There is a need for labor for gigantic infrastructure projects. Lots of labor. And to ease the process of finding it, the municipalities of Lolland and Guldborgsund have jointly established the Fehmarn Agency, an advanced job center in Rødbyhavn.
The Fehmarn Agency has been so successful in finding idle hands for idle jobs on the Fehmarn project that the Bornholm Regional Municipality now wants to set up Bornholm Agency. And the people of Bornholm make no secret of where the inspiration comes from:
Demand from Energy Island Bornholm
With the prospect of the Energy Island Bornholm, the business community is already seeking hands-on help to fill positions, retrain, and prepare for the increasing demand for skilled labor and services. Based on experiences from the Fehmarn Agency, the Business Service under the Center for Job, Education, and Recruitment will launch an initiative that can provide hands-on support to Bornholm and non-local companies and employees to get the help they need. This initiative is called Bornholm Agency, according to the Bornholm Regional Municipality.
A job is worth 175,000 kroner
The background for this initiative is that the Bornholm Regional Municipality has done some calculations and concluded that there could be financial benefits in helping local workplaces along:
On average, getting someone working on a relevant project to settle on Bornholm generates an income for the Bornholm Regional Municipality of 175,000 kroner in tax revenue. The figure would be higher if we are talking about families with children, writes the regional municipality in its proposal.
Co-financing from STAR
The Fehmarn Agency is a collaboration between the two municipalities on the South Sea Islands and the Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment (STAR). Bornholm also hopes that funding for the project will eventually come from outside the island:
In the long term, the administration expects that co-financing to operate the Bornholm Agency can be found from the Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment, as is also the case for the Fehmarn Agency, writes the Bornholm Regional Municipality.
