Labour Market Integration of People with a Migration Background in Germany: The Network Integration through Qualification (IQ)

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1 Labour Market Integration of People with a Migration Background in Germany: The Network Integration through Qualification (IQ) By Dr. Johnny Van Hove Entwicklungsgesellschaft für berufliche Bildung mbh (Agency for the Development of Professional Education, Germany) At the Seminar Russian-speaking Talents at Work in Finland? in Helsinki, Finland. 1

2 Refugee Country Germany: The Statistics 2 Source: Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), Aktuelle Zahlen zu Asyl (October 2017)

3 Refugee Country Germany: The Images 3

4 Immigration Country Germany Source: Federal Office for Statistics (Destatis), About 22% of the overall population has a migration background Second most important immigration country after the U.S. 1/3: from EU; 1/3 European from outside EU; 1/3 from outside Europe Approx. 1.2m persons with Russian background Low birth rates, Germany has one of the most unfavorable demographics in Europe 4

5 Labour Market Integration: Building on Existing Measures and Regulations Year Innovation 2000 Citizenship Law: Ios Soli, birthright citizenship 2000 Green Card Regulations: temporary visas for IT specialists 2005 Immigration Law: introduction of integration courses (language/orientation) 2007 Law on the Transposition of EU Directives: broadening of target groups for integration courses; tolerated persons may obtain work authorization 2012 Recognition Act: legal right to have one s (foreign) qualifications evaluated and recognized 2013 Employment Regulation: work authorization for non-eu citizens 2016 Integration Law: broadening/scaling up of integration courses; authorization of asylum seekers to finish VET (also those merely toleraterd ) 5

6 Legal framework for recognition of professional qualifications FEDERAL RECOGNITION ACT effective since 2012 applies to about 600 occupations under federal law Improvements: Legal entitlement to the procedure Uniform criteria and procedures In the event of missing/insufficient documentation: Qualification analysis FEDERAL STATE RECOGNITION LAWS Apply to occupations under federal state law (varying area of application) Aligned with the federal government's Recognition Act Source: Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB); 6

7 Federal Recognition Act: Recognition Procedure Source: Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS),

8 Identity Card of the Network IQ Date of birth: 2005 Initiator: Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Current Steering Partners: Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs as main donor, with co-financing by the European Social Fund (ESF) Federal Ministry of Education and Research and Federal Employment Agency as central strategic partners Federal Office for Migration and Refugees as granting authority Occupation: Improving the labour market integration of adult (over 25 years) migrants 8

9 Structure of the Network IQ in the phase regional networks with regional coordination offices Regional Networks consist of several subprojects that pursue the goals of the Network IQ at the local level There are about 400 subprojects 5 Competence Centers and 1 coordination project (federal level) Overall annual budget: 65 million (upscale by 19 million since 2016 due to refugees) About full time-employees

10 Regional Networks: Institutional Diversity (2016) 400 subprojects nationwide 10

11 Overarching goal and focus areas in the current phase ( ) Overarching goal of the Network IQ: Improving labour market integration of adults with foreign credentials Focus Area 1 Counselling on the recognition of foreign credentials and on job training (esp. bridge training) Focus Area 2 Bridge training in the context of the Recognition Act (in order to obtain a full recognition of foreign credentials) Focus Area 3 Development of intercultural competence for labour market stakeholders (including public employment agencies, small and medium enterprises etc.) 11

12 Performance Statistics: Counselling Russians from : (5,5% of overall counselling), of which have been counselled in their native tongue; Ukrainians: (3,8%). Russians from : (4,9% of overall counselling); Ukrainians: 954 (4,2%) 12

13 Performance Statistics: Training Schemes Russians from : 256 (4,9% of overall number of qualifications); Ukrainians: 214 (4,1%) 13

14 Performance Statistics: Qualitative Improvements Based on survey of about 800 people with migration background who obtained recognition, the following improvements could be measured: 11% increase of overall employment rate 25% increase of employment rate in profession of choice 40,2 % increase of gross monthly wages (equivalent of Euros increase/month) 15% increase of subjective job satisfaction Source: Interval/IWAK (2017): Endbericht Evaluation des Anerkennungsgesetzes 14

15 The Network IQ: Challenges in Terms of the Russian-Speaking Community The question of quantity The challenge of limited data on target group The potential limitations of a bottom-up approach in terms of innovation and change

16 Thank you for your attention! More information available at: Das Förderprogramm Integration durch Qualifizierung (IQ) wird durch das Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales und den Europäischen Sozialfonds gefördert. In Kooperation mit: