Development Partnership QUINTA Germany

1. Development Partnership QUINTA Germany

2. EQUAL Development Partnership Werl / Soest Name of the geographical Development Partnership Werl / Soest Competence-Network forQualification, Integration andEmployment Werl / Soest „QUINTA“ (Thematic field 1A: Employability - (Re-) Integration to the labour-market) 1

3. EQUAL-DP QUINTA: Activities The DP-Activities – a Summary In a concerted action the DP wants to effectively improve the vocational training and labour-situation for disadvantaged groups on the labour-market (long-term unemployed, older unemployed persons, immigrants, disabled persons, socially disadvantaged persons etc.) in the Werl / Soest region. The main focus of the DP is on the disadvantaged young persons on the regional labour-market (school drop-outs, low-qualified young persons with social disadvantages etc.). To realize their goals the partners implement ten innovative model projects for the qualification of the target groups and for their sustainable integration into the labour-market. 2

4. EQUAL-DP QUINTA: Regional Problems Regional Problems in the Werl / Soest Area Rural structure and geographic expansion Depressing situation on the local job-market, high unemployment-rate In 2002/03 nearly 6 % of the pupils left school without a final certificate Above-average increase in juvenile delinquancy in the region Werl / Soest Overproportional percentage of migrants and their children as well as ethnic German immigrants, especially from Eastern European countries Especially the disadvantaged young people in the area with a low degree of school education are negatively affected The regional network of relevant players in the job-market sector is insufficient The educational and occupational ressources are not yet being fully exploited and are poorly coordinated There is no common strategy in favour of the disadvantaged groups in the area Werl / Soest 3

5. EQUAL-DP QUINTA: Objectives Selected Objectives of the DP QUINTA Integration of disadvantaged (young) persons into the job- and vocational-training-market in a targeted and tailored way Development of innovative qualification-concepts and flexible employment structures Matching of vocational education to the virtual demands of the regional companies Initiation and promotion of a dialogue between all parties involved Opening of the regional companies towards the disadvantaged target groups Derivation of activity-options for local politicians, companies and authorities Development of innovative modular joint training systems and cooperation models for vocational training and occupation Development of supporting structures for the in-company implementation of the new concepts Reduction of discrimination of disadvantaged groups at work and in the managment departments of local companies Implementation of empowerment strategies for the disadvantaged target groups 4

6. EQUAL-DP QUINTA: Strategic Partners Agentur für ArbeitSoest Agentur für ArbeitGeschäftsstelle Lippstadt Agentur für ArbeitGeschäftsstelle Werl Arbeit Hellweg Aktiv AHASoest AusländerbeiratStadt Werl BezirksregierungArnsberg Börde-BerufskollegSoest BürgermeisterStadt Soest BürgermeisterStadt Werl Gebhardt Stahl GmbH Werl GleichstellungsstelleKreis Soest GleichstellungsstelleStadt Werl GleichstellungsstelleGemeinde Wickede HandwerkskammerDortmund Hubertus-Schwartz-Berufskolleg, Soest IHKArnsberg Kinderzirkus PiccoliniWerl KreishandwerkerschaftHellweg, Soest KreisschulamtKreis Soest KreissozialamtKreis Soest LandratKreis Soest Lions ClubWerl ProRegio gGmbHSoest Rotary ClubWerl Stiftung Dialogder Generationen WirtschaftsringWerl e.V. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5

7. EQUAL-DP QUINTA: Project Details Project 1:Production- and Work-School • Kolping Bildungszentrum Werl • Target group: Severely disadvantaged young persons • Innovative qualification-model combines learning and working • Modular, flexible training-units • Intermediation of practical and theoretical knowledge • Modern workshops, training-classrooms and IT-technology • Certified qualification-modules in handicraft areas • Completion of compulsory education • Close reference to vocational practice • Training on the job • Management of product- and second-hand-market by participants 6

8. EQUAL-DP QUINTA: Project Details Project 2:Modular Network for Vocational Training • Berufsbildungszentrum Hellweg e.V., Soest • Target group: moderately disadvantaged young persons • Network-cooperation between educational institutions and regional companies • Exactly matched, optimized and supervised vocational training • Dynamic three-pillar-model • Pillar 1: Basic level, aptitude tests, Training at educational institutions • Pillar 2: Regular vocational training (in-company) • Pillar 3: Joint training system • Participant exchange within the three-pillar system on demand • Complementary system for vocational training 7

