1. TOP 6 Migration Germany Part of the Länder
ESF Committee
12. October 2016
G.C. Moser

2. Migration Accomodation and provisions
Länder responsible for:
Admission, accommodation, provisions and granting of benefits to asylum seekers as well as other persons entitled to benefits under the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act
Establishment of asylum seekers‘ facilities
Municipalities responsible for:
Follow-up accomodation, partly Länder

3. Migration - Costs Bund: for supply till 2020: Länder:
Annual costs from around € billion EUR will increase Assumption: 2016: 600,000 refugees, 2017: 400,000, in the following years 300,000.
55% of recognized refugees are expected to work after five years.
Länder:
2016 around € billion EUR. By 2020 increase expected

4. Migration - Coherence of actions
Initial situation:
Germany is a federal state
Division of tasks between Federal Government (Bund) and Länder
regulated by constitution
coherence required by ESF
Content:
No double financing
Synergy and complementing the actions positive
The federal government and all the Länder are involved in:
ESF programmes and
national programmes.

5. Migration - ESF in the Länder
2014/20 ESF funds for Germany Billion €
ESF between Bund and Länder : 54 %
No Land has changed its ESF program because of the refugee crisis
ESF OP are flexible
Länder use all ESF priorities for integration
Some actions are specific to the refugees
However mostly open for all groups

6. Migration Integration by ESF Bund and Länder
ESF results:
ESF requires coherence between the federal and Länder programmes
The delimitation and supplementation of the programs are positive negotiated
In matters of refugees, all countries use all the priorities of the ESF

7. ESF Actions - Examples
Promoting sustainable and high-quality employment:
Focus on the integration of young people
Long-term integration of young people into the labor market
Module-based training of unaccompanied young refugees
Equality between women and men
Access to employment and labour mobility
Assisted training for young refugees
Coordination centers for training, mediation, networking
Disadvantaged young people in transition from school to work
Specialist for intercultural social work with refugees
Professional orientation and professional training

8. ESF Actions - Examples
B) Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty
Improving the employability of adult and youth refugees and asylum seekers
Qualification and professional entry for Sinti and Roma
Integration of migrants in the labour market beyond traditional gender stereotypes
Service points for labor market integration of immigrants and asylum seekers
Low-threshold contact points
Professional qualification and social assistance
Complementary professional language courses

9. Migration - Integration
C) Investing in education
Main focus: Preventing early school-leaving:
for young refugees / pupils:
practice classes,
professional integration year,
full-day transitional classes German courses for young refugees
high quality early education
integration in kindergarten / early childhood
School & pupil mentoring

10. Integration by National Actions
The Länder have plenty of only national actions,
examples:
Apprenticeship Scout for refugees
Job tutors
additional Recognition advisory bodies
"STRONG MOTHERS - STRONG CHILDREN”
Intercultural encounter
Economy integrates refugees
Social counselling service for migrants
language courses, language courses, language courses, language courses
Training of teachers, assistants, refugees mentors
Support for the rural districts and towns in municipal integration work, integration, participation and social cohesion
Promoting integration by municipalities
Promoting the institutional capacity of municipalities to integrate

11. Integration - Summary Lessons to learn: ESF non dispensable
ESF can complement
ESF can invest in the EU 2020 strategy
National actions of the Länder are aligned more flexibly and precisely to regional and local conditions
National actions exceed ESF actions on funding and volume
Are faster and easier to organize
Urgent Action:
ESF should be simplified by post 2020

12. Thank you very much for your attention!