Number of projects supported by the EPA Local Authorities Scheme

Aid for the Promotion of Employment (APE) was introduced by the Decree of 25 April 2002, which responds to the desire to harmonise in a single subsidy system all the aid measures for the recruitment of jobseekers existing in 2002, namely: Third Labour Circuit (TCT), Regional Employment Market Integration Project (PRIME), Interdepartmental Budgetary Fund for Employment (FBIE), Subsidised Contract Agent (ACS), Programme Law, ACS Local Authorities, A.R. 258 and Decree of 19 May 1994. This scheme supports the recruitment of jobseekers in various sectors: local public authorities, regional and Community authorities, the commercial sector, the non-commercial sector and education (via cooperation agreements with the French Community). The principle is to grant annual aid in the form of points to subsidise part of the remuneration of workers. Only EPAs relating to local authorities, regional and Community authorities are considered here. The indicators presented are: 1. the number of projects: a project corresponds to a successful application for EPA points submitted by an employer. Each municipality has at least one project in view of the granting of EPA points under the ‘objective criteria’ (Article 15 of the EPA Decree). 2. the number of employers: an employer corresponds to an enterprise unit within the meaning of the Banque Carrefour des Entreprises (BCE). Companies are considered on the basis of the location of their registered office. 3. the number of points awarded: a point is defined in the Decree of 25 April 2002. The value of the EPA point, set at EUR 2970.86 in 2013, is automatically indexed according to the evolution of the health index.