1.3.1 The involved territories

1.3.1 The involved territories

The territories in which to implement the piloting phases have been identified by the partners of the CO.RE project, in co-operation with all the stakeholders involved in the mapping of the territories and later on in the Community Shared Agreements.

The partners of the five countries involved in CO.RE underlined common findings throughout their mappings of the territories, needs and opportunities. These formed the pillars for building Community Shared Agreements as a response to local needs and to community development throughout individual measures.

The five territories involved in the CSA in Action were

 Kuklen Municipality in Bulgaria  Massa Marittima – Grosseto in Italy  Belfast in Northern Ireland  Lordelo do Ouro – Porto in Portugal  Sevilla - Spain

The main findings of the mappings realised in Kuklen (Bulgaria) Massa Marittima (Italy), Belfast (Northern Ireland), Lordelo do Ouro (Portugal) and Seville (Spain) can be summarised as follows:  As Baumann wrote in “Liquid Modernity”, life and working life are full of uncertainty, vulnerability and insecurity.  Unemployment is one of the main challenges for all five countries.  Increasing youth unemployment rates.  Need for individualised measures to motivate and re-motivate people to develop their personal and professional paths and careers.  Need for a new involvement of the local stakeholders in communityshared inclusive programs to revitalise and re-qualify the human capital of the local territories.

The CSA in action defined their main focus on employment issues as social, cultural and political issues and not just as an economical issue to be dealt in the actual crisis period. In this way the employment paths, designed by the CSA in their local actions, have been seen as tools both for social integration throughout old and new social In CO.RE, the Hall concept (1976) of a “boundary less career” has been used, that is independent and does not make reference to a path to be carried out in a single company. It focuses on the individual path/s and its interactions with the surrounding environment and community. "The career without borders is based on the assumption that the diversification of both work and personal experiences and the multiplicity of learning opportunities increase the share of individual career and then his chances of employability”. competences and for social and community development.