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Panel 2. Vocational Training and Labour Integration. Conceptual Framework Situation of the Asylum Seekers. The labour integration is the basis for the social integration in host country The employment of the Asylum Seeker can be increased through vocational training

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  1. Panel 2 Vocational Training and Labour Integration

  2. Conceptual FrameworkSituation of the Asylum Seekers • The labour integration is the basis for the social integration in host country • The employment of the Asylum Seeker can be increased through vocational training • Preconditions: language proficiency and labour market knowledge • It is necessary to keep and increase the abilities and competencies of the Asylum Seeker

  3. Conceptual FrameworkAccess to Training and Employment • Differences among the European Governments regarding the access to education, training and employment of the Asylum Seeker • Differences between the social and labour integrationprogrammes and the national and European regulations concerning Asylum Seekers and immigration • There is no correlation between the present and future situation of the Asylum Seeker and the objectives of EQUAL • It is necessary to discuss the above-mentioned and draw conclusions and proposals towards the national politics

  4. Scope of Practice in the 5 DP’s • All he DP’s have developed projects that encourage the labour integration • JobShop and ENEAS plan their programmes according to the real possibilities of employment • BTW offers resources with neutral options (useful for both, returning and stay) • SEPA and HIT prepare the Asylum Seeker for both, the European labourmarket and the return

  5. DP SEPA, GermanyMr. R. Hans • Results: • About 250 Asylum Seekers followed a training program • 70 internships in firms (“practical”) could be carried out as the second best solution for working experience • Employers are satisfied with the work performance of Asylum Seekers during internships • Problems: • High administrative barriers blocking the German labour market against Asylum Seekers • Employers are not content with possibilities to hire Asylum Seekers • High drop-out rate

  6. DP Back to Work, NLMr. H. Brouwer • Results: • 163 Asylum Seekers have taken vocational training courses • Asylum Seekers keep closer to the labour market • Social activation • Problems: • Asylum Seekers skills decreases because they do not have access to jobs • Dutch language acquisition (main reason for dropping out)

  7. DP HIT, NetherlandsMr. F. Bastiaens • Results: • 450 Asylum Seekersstarted a vocational training course • 225 Asylum Seekers did internship: good opportunity for further labour integration • More than 50% of employers taking an Asylum Seeker for an internship want to repeat • Problems: • Drop-out-rate: 120 Asylum Seekers left prematurely the course • Very limited possibilities to work: 12 weeks per 12 months • Language: Dilemma of how far to go (Stay / Return) • Link to home countries

  8. DP JobShop, AustriaMs. M. Weinberger • Objectives: • Language proficiency and vocational training • Integration into Tyrolean job market • Results: • Few drop-outs in complete training • Labour integration: ~30% despite difficulties obtaining a work permit • Good practise: • Special methods anddidactic approaches for Asylum Seekers • Training for entering the job-market • Specific language training (workplace terminology) • Problems: • No work permits except for jobs in tourism and agriculture • New EU members as competitors • Insufficient language skills in vocational training courses

  9. DP ENEAS, SpainMrs. Mª Fuencisla Rodriguez Martin • Objectives: • Capacity building and re-training in the host country • Raising the possibilities and the quality of employment • Contributing to the psychosocial welfareand integration in the host country • ENEAS-Equal DP members work for the same objectives: Networking, Derivation system, Resources use • Activities: • Individual itinerary of insertion or individual program, active, flexible and tailor-made

  10. DP ENEAS, SpainMrs. Mª Fuencisla Rodriguez Martin • Results: • Near 700 Asylum Seekersgot a labour contract (210 women/ 484 men) - 40% of contracts are directly related to the received vocational training • More than 2.000 Asylum Seekersfollowed an individual itinerary of insertion • Few drop-outs: Most of them because they found a job • People from Spanish speaking countries integrated easier and faster - people from Sub-Saharan countries take a period of time • Problems: • Legal and administrative conditions of Asylum Seekers • Qualifications recognition

  11. Comparative Table Access to Vocational Training and Employment

  12. General Conclusions • Different projects have tried successfully different approaches and techniques to achieve Asylum Seekers integration in spite of national regulations • There are enormous differences between the legal systems in the EU-Member States • EQUAL is designed as a field-laboratory, but the EQUAL-projectsare not allowed to leave the juridical system for a defined time and defined persons, which is pre-condition for testing • The perspective of the asylum seeker has a double difficulty: prepare for potential participation in the European labourmarket or an unknown labour market in the country of origin

  13. Political Conclusions • Integration is less dependent on the capacities of Asylum Seekers, than on the barriers of Governments • Harmonisation of European legislation should be speeded up • The time-span between asylum application and final decision should be shortened • For the time being, all measures which give access to the world of leaning and working should be promoted • To establish sustainable solutions for the Asylum Seekers once they have left this situation • Countries of origin need special employment promotion programmes embedded in development assistance

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