One Idea, Seven Organizations, Two Priorities
The project: "Education and Employment International"
The Idea
In order to successfully combat racism we have to provide opportunities
for immigrants and non-immigrants to meet each other. The tearing down
of racism and xenophobia can not be ordered by law but rather takes
place step by step within the everyday working world. Throughout this
process all participants will be assisted and supported through suitable
services. By integrating seekers of political asylum and Jewish
immigrants into structures of vocational and professional development as
well as into the labor market we contribute to the retainment and
development of their competencies and skills in order to open up career
perspectives. This will enable them with nothing less than the
opportunity to earn their own living independently.
Seven Organizations
In order to implement this idea seven cooperation partners from Erfurt
(Thuringia) and Schwabach (Bavaria) have joined forces to initiate the
project "Arbeit und Bildung International" (Education and Employment
International). Using their different sets of competencies and expertise
they work towards the joint goal of providing access to vocational and
professional development and to the labor market for asylum seekers and
Jewish immigrants. In order to achieve this goal, educational
institutes, support groups for immigrants and trade union based
organizations are working together. (for contact see overleaf)
Two Priorities
1| Juvenile and adult refugees with insecure residence status who are
excluded from governmental schemes of general quali.cation and
vocational and professional development, as well as Jewish immigrants,
will be offered German language courses, vocational and professional
orientation and development courses. In addition, possibilities for the
of.cial recognition of the quali.- cations they have already earned will
be examined. Our goal is a regularized integration of these population
groups into the labor market.
2| Based on the conviction, that successful integration is a mutual
process, we will increase intercultural competence and convey background
information concerning the complex and multi-facetted life situations of
migrants. Various target groups will be addressed by means of speci.c
educational programs: staff members of the participating institutions
such as .rms, governmental or municipal agencies, and educational
institutes. At the same time we will provide educational support for
those who are engaged with migrants, whether as volunteers or as part of
their professional duties. Finally, the broader public shall be informed
about the living and working conditions of asylum seekers and Jewish
immigrants as well as the goals, scope and services offered through the
project, in order to break down the scourge of xenophobia and prejudice
