The aim of the study and the transfer workshops is to identify requirements for action and perspectives for the further development of sustainable, modern and cooperative regional policies, by taking into account the commitment of enterprises for their sites and the whole production environment. The general frameworks and case studies from France and Germany are analyzed in this study in a comparative way.

The quintessence of the analyze deals with the question of how to develop, in the cases of large restructurings or closings of sites (like the examples of BenQ in Kamp-Lintford and Nokia in Bochum showed in the recent past), measures (financial resources, human resources, projects) for the creation of alternative jobs can be managed through sponsorship of the concerned enterprises. For the affected region and the employees, a sustainable perspective beyond the usual “golden handshake” has to be developed. Instead of negotiated packages of measures like the balance of interests or the arrangement of social compensation plans, provisions for the economical revitalization could be realized. This has already been done in cases in France.

Based on these findings, it will be possible to identify and discuss requirements for actions, transfer possibilities, potential interfaces and interconnections with other regions, branches, sectors and actors.

The project network is made up of six companies and stands for research, process monitoring and documentation of best practice in the field of participation-oriented creation and innovation. Four of the involved companies are coached by PCG - PROJECT CONSULT GmbH.

As a result it can be concluded that active regional economy and employment trends, the strengthening of the future perspectives of regional positioned sites and the formation of competences of the employees as well as of theirs representatives are extremely important elements of an areal modernization policy, which is innovative and social responsibly.

For this reason the works council and personnel board representatives should be enabled to participate more in the matter of labor market policies of the region. As project executing organization PCG - PROJECT CONSULT GmbH is the significant initiator in the design of this intersectoral network.

The main topic of this project was geared to the current challenges of GME, such as the site selection process for new global vehicle platforms. Sites et. al. from Germany, Spain, Poland, Austria, France and Hungary strived towards the common development of a strategy, which tries to avoid further sites closings, sharing the production volumes in a fair way and the establishment of common social minimum standards in all sites.