Working Lives Research Institute
Dr Sian Moore, Geof Luton
November 2003 - December 2006
European Social Fund Article 6 Programme
WLRI was the UK partner in the Monitoring Innovative Restructuring in Europe (MIRE) project, an ESF article 6 programme. This involved the establishment of both national and international networks of experts including more than 150 researchers, human resource managers, trade unionists, outplacement or redeployment experts and members of territorial bodies. The project organised thematic meetings in each of the five partner countries and aimed to exchange expertise at a transnational level, capitalising on innovations improving the management of the restructuring process. These actor workshops brought together the experts, and they were case-study based meetings lasting one to one and a half days, dedicated to exchanges on restructuring and innovation, allowing the project to benefit from the knowledge of highly experienced actors. Altogether 28 workshops were held, 12 national multi-actor workshops, 11 international multi-actor workshops, four international single actor workshops and one tripartite European workshop. This work led to seven transversal syntheses and the development of written recommendations.
The project website is http://www.mire-restructuring.eu/. Project findings were published in Gazier, B. and Bruggeman. F. (Eds) (2008) Restructuring, Work and Employment in Europe: Managing Change in an Era of Globalisation, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.