Active Labor Market Policies

Maximus is an accredited operator of Active Labor Market Policies services in Lombardy and Emilia Romagna.

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When we hear about employment services and employment support many times the words Active Labor Market Policies and Passive Labor Market Policies recur. What are actually these programs developed by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy?

Passive Labor Policies refer to income support programs (such as Naspi, citizenship income or similar services provided by the various welfare funds)

Active Labor Market Policies, on the other hand, refer to those programs to promote employment through training courses, job orientation and retraining services.

What are Active Labor Market Policies

By definition, Active Labor Market Policies (ALMPs) are a set of programs and measures introduced and financed by all levels of institutions that promote employment and job placement.

The objective of ALMPs is to make the labor market more efficient by adapting the characteristics of the offer to the demand, facilitating the match between them, and by improving the possibility of access to employment for the most disadvantaged categories.

  • What are Active Labor Market Policies Programs
    • Basic career counseling, analysis of skills in relation to the local job market, profiling, and supporting job seekers in carrying out an effective job search, which must be performed by the person himself/herself.
    • Support in finding a job through individual meetings and/or group sessions.
    • Specialized and individual career counseling, advice, and guidance, which is divided into: skills assessment and the analysis of possible training needs, work experience, or other active labor policy measures in relation to the actual demand for workforce at local level.
    • Support toward self-employment.
    • Advice and guidance to work.
    • Training for professional qualification and re-employment, self-employment, and immediate job placement.
    • Promotion of work experiences to increase skills, also through internships.
    • Incentives for self-employment, continued support, and coaching for the initial phases following the company start-up.
    • Incentives for relocation and mobility within the territory.
    • Tools to reconcile work with caring responsibilities for children or other dependent family members.
    • Provision to jobs that have a social utility.
  • How much does it cost to participate at these programs?

    Active Labor Market Policy programs are funded and co-funded at national, regional and European Union level. For this reason, people can participate and benefit for free from the services offered by ALMP programs.

  • How does Active Labor Market Policy programs work?

    In Italy, Active Labor Market Policies programs and employment services are coordinated by ANPAL (National Agency for Active Labor Market Policies) and are managed at local level by Regions and Autonomous Provinces through a public-private network of accredited entities, of which Maximus is a member, which provides services.

What does Maximus do?

  • Emilia Romagna

    Both programs aim to help people enter or re-enter the labor market and are implemented as part of the initiatives promoted by the Regional Operational Program, co-financed by the European Social Fund.

  • Lazio

    The programs aim to help people enter or re-enter the labor market and are implemented as part of the initiatives promoted by the Regional Operational Program co-financed by the European Social Fund.

  • Lombardy

    Both programs aim to help people enter or re-enter the labor market and are implemented as part of the initiatives promoted by the Regional Operational Program, co-financed by the European Social Fund.