A more social Europe

The following paragraphs show the challenges and desired changes for Policy Objective 4, chosen by the Programme as the basis for defining its specific objectives and actions.

Challenges

• Negative population trends&ageing population 
• Increased percentage of the population at risk of poverty and social exclusion
• Local disparities in access to health services
• Presence of cultural and linguistic minorities and identities
• Bilingual educational offer still not supported enough in the area
• Weak link between high-level education and labor market and the increasing number of NEETs
• Rich and diversified cultural resources including UNESCO sites and intangible heritage
• Relevance of cultural industry as an economic asset
• Interesting prospects of tourism in view of GO 2025 Nova Gorica · Gorica and tailored made local initiatives
• Serious impact of the pandemic on touristic enterprise and employment
• Touristic demand increasingly oriented toward an integrated and sustainable offer

Desired Change

• Providing more territorial services pursuing accessibility and a cross-border approach
• Providing bilingual services in order to increase the accessibility of healthcare services and labour market
• Investing in education and training to meet the current needs of the cross-border labour market
• Enhance coordination between enterprise and the tertiary education systems to meet labor market current needs
• Creating favourable conditions to tackle specific barriers to cross-border employability, such as recognition of skills, addressing ageing population needs growth through investments in training and supporting SMEs competitiveness
• Promoting labor market initiatives to ensure sufficient and qualified staff in the sector
• Promoting the cultural and linguistic minorities
• Introducing digitization to improve accessibility to the natural and cultural heritage for a wider public
• Promotion of cultural heritage through support to creative industries and sustainable/ accessible tourism
• Creating synergies with the GO 2025 Nova Gorica · Gorica to increase tourist attractiveness
• Promoting and financing initiatives to support sustainable tourism and cultural assets for overcoming the pandemic crisis impact

ERDF Allocation of PO 4