Employment and the local economy

Ensure that the Games benefit everyone
Employment and the local economy

The charter to encourage employment and territorial development

The Olympic venues and infrastructures, a lever for professional integration, employment and territorial development

On 5 July 2018, SOLIDEO’s board of directors adopted a Charter to encourage employment and territorial development for the construction projects linked to the organisation of the Games. 

It implements the Social Charter for the Games signed by all social partners in an operational way, and also implements article 16 of the French law of 26 March 2018 relating to the organisation of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which imparts responsibility to SOLIDEO to draw up an employment charter. 

The Charter to encourage Employment and Territorial Development applies to all initiators of projects and public and private project managers contracted to SOLIDEO for construction operations relating to the organisation of the Games. 

THE CHARTER TO ENCOURAGE EMPLOYMENT AND TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT

To support professional integration and economic development during the creation of the Olympic and Paralympic venues and infrastructures with 3 main objectives:

  • 10% of hours worked are to be reserved for professional integration (unemployed people, young people in work- or vocational-study schemes or those living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods of the city)
  • 25% of the value of the contracts are to be made available to very small businesses (VSB), small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and social and solidarity-based enterprises
  • Socially exemplary sites: fight against illegal work, anticompetitive practices, discrimination, guarantee the quality of working conditions. 
  • Commitments from project managers in the context of the agreed objectives.
  • Rigorous reporting
  • Implementation using national processes and local players for employment, social integration and economic development.

The charter’s objectives are subject to contractual commitments between SOLIDEO and each project manager in the context of the agreed objectives or the land transfer specifications. In concrete terms, the project managers commit to:

  • carrying out the volume of professional integration hours and the contract value for VSBs, SMEs, and social and solidarity-based enterprises as fixed in the agreed objectives.
  • determining a strategy for procurement and market processes in order to meet the goal of 10% of professional integration hours (overall and average) for those targeted in the charter and 25% of the value of contracts for VSBs, SMEs and social and solidarity-based enterprises.
  • paying particular attention to detecting anti-competitive practices which may raise the cost of the project.
  • increase surveillance mechanisms for illegal work and fraud and for the safety of workers.
  • raise awareness in the contractors of the expected exemplary nature in working conditions, health and safety prevention on sites, and non-discrimination.
  • follow methods for monitoring and reporting on the charter objectives.

The meeting of objectives is subject to monitoring during project reviews and site committee meetings.

Photo credits - © SOLIDEO / Sennse C. Badet 

Objectives

SOLIDEO uses the collective mobilisation of all the stake holders in the venues and infrastructures to support the project managers in the implementation of the Charter.

Professional integration objectives:

  • Facilitators in the relevant geographical areas, especially from Ile-de-France: Maison de l’Emploi de Plaine Commune, EPT Paris Terre d’Envol, EPEC.

On access objectives for VSBs, SMEs and social and solidarity-based enterprises:

SOLIDEO organises meet-up events between contractors and VSBs, SMEs, and social and solidarity-based enterprises. Find more information about the last meet-up in french here.

Services made available

Finally, SOLIDEO has made available for project managers and developers:

By mid-2020, the recorded contractual objectives with project managers will attain:

  • approximately 2 million hours of professional integration
  • more than €400 M worth of contracts made accessible to VSBs, SMEs and social and solidarity-based enterprises.

Social partners, business owners and employee organisations are all committed within the Social Charter Committee to following these commitments. The committee meets every quarter, under the leadership of two members of the board of directors and representatives of companies and trade unions: Dominique Carlac’h (MEDEF) and Bernard Thibault (OIT).

Services made available