“The Challenge Abroad” IdA Goettingen “The Challenge Abroad” “Tackling youth unemployment in Europe: Building a better future for young people” ESF Conference 14.11.2013 by Inga Ostendarp

IdA – Integration through exchange Transnational program (Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the European Social Fund) Aim: Integration on the labour market (work/apprenticeship) resp. increasing of employability How? upgrading the professional qualifications, language and social skills support of mobility vocational orientation resp. reorientation

IdA Göttingen Lead-partner: City of Göttingen Cooperating with Beschäftigungsförderung Göttingen kAöR Bupnet GmbH

“The Challenge Abroad”– target group Young disadvantaged people between 18 and 35 years old who are searching for a job or an apprenticeship or who are seeking for vocational orientation.

Transnational Partners Opportunities Aid Foundation (Malta) Mission Locale in Rouen (France) Sociedad de Desarrollo in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain)

Before participation At least one personal meeting: To inform To learn about the participants history To speak about anxieties and concerns

IdA – preparation phase language course regional studies, vocational orientation, application practice intercultural-, communication- and conflict training teambuilding activities

IdA – the stay abroad 6 – 7 weeks abroad plus possible extension up to 6 months first week language course, afterwards placement with accompanying language course

IdA – follow-up phase reflection of the personal and vocational experiences made application training documentation (homepage, photo exhibition) final report individual follow-up care

Outcomes and successes Easy to measure: work experience abroad vocational (re-)orientation improvement of language skills

Outcomes and successes Harder to measure… … the social competences self-reliance and confidence independence and personal responsibility energy and motivation to work on the own future mobility and flexibility recognise the own individual possibilities and chances psychosocial stabilisation

Statistics IdA I About 200 participants in 20 groups 41% female, 59% male approx. 40% with a migration background over 50% extended their 6-week stay abroad for 4 to 20 weeks

Statistics IdA I (January 2013)

Examples for integration

What else? 2011: IdA II project “Experience counts!” Since 2013 new target group: pupils from the last school year from special and lower secondary schools 2012 -2013 Leonardo da Vinci project IMAGINA (Spanish partner) 3 groups to Göttingen 2013: “IdA” project on Canary Island 30 young disadvantaged people 3 month placement in Göttingen similar model as our projects

For further information visit www.ida-goettingen.de or www.ida.de