The Pecs Policy Forum

Pécs, in Hungary hosted our third Policy Forum. The policy forum concerned the key issues and trends relating to employment (including inclusive employment) in health care organisations and systems. The aim was to enable participating regions to reach a consensus view of what will deliver effective, regionally and locally based health sector employment, in terms of economic and social value. In particular, the forum looked at how the health sector can and is using employment as one approach to contribute to (i) the health and cohesion of local communities (ii) employment opportunities for vulnerable population groups (iii) effective contribution by the health sector to working with regional and local partners in creating skills escalators and training opportunities. Against this background, the Employment policy forum had the following objectives:

1. To identify the key interactions between employment, health, and regional development.
2. To assess the need for further evidence on the economic and social benefits of inclusive employment within regional and local health organisations.
3. To emphasise the need of regions to have the autonomy and authority to make employment policy and to manage its implementation.
4. To arrive at a consensus on the overarching employment principles that can be recommended Europe-wide.
5. To give priority to innovative, imaginative ideas about which policy levers can be used to deliver effective inclusive employment consistent with partner’s regional development priorities.
6. To ensure that all ClusterNET partners share in knowledge regarding the use of structural and regional development funds.

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