Pamplona City Council, awarded for projects with immigrant women and employment in urban commerce.

Pamplona City Council has been awarded for two projects at the seventh edition of the parliamentary process and Municipal Awards, awarded by the magazine that gives its name to the awards. The awards were for 'training of local professional services of immigrant women residing in the city of Pamplona (Next Hurbileko)' and the 'Pact for Employment Local Business Urbano Pamplona. Both projects were presented to the aid of the European Social Fund, in its call for 2007.

  The awards will be picked by the mayor of Pamplona, Yolanda Barcina, at an event being held this afternoon from 19 hours and will be headed by the President of the Congress of Deputies, José Bono, said the Pamplona City Council in a release. With these awards, the magazine 'Municipal and Parliamentary Procedure' which recognizes the best finds have been made to policy initiatives over the Spanish in 2008, the European Parliament in the autonomous parliaments and local corporations.

   The project, 'Local Pact for Employment in Trade Pamplona City,' is a new initiative that aims to create between 2008 and 2010 a platform to support the retail sector in recent times is facing a strong competitive.

  The retail trade has a high potential for employment generation (in Pamplona today employs around 9500 people) and presents areas for improvement in specific niches: middle-aged women, immigrants, young people under 30 years, and so on. The problem occurs in the disagreements between employers and job seekers. Employers explain that it's difficult to find qualified staff, but have reservations made up to handle the difficulties of designing appropriate training on the specific needs of each sub-sector of trade and the cost of such training. Job seekers, meanwhile, do not value the trade as a sector attractive for several reasons.

Precisely, to dignify the work of the retail entrepreneur, and the employee's trade and to contribute to this sector is a niche job quality and to agree common lines in the training that is now scattered in this area This project arises. Throughout the three years that will extend the municipal project, the institutions that are part of this agreement will work to identify local indicators and improve training and employment in this sector, will seek to determine a profile and a career professional coordinate their training activities and establish a network of 'good practice' in the trade. In addition, conduct awareness raising, outreach, information and monitoring.

Through the project "Training of local professional services of immigrant women residing in the city of Pamplona (Next Hurbileko) 'Pamplona City Council is forming along two years (June 2008 / June 2010) to 60 people at a rate 20 per issue in the care sector for people with special needs, either by high age or because of their dependency. The first class, immigrant women comprise between 20 and 55, completed his training at the end of 2008.

  In the II and III in the edition has expanded the target population, since in addition to immigrants, paying attention to other groups with special difficulties in entering the workforce as long-term unemployed and will be particularly high in children under 30 years and in those older than 45 years. The classes of the second edition will take place from March to June 2009 and the third from September to December 2009.

    The training has a theory and practice that is completed in 3 months. The theoretical training involves 125 hours spread over topics that include teaching nutrition, hygiene, cleaning, basic techniques of management or health care partner, as well as subjects such as discrimination, new technologies, respect for the environment, etc. .. The program is supplemented with 140 hours of supervised practice. During the three months' duration of the training and internship participants receive a scholarship.

Reuters 28/01/2009