9. EQUAL-DP QUINTA: Project Details Project 3:In-Company Social Business Model • SEN – Soester Entwicklungsnetz e.V., Soest • Target group: Long-term unemployed persons, disabled persons, disadvantaged young persons etc. • Network-cooperation between educational institutions and regional companies • Social businesses as discrete in-company units • personell = disadvantaged groups on the regional labour-market • Supervised employment under real labour-market conditions • Long-term employment perspectives for disadvantaged persons with no no chance of employment on the first labour-market • Stepping stone into the first labour-market for capable participants 8

10. EQUAL-DP QUINTA: Project Details Project 4:Qualification Concept „Regenerative Energies“ • KonWerl Zentrum GmbH, Werl • Target group: Disadvantaged young persons and adults • Development of innovative qualification-modules „regenerative energies“ • Multiple stage qualification concept • QM1: Basic module for vocational preparation and schools • QM2: Vocational orientation in various occupational areas • QM3: Additional qualification for participants in regular vocational education • QM3 is also suitable for the qualification of persons who have interrupted their professional lives for a longer time • Supplemented by trainings on the job and practice workshops • Official certification of the qualification-modules is intended 9

11. EQUAL-DP QUINTA: Project Details Project 5:Scholastic Preparation for Immigrants • Institut für Technologie- und Wissenstransfer im Kreis Soest e.V., Soest • Target group: Future students of the University of Applied Sciences in Soest with an immigrant-background • Lectures and exercise courses prior to the regular engineering studies • Preparatory training of social competencies (teamworking ability etc.) • Reduction of the social inhibition thresholds of the participants • Optimized integration of the participants into the academic life • Adjusted didactics and exercises in technical terminology • Transfer of basic technical knowledge • Transfer of basic business-management knowledge 10

12. EQUAL-DP QUINTA: Project Details Project 6:Intergenerative Forum for Learning and Dialogue • InBIT gGmbH, Soest • Target group: disadvanteged young and older persons • Open offers of vocational training units • Innovative learning modules • Teacher = moderator • Intergenerative learning-groups (young and older unemployed persons) • Self-organized and self-managed learning • Promotion of intergenerative understanding and appreciation • Development of intergenerative solidarity • Mutual transfer of specific generational knowledge • Relevant issues: IT, soft skills, ethics, empowerment etc. 11

13. EQUAL-DP QUINTA: Project Details Project 7:Experience-Project for Employers • Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsförderung Soest mbH • Target group: Entrepreneurs, employers and managers from small and medium size regional companies • Acquisition of potencial employers and instructors for the DP-projects • Information-events for regional employers about disadvantaged groups on the labour-market • Sensitization of employers about the needs and problems of the disadvantaged target groups • At the same time information about the competencies and potentials of the disadvantaged target groups • Collective experience-projects to become acquainted with each other • Development of corporate strategies and perspectives for the sustainable integration of disadvantaged persons into the labour-market 12

14. EQUAL-DP QUINTA: Project Details Project 8: Psycho-Social Case Management • Kolping Bildungszentrum Werl • Target group: Participants from the DP-projects • Professional social and psychological care, attendance and supervision of the participants • Assitance and encouragement for the participants in times of crisis or conflict • Safeguarding for the continuity of the participants within their projects • Professional case-management with preventive and curative measures • Regular information-events and discussion-circles • Implementation of empowerment-strategies for the participants 13

15. EQUAL-DP QUINTA: Project Details Project 9:Network-Oriented Participant Management • Kolping Berufliche Bildung GmbH, Werl • Target group: Participants from the DP-projects • Matched, efficient and sustainable placement of the participants into the labour-market • Experience and expertise of the project-partner in this professional field • Profound knwoledge of the project-partner concerning the potentials and competencies, but also of the deficiencies of the target groups • Close cooperation with the regional employment-agencies • Access to severeal hundred companies that are open to the problematic situation of the target groups • General management of the participants within the DP-projects (Database) 14

16. EQUAL-DP QUINTA: Project Details Project 10:Didactic-Strategic Expert Monitoring • University of Erfurt, Erziehungswissenschaftliche Fakultät • Target group: Staff members from the DP-projects, interested public • Research- and development-experts from various professional backgrounds (general vocational education, vocational education for disadvantaged persons, psychology of learning) • Professional foundation of the DP • General strategic and paedagogic concept for the projects and the DP as a whole • Promotion of a systematic and sustainable implementation of the projects • Theoretical, didactical and methodical link for all projects • Implementation of the competence-approach within the projects • Workshops, seminars and consulting • Monitoring- and evaluation-tasks 15