AN OVERVIEW OF
COMMUNITY AND
EMPLOYER
PARTNERSHIPS
What's inside...
How Community & Employer
Partnerships fit into the EPBC
Distinct Elements of CEP
UNDERSTANDING THE EPBC
The Employment Program of BC
(‘the Program’) is the umbrella under which
all employment services are delivered.
This includes all services and supports
previously available through the 10 Legacy
Programs prior to April 2nd 2012
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HOW DOES CEP FIT INTO THE PROGRAM?
Program Purpose: to support Clients in achieving
sustainable Employment as quickly as possible.
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Community &
Employer
Partnerships
Clients become more independent
Clients receive services that meet individual
employment service needs
Services are aligned with needs and
opportunities of employers/ communities
Client
Services
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HOW DOES CEP FIT INTO THE PROGRAM?
A collaborative and coordinated network of
community organizations and employers
that facilitates:
• Communication between stakeholders
Community &
Employer
Partnerships
• Flow of local labour market information
• Strategic, coordinated approaches to
investment of support
• A platform to discuss strategies and solutions
FOCUS: to increase employment and work experience opportunities in
communities across BC through partnerships, shared information,
technology, and innovative processes and practices.
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HOW DOES CEP FIT INTO THE PROGRAM?
Client Services
• Supports the supply by assisting unemployed workers to
prepare for, find and maintain employment
...for human resources in BC Labour Market
Community & Employer Partnerships
• Supports supply by helping Clients gain work experience & obtain skills
• Supports demand by responding to community labour market needs &
creating employment opportunities
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ELEMENTS OF CEP
Community and Employer Partnership
Fund
Used to fund community based projects that support local
job creation and respond to labour market needs and issues.
• Job Creation Partnerships (JCP)
• Labour Market Partnerships (LMP)
• Research and Innovation (R&I)
• Project Based Labour Market Training
(PBLMT)
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CEP FUND
Job Creation Partnerships
Support community-based projects that create work experience
opportunities for eligible EI Clients.
Clients
Provides needed work experience, skill
enhancement, community contribution
and networking opportunities
Community
Enables not-for-profit projects that
benefit communities and that would not
occur without project funding
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Key Point
JCP: Primary focus is on assisting Clients
Although Job Creation Partnerships projects are intended to
benefit the community, the primary focus of these projects
must be to help eligible EI Clients gain needed and meaningful
work experience that supports them in achieving Labour
Market Attachment.
CEP FUND
Labour Market Partnerships
• Provide financial assistance to organizations to
encourage, support and facilitate partnerships
that enable HR planning and labour market
adjustment.
• Improves capacity of employers, employee
and/or employer associations, and communities
to develop solutions to labour force imbalances
(e.g. high unemployment, skill shortages)
Labour Market Partnership projects do not
provide direct service or support to
Program Clients
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CEP FUND
Research and Innovation
R&I uses progressive research and
leading edge innovation to discover
better ways to help unemployed
British Columbian’s join the labour
force as quickly as possible.
It is designed to fund untried and
untested solutions to labour
market problems with the goal of
creating employment services of
the future.
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CEP FUND
Project Based Labour Market Training
Supports projects that benefit
the community and individuals
by providing a combination of
on/off the job training under a
project based training model to
assist eligible individuals obtain
the skills they need for
employment.
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CEP FUND
Who is eligible to apply?
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Businesses
Not-for-profit organizations
Municipalities
Band/tribal councils
Public health and educational institutions
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Additional Resources
http://www.workbc.ca/CEP
Enquiries can be sent
to SDSI.ELMSDCEPTEAM@gov.bc.ca
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