Working alliance young people and employment

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1 European Social Services Conference Dublin, June 2013 Central Dr. Markus office, Schmitz, SP II General Manager Product Development Basic Benefits Working alliance young people and employment Working alliance young people and employment Page 2 1

2 Topics for interactive exchange 1. The situation of young people entering the labour market differs a lot within the European Union: While Germany and some other countries are increasingly affected by the lack of skilled workers against the background of the demographic development, other EU member states are faced with the challenges of increasing youth unemployment. Which strategies do you use to meet the challenges of professional and social integration of young people in your country? Which approaches of the presented Working alliances young people and employment" or the Hamburg youth can you use to improve the opportunities for development and employment on the labour market of young people in your country? 2. Professional and social integration of young people is an important common task in all EU member states. Which of your country's social partners are involved in this task? Which should be included to a greater extent? What could joint solutions of politics, labour administration, social partners and economy look like? 3. "Perspective 2020 : The situation of young people at the transition from school to employment improved sustainably, since we were able to achieve the following in our country (brainstorming for further development of the integration work) Working alliance young people and employment Page 3 Working alliance young people and employment Page 4 2

3 Initial situation and objective INITIAL SITUATION Three social benefit institutions are responsible for taking care of young people at the interfaces of books II, III, VIII and IX of the German Social Welfare Code (SGB):, basic benefit institution and youth welfare service organisation Challenges: Different legal logics Little knowledge and coordination of interactive processes and measures Double assistance or assistance gaps Conceptional organisation requirement: Reviewing authorities criticise lack of coordination between the institutions involved and unequal treatment of young people OBJECTIVES Proactive co-creation of network structures Contribution to creating transparency at the transition from school to employment and indirectly to decreasing youth unemployment through coordinated actions holistic and interconnected care local combination of core institutions, if necessary BUT: no "new programme"/constructive organisation of the applicable legal framework Working alliance young people and employment Page 5 Fields of action of local cooperation within the alliance "Working alliance young people and employment" Transparency Exchange of information Harmonised processes and measures One-stop government Tools and facilities for supra-institutional information on requirements; measures and offers as basis for joint planning of assistance Identification of the relevant information at all institutions and agreement on suprainstitutional data collection and transfer in accordance with data protection legislation Joint coordination of the integration and assistance process offers; development of tools for the improved cooperation at the strategic and concrete case level Merger of various information and service offers of public administration under one roof or on a joint platform Cooperation agreement Federal Employment Agency, basic benefit institution, municipality, youth welfare service organisation Working alliance young people and employment Page 6 3

4 Alternative project approach Basic ideas Development from the roots Modules to be locally adapted instead of a centralised concept No pilot phase Voluntary participation No roll-out 1 Stage 1 (2010): Identification of best practice approaches at six "showcase locations" Moderation and content-related support by central office Stage 2 (2011): Transfer and further development in a total of 20 urban and rural regions Working alliance young people and employment Page 7 2 Moderation and content-related support by central office and regional directorates 3 Stage 3 (2012): Establishment of as much "working alliances" as possible on voluntary basis Active, decentralised organisation; support by regional directorates TOP 10 success factors 1. Readiness for leadership of all three local partners 2. Action-oriented inclusion of the decision-relevant bodies 3. Common understanding of transparency and common readiness to create it 4. Written cooperation agreement as a strategic framework 5. Quantitative and qualitative target agreement 6. Common implementation / measure plans to substantiate the joint actions 7. Common and regular objective tracking and/or evaluation in order to keep track of the target agreement 8. Active inclusion of the labour level and the specific interface agreements borne by it for smooth processes and co-productions 9. Careful expansion of alliance partnerships 10. Think local Working alliance young people and employment Page 8 4

5 Examples of successful cooperation Location since 2010 since 2011 Düsseldorf: Transparency: Common labour market programme Darmstadt: Processes and measures: Target agreement across all legal spheres: Reduction of youth unemployment Reduction of the number of students without lower secondary school leaving certificate Bielefeld Dortmund Düsseldorf Bremen Rhine Lahn district Kassel Rhine Darmstadt Hunsrück district Freiburg im Breisgau Hamburg Nienburg Salzgitter Wittenberg Kyffhäuser district Saalfeld- Rudolstadt Nuremberg Augsburg Teltow-Fläming Regensburg Chemnitz Hamburg: One-stop government: Youth employment agencies Augsburg: Exchange of information: Testing and operating secure transmission Working alliance young people and employment Page 9 Working alliance young people and employment Page 10 5

6 Motivation for the institutions to intensify cooperation in Hamburg (one of 16 federal states in Germany) Follow-up status of the approx. 8,000 school leavers who left a general-education school in 2010 without, with a lower secondary school leaving certificate or with an intermediate secondary school leaving certificate: Other: 5 % Vocational training: 21 % 6 % school-based training, 15 % dual vocational training Unknown subsequent activity: 30 % (e.g. civil service or healthcare training, community service, left Hamburg, etc.) Transitional system: 44 % school-based vocational preparation or partially-qualifying vocational school Working alliance young people and employment Page 11 Two years later: follow-up status of only 1 % of school leavers unknown Follow-up status of the approx. 5,307 school leavers who left a general-education school in 2012 without, with a lower secondary school leaving certificate or with an intermediate secondary school leaving certificate: Partially-qualifying vocational school: 23 % Professional qualification: 3 % Unknown subsequent activity: 1 % No longer required to attend school: 9 %, guidance offer by the youth Community service / federal volunteer service / German Federal Armed Forces: 2.5 % Off-the-job vocational training: 0.5 % Vocational training: 21 % 4 % school-based training 17 % dual vocational training Vocational training preparation: 40 % Working alliance young people and employment Page 12 6

7 Objectives of the youth "A chance for vocational training or studies for everyone!" "No one can get lost!" (government programme of the Hamburg senate) Cross-institutional data collection (= transparency) and proactively addressing all young people without vocational training Systematic vocational orientation as of form 8 (school interface) Reducing and avoiding youth unemployment (in Jan %) Obligatory transition assistance until follow-up activity is secured Only one counselling institution for young people ("one-stop-government") under one roof Reducing waiting loops Decreasing the number of "lost" persons by outreaching counselling using existing instruments Systematic, obligatory and continuous interconnection of all participating actors Working alliance young people and employment Page 13 First experiences and successes Locality by short distances for young people; regional locations in all districts in Hamburg Clear interfaces between the participating institutions Holistic treatment of young people in case conferences Mutual exchange opens up new aspects and perspectives for young people Fast and qualified assistance in special situations: debts, drug abuse, apartment, childcare... Great commitment of the employees in the day-to-day-business can be observed Positive external response, also from young people Working alliance young people and employment Page 14 7

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9 Topics for interactive exchange Work group 1: Which strategies do you use to meet the challenges of professional and social integration of young people in your country? Which approaches of the presented Working alliances young people and employment" or the Hamburg youth can you use to improve the opportunities for development and employment on the labour market of young people in your country? Work group 2: Which of your country's social partners are involved in this task? Which should be included to a greater extent? What could joint solutions of politics, labour administration, social partners and economy look like? Work group 3: "Perspective 2020": The situation of young people at the transition from school to employment improved noticeably, since we were able to achieve the following in our country (brainstorming for further development of the integration work) Working alliance young people and employment Page 17 Working alliance young people and employment Page 18 9