Accreditation to the provincial register for the management of employment services

In order to improve the matching of labour supply and demand in the territory through a greater diffusion of innovative or additional services and to achieve an increase in employment, the Autonomous Province of Trento with Resolution No. 1543 of 24 August 2018 "Provincial Network of Labour Services" has expanded the Provincial Network of Labour Services with the participation of accredited private entities that can offer active labour policy interventions to individuals and enterprises.

The Provincial Network of Employment Services consists of the Employment Agency, also through the Job Centres, as the reference entity for the implementation of provincial employment policy interventions, and of the other accredited public and private entities that provide quality employment services aimed at promoting employment growth and good employment.

Accreditation is the measure by which the Employment Service of the Autonomous Province of Trento recognises the eligibility to provide employment services within the provincial territory, according to quality organisational requirements.

Accredited subjects are registered by the Province in the National Register of Accredited Subjects set up by Anpal and in the Provincial Register of Accredited Subjects for Employment Services set up at the Employment Service.

The accredited subject registered in the Employment Service Register, in order to provide employment services is required to sign an agreement with the Employment Agency. This convention regulates the reciprocal commitments between the parties and the manner in which the accredited subject communicates to the Agency the activities carried out, the objectives achieved, the names of the subjects who refuse any labour policy actions, as well as any other information deemed strategic for the labour market, also by means of telematic interconnection to the provincial labour information system.

What are the employment services:

A) general services for citizens, with particular reference to:

• reception and information
• first orientation to services

B) specialised services for the citizen, with particular reference to

• vocational guidance and counselling
• implementation of job-accompanying measures, outplacement services and integrated employment projects

C) specialised services for employers, with particular reference to

• first information on the opportunities and services provided by the provincial Employment Services Network
• detection and management of employment and training needs of companies and other employers;
• support activities for the professional outplacement of workers subject to staff reduction procedures
• any other service connected and instrumental to the functions of the public employment services, other than those reserved by law exclusively for public entities;

D) services for pre-selecting workers and matching labour supply and demand

Under penalty of suspension and revocation of accreditation, also for the purpose of verifying the permanence of the requirements for accreditation, accredited entities are required to notify the Employment Service, within fifteen days of the occurrence of the event, of any change of location, also with regard to individual offices or branches, the opening of branches or subsidiaries, the cessation of business, also with regard to individual offices or branches, any variation of the requirements that determined the granting of accreditation

The following entities may apply for accreditation and registration in the Register, even for more than one seat, branch, office

• Joint stock companies, cooperatives or consortia of cooperatives or partnerships;
• Foundations;
• Universities or university foundations;
• Institutions of the Provincial Education Service, pursuant to Provincial Law no. 5 of 7 August 2006;
• Municipalities and territorial communities;
• Chamber of Commerce and its special companies;
• Foundation of labour consultants pursuant to Article 6 of Legislative Decree no. 276 of 10 September 2003, as amended, through the consultants delegated to intermediation;
• Bilateral Bodies;
• Patronati;
• Employers' and workers' associations that are comparatively more representative at national level, also through the territorial associations and service companies controlled;
• Non-profit associations whose purpose is the protection of labour, assistance and promotion of entrepreneurial activities, design and provision of training and alternance courses, protection of disabilities.

To apply for accreditation, the entity must meet the following requirements:

• have the availability of one or more premises located on the territory of the province;
• have premises which comply, in terms of infrastructural and logistical resources, with the regulations on town planning, hygiene, health, safety, accessibility for the disabled and adequate to the needs of reception, information and orientation
• be equipped with telematic connections suitable for interconnection with the Unified Information System of Labour Policies, through the Anpal system and with the provincial telematic services supporting the meeting between supply and demand
• have an adequate and stable organisation of managerial and professional resources with suitable qualifications and experience, capable of guaranteeing the functional supervision of the processes of management, reception and information, analysis of needs and individual demand, planning and provision of services;
• for the entities referred to in subparagraph 1, letter a), guarantee economic and financial reliability, including, for companies, a minimum paid-up share capital of at least Euro 25,000 and, for cooperatives, a net worth of at least Euro 25,000; for entities other than joint stock companies, cooperatives or public administrations, a declaration by a credit institution certifying their economic soundness
• be compliant with national and territorial regulations and contracts on social security, labour and tax obligations;
• for the entities envisaged in subsection 1, letters a), b) and c), points e., f., g., h., i., have a Code of Ethics, also in implementation of Article 6 of Legislative Decree no. 231 of 8 June 2001, which shows, inter alia, the pursuit of the values of legality and the principles of non-discrimination, good performance, transparency and impartiality
• for the entities referred to in paragraph 1, letters a), b) and c), points f., g., h., i., and for their legal representatives, that they are not subject to bankruptcy, liquidation, receivership, composition with creditors or any other equivalent situation under the laws of the State where the applicant resides
• the absence on the part of the applicant party and its directors, managers and
• legal representatives of the entities referred to in paragraph 1, letters a), b) and c), points f., g., h.,i., of: criminal convictions, even if not final, including substitute sanctions pursuant to Law no. 689 of 24 November 1981, no. 689 e successive modificazioni ed integrazioni, per delitti contro il patrimonio, per delitti contro la fede pubblica o contro l’economia pubblica, per il delitto previsto dall’articolo 416-bis del codice penale, o per delitti non colposi per i quali la legge commini la pena della reclusione non inferiore nel massimo a tre anni, per delitti o contravvenzioni previsti da leggi dirette alla prevenzione degli infortuni sul lavoro , in ogni caso, previsti da leggi in materia di lavoro o di previdenza sociale; misure di prevenzione disposte, ai sensi della legge 27 dicembre 1956, n. 1423, or of Law No. 575 of 31 May 1965, or of Law No. 646 of 13 September 1982, as amended, or pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 159/2011; administrative sanctions dependent on crime pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 231 of 8 June 2001;
• possession of a website and an official mailbox for communications with users and a certified mailbox for communications with the Province;
• possession of documentation attesting to reliability and quality with reference to the service delivery process (ISO certification).

The applicant subjects, with the exception of those provided for in paragraph 1), letter c) points a., b., c., d., must provide for the exercise of the activity for which they request accreditation among their statutory purposes. The aforesaid entities, where required by the legislation in force, must be enrolled in the commercial register at the chamber of commerce competent for the territory.

Opening of decentralised offices and temporary accreditation

In order to facilitate citizens' access to employment services, the subjects accredited by the Province for the same services may ask the Employment Service for temporary accreditation of decentralised offices when they are located in territorial areas within the competence of the Employment Centres where there are not already permanent offices, including those of other subjects, already subject to accreditation.