January, 28, 2010, Rome

1. Staples conference Changemaker Passport January, 28, 2010, Rome

2. Content About iq consult Reports & certificates Our experiences Changemaker Passport

3. About iq consult • 15 years experience in providing start-up advice and developing best practice initiatives, especially for disadvantaged groups • Awarded projects include:

4. Reports & certificates • School reports • Attest knowledge in certain subjects (e.g. foreign languages, maths) • Letters of reference • Attest skills in certain work fields and partly also social skills • But • They reflect only a limited part of all skills and competencies • In some countries, negative remarks are prohibited (e.g. in Germany) • References for internships are often extremely positive due to the special circumstances of the employment (no or little salary ...)

5. Reports & certificates • In order to perform sucessfully in the global economy, companies and employees need to develop further competencies than only expertise on a certain subject. • Required competences are e.g.: mobility, intercultural skills, adaptability • Certificate of competence • Attests problem solving skills • Gives information on the motivation and willingness to solve problems under various circumstances successfully and responsibly

6. Our experiences: Qualification passport • Initial situation • German model experiment: Modular qualification programme responding to individual needs for catching up professional education • Target group: young, socially disadvantaged people under 25, mostly without any graduation • Challenge • Optimizing the qualification offers in a short time period

7. Our experiences: Qualification passport • Outcome • Compilation and approval of achieved competences (formal and informal professional and educational experiences) • Check-up via personal interviews and examination • Developing an individual qualification schedule, regarding professional subjects and methods as base for a target agreement • Qualification passport aiming to • document experiences and educational processes for employers • Motivate, guide and inform the participants • Work as controlling instrument for teachers • Disadvantage • Only professional skills are documented

8. Our experiences: enterprise passport • Initial situation • German pilot project: Developing integrated start-up support for young people under 27 • Challenge • Optimizing start-up support responding to the needs of young people • Outcome • Analysing competences corresponding to someone´s aptitude as entrepreneur and to the business idea • Identification of the individual need for support and qualification in order to shape the entrepreneurial and professional skills • Developing an individual qualification schedule including target agreements • Documentation of qualification steps by the institutions involved

9. Our experiences: enterprise passport • The enterprise passport aims to • guide business starters • work as controlling instrument for advisors • inform partners (banks, business development departments etc.) • The enterprise passport was awarded as “Best Practice” by the EU

10. Changemaker Passport • Initial situation • Facing global challenges, more and more young people seek to work in a responsible position in the social sector • Social companies require (especially leading) staff with sophisticated social and communicative skills, problem solving skills, empathy and the ability to integrate • School reports and letters of references provide little information on social and personal competencies • Challenge • Defining competencies that are crucial for working in the social sector • Identifying fields of work and qualification in which those competencies can be achieved

11. Changemaker Passport • Outcome • Analysing fields of activity and requirements for leading staff in the social sector • Defining areas of competencies • Providing information on possible fields of work within the social sector • The Changemaker Passport aims to • Guide young people seeking to work in the social sector • Appreciate their social commitment • Help social entrepreneurs to find the right staff

12. Thank you very much for your attention! Norbert Kunz iq consult gmbh Muskauer Straße 24 10997 Berlin kunz@iq-consult.com www.iq-consult.com