
In order to deal with the current economic and social context, Greater Lyon is looking to expand the scope of policies promoting integration through economic activity. read more
Article 14 of the 2001 French Public Contracts Code allows the use of public-sector contracts to encourage the professional integration of people hitherto distanced from employment by incorporating an integration clause in invitations to tender. read more
Reduced (or zero) mobility regarding access to employment represents a barrier identified and recognised by everyone involved in professional integration and employment. read more
Artistic and cultural support constitutes a tool for boosting socio-professional integration. Such support includes access to culture or cultural practices, or participation in the creation of artistic events and activities. read more
Greater Lyon gives support to "volunteer territories" defined in terms of the boundaries of the Conférences des Maires (local area committees), in order to improve the link between economic development, employment and integration. read more
Data produced by the Greater Lyon Employment, Integration and Social Cohesion Observatory constitutes a strategic tool for elected representatives and all those involved in the different local areas. read more
ZUSs (zones urbaines sensibles – sensitive urban zones) – including ZFUs (zones franches urbaines – urban free zones) – are designated priority neighbourhoods where inhabitants are affected more by unemployment and social exclusion than on average. read more
Dating Emploi à Givors le 31 mars 2009 © Jacques Del Pino - Ville de Givors
Job DATING: direct meetings between jobseekers and local employers
Every year, the City of Lyon's Maison de l'Emploi et de la Formation (Employment and Training Centre), with the support of local authorities (in particular the Urban Community), organise "Job DATING" days in a different area, enabling local people seeking work and local businesses looking to hire to meet.
Following this direct contact, the employer evaluates candidates and follows up applications as part of an internal recruitment procedure.
The main aims of this approach are to combat any discrimination in the recruitment process that may adversely affect people from designated priority neighbourhoods, and to facilitate access to jobs.
Since 2005, 7 Job DATING sessions have been held throughout the Lyon urban area; the latest edition took place in Givors on 31 March 2009. Thanks to widespread support from employers,
- 1,753 candidates at these Job DATING sessions
- have benefited from 3,295 direct interviews with companies.
This, in turn, has led to a total of 154 accepted job offers (more than 65% of which were either CDIs or CDDs of at least 6 months).
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- Employment, Integration and Social Cohesion Observatory
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- Social and Solidarity Economy in Greater Lyon
- Sensitive Urban Zones (ZUS) and Urban Free Zones (ZFU) in Greater Lyon
- Urban Free Zones (ZFU) in Greater Lyon