Territoires zéro chômeur de longue durée (TZCLD)
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Why is it a good practice of the Person-Centered Model?
The Territoires zéro chômeur de longue durée project is based on three convictions that make it humanly and economically possible to put an end to long-term joblessness on a territorial scale. The experimental approach implemented since 2016 is gradually enabling us to verify this. It will be assessed against these three convictions, with the aim of making the right to employment effective focusing its action on vulnerable groups.
Integrated Assessment (Person, Family, Housing) and Life History
Project Phases
The project is structured around four main phases.
The first three phases are carried out by the Local Employment Committee, supported by a dedicated project team. These phases are financed by the relevant local authorities and by partnerships with local stakeholders.
The fourth phase depends on the territory being officially approved under the Second Experimentation Law.
Building Local Consensus
This phase focuses on explaining the project and mobilising local stakeholders who are willing to take part in the initiative. It is a decisive step for the success of the project.
To maximise the chances of success, it is essential that the initiative receives strong support from elected representatives and local institutions, and that it is discussed with the widest possible range of community members. This collective engagement helps validate the territory’s candidacy to become a voluntary full-employment area.
Engaging with Unemployed People
At this stage, the objective is to identify the skills, experiences and aspirations of unemployed people. The process is guided by three key questions:
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What can you do?
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What would you like to do?
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What are you willing to learn?
Special attention is given to people experiencing exclusion, ensuring that those who are often hardest to reach are also included in the process.
Identifying Useful Work
The Local Employment Committee, together with the future employment enterprises, carries out a detailed assessment of unmet needs within the territory. These needs are identified through consultation with local residents, businesses, associations and public institutions.
The aim is to identify socially useful activities that are not currently being addressed, while ensuring that the jobs created strengthen cooperation between different actors within the local economy.
Creation of One or More Employment-Based Enterprises (EBEs)
Once both available skills and local needs have been identified, one or more Employment-Based Enterprises (EBEs) are established to connect the two.
These companies are responsible for recruiting people who have experienced long-term unemployment and integrating them into stable employment. At the same time, they continuously explore new local opportunities in order to develop economic activities that respond to community needs and ensure a sustainable supply of jobs.
An EBE can be created within an existing Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) organisation or established as a new entity.
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The Territoires zéro chômeur de longue durée project is based on three convictions that make it humanly and economically possible to put an end to long-term joblessness on a territorial scale. The experimental approach implemented since 2016 is gradually enabling us to verify this. It will be assessed against these three convictions, with the aim of making the right to employment effective.
Highlined results
Stage 1 (2016–2021): The First 10 Experimental Territories
The first stage involved the implementation of the project in 10 pilot territories.
This phase confirmed the relevance of the project’s three core principles, demonstrated the need to address long-term unemployment through this approach, and helped assess the financial requirements needed to achieve a territory with zero long-term unemployment.
Stage 2 (2021–2026): Expansion to at Least 60 Experimental Territories
During this stage, the initiative was extended to the initial 10 territories and expanded to at least 50 additional territories.
This second phase allows the project to test the model in a wider range of contexts, deepen the analysis of its results, and refine the lessons learned from the first stage in preparation for a broader implementation.
Stage 3: Towards the Right to Employment
The experience gained through the experimental territories is intended to create the necessary conditions for making the approach sustainable.
The ultimate objective is to enable any territory that wishes to do so to implement the right to employment, ensuring that long-term unemployment can be effectively addressed at a local level.