Results and follow up for the CSA: The informal network of stakeholders decided to sign the CSA at the end of the training course in order to reinforce the positive results of the actions undertaken at local level and to plan further opportunities and development. The main results achieved by the CSA can be summarised as follows: Awareness about needs and opportunities from the local territory and citizens. Tangible synergies between private and public sectors. Reinforcement of previous co-operation to stimulate inclusive processes and community development. Motivation to further develop the CSA including a more active participation of the final beneficiaries from the designing phase of the local interventions.
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CSA in Action: Kuklen Municipality, Bulgaria
The territory
Kuklen Municipality belongs to the Plovdiv district in Bulgaria. It has a surface of 2 148 Km and a population count of 6431 people. In the territory there are ninetyfive companies, most of which are small and medium sized companies from sewing business, food sector and services. Two of Bulgaria’s largest companies are in the Plovdiv district: in agriculture, the sole collective agent is Rodhope agricultural cooperative with 4300 acres of land. The unemployment rate, in that area, was estimated at 12,38% with youth unemployment sitting at 33,43%. After the needs analysis and mapping of the territory, the partners of the CSA seriously took into consideration the youth unemployment rate as an indicator of exclusion of young people from the labour market. They all acknowledged the need to address the problem of youth unemployment in the Municipality of Kuklen with a specific piloting phase.
The beneficiaries 6
The CSA partners defined young people as the target group for the local piloting phase. The beneficiaries at risk of exclusion, identified as the target group of the piloting phase were: Young people. Unemployed. Belonging to ethnic minorities. People with disabilities.
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Young people area those persons aged between 15 and 29 according to the Law for Youth, updated from 20 April 2012 19
