The Political Economy and Work research cluster of the Department of Sociology are holding a seminar on Irish Activation Policy and Practice.
This event also marks the first intake of students to the new MA in Sociology: Work, Labour Markets and Employment.
This seminar is free to attend but places limited, to book please email [email protected]
The seminar will take place at Maynooth University (Manor Mills, Room 1.07). To find the venue see .
The key speaker note will address the seminar on International Trends in Activation: Policy and Practice is Professor Evelyn Brodkin (University of Chicago) whose co-edited book, Work and the Welfare State: Street-Level Organizations and Workfare Politics investigates the politics and practices of labour market activation in the US, Australia, UK, Denmark, Germany and Netherlands). The seminar aims to facilitate a reflection on current Irish activation policy and practice and will include updates on various aspects including Intreo, Solas and ETB’s, Job Path and the Youth Guarantee. It will also include reflections from those implementing and experiencing activation on the ground.
For more information contact Mary Murphy.
All welcome.
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Schedule [you can also download the updated (Sept 2014) poster]
9.00– 9.30 Registration Tea and Coffee [1]
9.30-10.30 Session One - Irish Activation Setting the scene:
Chair Anna Lee (ex CEO South Dublin County Partnership).
Introduction: Unpacking Irish activation: Policy and Practice, Mary Murphy (Maynooth University)
Key note - International Trends in Activation Policy and Practice, Professor Evelyn Brodkin (University of Chicago) [2]
Discussion
10.30 – 12.15 Session Two: Irish Activation Updating and Unpacking Key Developments
Chair, Paul Ginnell European Anti-Poverty Network
Introduction, Brid O’Brien Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed
SOLAS and ETB’s Bernie Brady Aontas
Youth Guarantee Pilot, Mick Creedon, Ballymun Jobs Club Discussion
Discussion
12.15-12.45pm - light lunch
12.45pm – 1.45pm Session Three - Irish Activation On The Ground
Chair: Mary Murphy, Maynooth University
Implementing activation: Odran Reid (Northside Partnership), TBC (ILDN Employment Group), and David Tracey (City of Dublin Education and Training Board)
Experiencing Activation: Alice Mary Higgins (NWCI), Anne-Marie Butler (We’re Not Leaving)
Discussion
1.45-2pm Closing Comment
Observations from abroad: Professor Evelyn Baldwin
[1] Please note an 8.30 train from Dublin Connolly enables you arrive in Maynooth in time for the seminar.
[2] Evelyn Baldwin’s new co-edited book, Work and the Welfare State: Street-Level Organizations and Workfare Politics (Georgetown University Press 2013), investigates the politics and practices of labour market activation in six countries (US, Australia, UK, Denmark, Germany and Netherlands).