Dor several decades, under the pressure of globalization and technologies, advanced economies have been facing serious social shocks: increasing poverty and inequality, the emergence of poor workers and long-term unemployment, the vulnerability of single mothers and of their children, precariousness of young people, etc., calling for a rethinking of solutions to deal with it.
With Territories zero long-term unemployment (TZCLD), France has equipped itself with a strong tool to tackle these challenges. The idea is simple: for small areas, up to 10,000 inhabitants, it involves carrying out granular work to identify people who have been away from the job market for more than a year, and analyzing their skills and aspirations. , to cross-reference these with the needs of the municipalities and to offer adequate activities, not in competition with the existing ones and housed in an employment-oriented company (EBE) commuting unemployment money and active solidarity income (RSA ) in minimum wage.
Added to this is the creation of a local employment committee (CLE) bringing together representatives of the State, the department, Pôle emploi, the town hall, the economic fabric and integration, which allows to do expert work: mapping the territory and its needs, exchange of good practices between employers, public organizations and social actors, proposals traditional job offers or training courses of interest to the unemployed and businesses, etc. The CLE innovates by making actors who often work in silos talk to each other.
Under the poverty line
Ten territories have successfully tested this tool since 2017. A second law in 2020 allowed around fifty other territories to be authorized, while awaiting a third law to generalize the initiative. Nearly two thousand people have found employment in companies for the purpose of employment, in addition to a thousand on the traditional job market.
As an elected official in Semur-en-Auxois, the first authorized town in Côte-d’Or, I built this project. Despite a large pool of jobs and unemployment of all durations currently falling, we, among 4,150 inhabitants, counted one hundred and forty long-term unemployed at the start of the Covid pandemic in March 2020, per one hundred and forty-nine early 2023. To this stable figure are added around fifty long-term RSA beneficiaries not registered with Pôle emploi, as well as people outside any framework. Many are below the poverty line.
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