cross-border development and transnational co- operation for local employment development case study...
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Cross-border development and transnational co-operation for local employment development
Case Study:
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Caroline Winter, LL.M., Germany
Points of contact for transborder workers
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Labour legislation
Maternity
Pension insurance
Tax law
Foreign language / other culture
Health insurance
Working permits
Unemployment insurance
Disablement insurance
30‘000
34‘500
25‘000
500
100
3500100
Von Baden in die Nordwestschweiz
Vom Elsass in die Südpfalz
Vom Elsass nach Baden
Vom Elsass in die Nordwestschweiz
1992 23.000 3.000 22.000 33.500
1999 21.000 3.000 27.000 33.000
2003 25.000 5.000 30.000 34.500
Quelle: Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft (Seco); Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg; Institut National de
la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE), Credit Suisse, 2004.
Unemployment rate in the Upper Rhine Region 2000-2004
Six times/year:Local experts give advice to the publicon one day in one locality
Brochures:Information for transborder
workers
Workshop for
unemployed
transborder workers
Difficulties• CH: EU-External border: free movement of persons
not yet fully implemented , different legislation etc.
• Heavy traffic of trucks at the Swiss border:
scientific study by the C of Co Southern Upper Rhine, C of Cr Basel, RV Hochrhein-Bodensee
• Despite a great number of transnational projects and existing networks there is no common
identity and slight interest for the neighbour
Thank you very much!