Social Innovation and Transnational Cooperation Conference
24 April 2015, Warsaw
The German national programme
‘IdA – Integration through Exchange’
Supporting youth mobility in Europe under the ESF
Bettina Reuter
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Germany
Context
Long history of transnational mobility measures in EU
but only few examples of transnational mobility
measures for the target group ‘disadvantaged youth
and young adults’.
The German IdA programme 2007-2014
Based on this situation: Set up of a programme for
transnational mobility measures for target group in the
ESF funding period 2007-2013 in Germany:
IdA - “Integration through exchange “
IdA 2007-2014: Objective
=> To improve the chances for disadvantaged
people on the labour market through traineeships in
other EU countries
“The participants for the IdA programme have no deficits but capabilities
which are not used to their full potential”.
Municipal job centre in Hamm, Germany
IdA 2007-2014: Target groups
•
Youth with no school-leaving qualification (e.g. school dropouts)
•
Youth with no trainee placement
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Youth who have completed school-based vocational training
•
Training drop-outs
•
Young single mothers
•
People with disabilities, including elderly unemployed
Two Calls
1st Call: 10/2008
disadvantaged youth and young
adults
2nd
2nd Call:
Call: 09/2010
09/2010
people with disabilities
IdA 2007-2014: Key Results
•
114 project networks in Germany
•
290 host organisations in other European
countries
•
18.000 programme participants
•
65% of young people in education,
employment or further training after six
months
•
average age of participants 23,5 years
•
76% of particiants experienced spells of
unemployment (average duration of 12
months)
•
40% have lower secondary education or
less
IdA 2007-2014: Key Results
Increase of..
 personal competence:
self-motivation, independence, self-esteem, self-confidence
 social competence:
ability to deal with conflicts and capacity for teamwork
 opportunities on the labour-market:
openness towards mobility, practical professional experience
 active labour-market action:
flexibility, own initiative on job applications
IdA 2007-2014: Transnational Partners (290 host organisations)
IdA 2007-2014: General Programme Requirements
• Cooperation between different actors in regional project networks
(cooperation agreement)
• Dual competence of actors (target group and transnational
collaboration)
• Jobcentres / public employment agencies are active partners in
all regional project networks
• Transfer allowances are continued to be paid
• Transnational project has to be an integral part of the local or
regional labour-market integration policy of job centres / public
employment agencies
IdA 2007-2014: Project cycle
Recruitment
of participants
Selection
of participants
Using experience in
foreign country for
integration strategy
During all project phases:
Subsequent
support
of participants
Cooperation in
regional project
network
Network and exchange with job
centre/ public employment agency
Network and exchange with partner
organisations abroad
Follow-on
of participants
Exchange
experience
during stay
abroad
Preparation
of participants
Duration of traineeship
abroad: 1 to 6 months
average 7 weeks, longest stay
up to17 weeks
IdA 2007-2014: Key Management Aspects
•
Selection and preparation of participants
• Pedagogical support for participants during and after the stay
abroad
• Management of interfaces between actors during the integration
process (collaboration between project operators, job centres /
public employment agencies and enterprises)
• Reliability of transnational relations
Report on lessons learned available at www.ida.de
Successful Transnational Cooperation: Key Elements
•
Getting to know each other (organisation, aims and objectives, target
group/s, etc.)
•
Developing an atmosphere of trust as a basis for the partnership
•
Clarifying expectations with regard to IdA (aims and objectives of the mobility
programme, expectations of each partner, competences, etc.
•
Developing a common view about the stay abroad/the project
•
Clarifying the way of working together and steering of the process, e.g.
working language, communication process, number of working meetings,
measures for conflict resolution, delivery requirements, etc.
•
Clarifying task and responsibilities of each partner – involvement of staff
and responsibilities shall be made transparent
•
Meetings face-to face
Transnational Mobility in Germany as part of the ESF 2014-2020
=> Continuation of IdA as a national ESF programme in the context of the
Federal ESF Integration Guideline‘ (under thematic focus of ‚transnational
collaboration‘)
designed on the basis of the
TLN Mobility Coordinated Call on
‚Transnational Mobility Measures for
Disadvantaged Youth and Young Adults‘
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IdA 2014-2020: Key Elements
•
Regional cooperation networks: active involvement of enterprises and job
centres / public employment agencies; regional focus.
•
Target group: 18-35 year-olds
•
Stay abroad of two- to six-month (work-related learning experience in an
enterprise)
•
Minimum group size: 8
•
Preparation and follow-up / pedagogical support for participants before, during
and after the stay abroad
•
Cooperation with a partner from at least one other EU Member State
•
Reimbursement of participant-related costs for mobility and the organisational
services of the partner organisation
•
Hosting of youngsters from abroad (costs for hosting will be covered by sending
organisation in the partner country)
•
Cooperation as part of ‚TLN Mobility – Learning Network on Transnational
Mobility Measures for Disadvantaged Youth and Young Adults‘
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TLN MOBILITY AS AN ESF LEARNING NETWORK
• Partners from 15 Member States and Regions
• funded by EU COM/DG EMPL (200.000€) and national and regional
budgets
• Commitment of all partners to realise transnational mobility measures in
the ESF 2014-2020 funding period
TASK
• Kick off in February 2013
Coordinated Call as a voluntary coordinated transnational
framework for national and regional ESF action on youth mobility
to:
- foster high QUALITY of transnational mobility projects
- provide a coordinated framework for transnational
collaboration on the level of PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT
TLN Mobility: Results – Coordinated Call and Manual of Guidance
COORDINATED CALL (CC)
A: INTRODUCTION
B: CONTENT
1.
Objectives of mobility
programmes
2.
Target Group
3.
Programme cycle
4.
Project structure and project
management
5.
Implementation structures
6.
Eligibility of costs
C: ANNEX
TLN Mobility: Manual of Guidance
Manual of Guidance
• 50-page support document
for the planning of the
implementation of the CC
• Provides background information and further
guidance on CC minimum requirements
• Contains additional recommended criteria
• Includes case studies and examples of
approaches from previous mobility initiatives
TLN Mobility: Implementing the Coordinated Call
Launch of national and regional calls within TLN Mobility
MS/Regions so far…
• Calls have been launched in Galicia, Germany, Poland, Sweden
and Trento
• Further calls foreseen for 2015: Provence Alpes Cote d‘Azur,
Andalusia, Basque Country, Catalonia, Czech Republic, Italy,
Ireland
• Total ESF/YEI budget allocated so far for transnational mobility
for NEETs in the 2014-2020 ESF funding period in TLN Mobility
Member States and regions: approx. 120 Mio EUR
TLN Mobility: Support Tools and Continuation
Support Tools for Managing Authorities during the national/regional call
development & implementation stage
• Peer learning on drafting regional/national calls based on CC through bilateral meetings
• Set-up of partner search database
• Organisation of partner search/transnational partnership prepation activities for project
operators
• Toolkit with templates and technical guidance on drafting regional/national calls
• Website www.tln-mobility.eu
Continuation of TLN Mobility…
• Duration of EU grant agreement until February 2015
• Continuation of work programme incl. regular network meetings and partner search
activities with national/regional resources
• Link to EU Common Framework
Thank you very much for your attention!
www.ida.de
www.tln-mobility.eu