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Overview

Country:
Italy

Level of Outreach:
Local, Regional, National

Field of Interest(s):
Promotion of the attractiveness of the Construction Industry

Supported By:
National Agency, Other
Social Partners

Description

National service authorized by Social Partners of the Buildng Sector and by the Ministry of labour, managed by Formedil to facilitate matching between unemployed workers and construction companies.

Since 2012 Formedil purpose is also to facilitate matching between unemployed workers and construction companies.
For this pourpose Formedil has set up a national service authorized by Social Partners of the Buildng Sector and by the Ministry of labour. This project is called “Borsa Lavoro Edile Nazionale”- acronym “BLEN.it”.
BLEN.it is structured by the national coordination of Formedil and a network of 104 center desk for employment that are located at the Building Schools. These desks active workers orientation skills, identification of training proposals, matching between demand and supply of labor. The Building Schools carry out all these activities with the important partnership of the territorial Employment Centers (public institution); the Employment Center supports the Building School with lots of activities, for example they provide the confirmation on employment status, identify the unemployed workers, etc…
BLEN.it has a national website accessible at http://www.blen.it</a> wich is linked to the national database of the Italian Ministry of Labour (ww.anpal.it) at to all regional public administration databases regarding the labour market.
By BLEN.it Formedil also promotes some measures to update the knowledge, the skills and competence of the workers in specific new field of work or to define new occupational profiles (e.c. Repertorio delle Competenze e Banca dati formazione).
BLEN.it is a completely free service to workers and enterprises.

Project/Initiative Data

Start Date:
20121212

Total Budget:
€ 350.000

Phases:
1. Skills orentation
2. Supplementary training by on line or classroom
3. CV insertion and job application on www.blen.it (project website)
4. Matching
5. Sending the employment confirmation about worker engagement to the Employment Center

Partners

Formedil promoter /Building schools ad partners

Aim

Promote the matching between demand and the job offer in the construction sector

Outcomes

Results of the project/initiative:
Impact:
• Less undeclared work
• More skilled labor
• Shorter waiting times for companies that want to hire
• Less unemployment

Outcomes (estimate of the workers and companies known by the Building Schools through training courses):
• 20% more workers has a CV in European format
• 50% more workers has certified skills
• 10% more workers have a job application into the web database
• All the companies have found benefits by saying that the workers are more qualified

Policy/Initiative

Mis-Matching of Skills:
Workers:
Specific processes, even in areas with high unemployment rates. For example regarding people involved in underwater processing
Mis-matching also on basic skills in Italian geographic areas where the company's demand is higher than the job offer. Eg Veneto, Lombardy. This also happens for common carpentry and masonry work
Facilitate the employability

Other:
employment for young and senior workers

Recommendations

Entrepreneurship Opportunities:
The companies can have sectoral databases where they can find professional profiles in the construction sector

Other:
it is transferable to other contexts
employability

Organisation & Contact

Organisation:
Non-Profit, Private

Name of Organisation	Formedil
Role	Promoter
Address	Via guattani n. 24/Rome
Zip/City	Rome
Coordinator E-Mail	formedil@formedil.it</a> formedil@blen.it</a>
Coordinator Website	https://www.formedil.it</a>
Name of the Project/Initiative Coordinator	Marco Golato/Tiziana Gugliandolo

Additional Contact
Contact Phone	06 85261706; 06 85261707
Contact Email	marco.golato@formedil.it</a> tiziana.gugliandolo@formedil.it</a>