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Socio-professional support Picardie €30,984 ESF DEFI SERVICE 31 2012-2013 The unemployment rate in the Aisne area is one of the highest in metropolitan France, standing at 15.1% in the third quarter of 2013. The reintegration of people often far removed from the job market and insufficiently trained is more than ever before an absolute necessity. The activities carried out by DEFI SERVICES helps recipients of its The association's manager, Madame Boucly, views the various ESF-related obligations as being services to gain long-term employment. These people are mainly guided to sectors in very useful, as they have resulted in employees difficulty which represent a source of jobs, as is the case for an example with personal becoming more meticulous when it comes to services, for which demand outstrips supply. thématique "Amélioration de l'inclusion sociale des personnes défavorisées" monitoring and supervising beneficiaries. «These changes have also injected fresh dynamism into this association». THE «COMPETITIVENESS» AND «CONVERGENCE» OBJECTIVES 18 % 34 % € 1658.8 M € 165.9 M Percentage of the total ERDF programming for the convergence objective devoted to the theme of "Improving the social inclusion of disadvantaged persons" Percentage of the total ERDF programming for the competitiveness objective devoted to the theme of "Improving the social inclusion of disadvantaged persons" The ESF directly contributes to improving participation in the labour market for those persons furthest removed from it, and particularly young people and adults encountering social and professional difficulties in addition to benefit recipients. Where results are concerned, in 2013 for example the percentage of people finding employment at the end of participation in the local employment reintegration plan, which focused chiefly on the long-term unemployed and benefit recipients locally, was 35%. The social inclusion of disadvantaged persons is a priority for the ESF under heading 3 «Social cohesion, social inclusion and the fight against discrimination» of the national ESF OP. Consequently, 32,202 projects were launched in this field in metropolitan France and 491 projects in the OMR, i.e. 32,693 projects in all. On average, the projects in metropolitan France received €51,380 of ESF funding, and €337,900 of ESF funding per project in the OMR As part of the national part of the ESF programme, the projects benefited from more than €15 million of ESF support, while in the regions, smaller but more numerous projects were supported by the European Union (with between €2,000 and €280,000 of ESF funding provided per project). In all, 1,373,306 participants benefited from ESF support under this heading in metropolitan France. For metropolitan France, over the programming period the theme accounted for 34% of the programmed ESF budgetary envelope, i.e. almost €1.7 billion (ESF). This is the second most highly represented «ESF» theme in metropolitan France after «improving access to employment». In the OMR, the theme of social inclusion is the third most highly represented theme, accounting for 18% of the ESF budgetary envelope deployed in these regions, i.e. €165.9 million. In all, more than €1.8 billion of ESF funding was deployed for this theme, accounting for 32% of the total national ESF budgetary envelope. Over the 2007-2013 period, 63 projects were supported by the ERDF on this theme, including 61 in metropolitan France. The ERDF does not target this theme as a priority. 3 2

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Thematic Overview 2007-2013 of The ERDF-ESF Programming

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Summary
Improving institutional capacities at a national, regional and local level
Reducing costs hindering the development of outermost regions (OMR)
Technical assistance
Research, technological development and entrepreneurial spirit
The information Society
Transport
Energy
Environment and risk prevention
Tourism
Culture
Urban/rural regeneration
Improving the capacities of workers, companies and company managers
Improving access to employment and sustainability
Improving the social inclusion of disadvantaged persons
Development of human capital
Investments in social infrastructure
Promoting reforms in the fields of employment and social inclusion

Thematic Overview 2007-2013 of The ERDF-ESF Programming