WP 4: Local Policy Formation / Local Political Actors Czech Report – The City of Brno
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
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| Description | One of the most important goals of the Lisbon Agenda was to raise the employment rate of women in all member states of the European Union to 60 per cent by 2010. This should contribute to the sustainability of the European social model. Some progress was made in the last few years, but in most of the countries, the goal was not achieved. With the work in the project “Impact of local welfare systems on female labour force participation and social cohesion” (FLOWS) we want to find out the reasons for the differences in the goal attainment between various urban regions in several European countries. An important and underresearched area is the role of local welfare systems. However, we are not only interested in the causes of the female labour market behaviour, but also in its impact on inequality and social cohesion. WP4 focuses on policy formation on the local level, pointing out how different policy actors and policy levels (local / national / EU) contribute to this process. It focuses on mapping the local policy frameworks as well as on gaining in depth understanding of the policy formation process. This contributes to reflective policymaking and culture steering on the local level demonstrating its autonomy or dependence on both national and international directives (vertical integration) and the role of mindsets (preferences, interests, world views and cultural orientation) of the policy actors (horizontal integration) in policy formation aimed to lower the informal caring load of women and broadening their horizons to training and employment. |
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