2. waff – Vienna Employment Promotion Fund
is a public fund of the City of Vienna, backed by the City of
Vienna, interest groups representatives of employees and
employers, Public Employment Service
was founded in 1995 in order to implement communal labor
market policy
is subsidized by the City of Vienna (annual endowments)
is partner (and coordinator) of the Territorial Employment
Pact of Vienna and cooperates with actors of labour-market-,
economic-, social- and education-policy
2014: has a budget of € 53,8 Mio. Shared between 25.500 clients
(women share: clients 59%, budget 45%)
3. waff – Vienna Employment Promotion Fund
The waff is a fund with 3 bodies
presidency
board of trustees
consisting of representatives of the political parties of the
Vienna City Council, Social Partners, the Public Employment
Service - Vienna (AMS) and the Vienna City Council
executive board
consisting of representatives of the Austrian Trade Unions, the
Vienna City Council, the Chamber of Labour of Vienna, the
Economic Chamber of Vienna, the Federation of Industry
Vienna and the Public Employment Service Vienna (PES or
AMS)
4. Some figures about Vienna
•Area: 415 km²
•23 districts
•Urban population: 1,74 Mil. inhabitants
•Foreign citizens: 23,0%
•Population growth 2003-2013: +9,3%
•(Austria: +4,3%)
•2013:
•Employed persons: ~ 791.000
~ 1/4 of Austrian employment
•Unemployment rate: 10,2%
90.000 unemployed persons
•(A: ~ 3.483.000 / 7,6%/287.000)
6. Ministry for Labor, Social Affairs
and Consumer Protection (BMASK)
Public Employment Service (PES or AMS)
• information
• counseling and support for
further education and employment
• job placement
• unemployment benefit
9 provincial offices
~ 100 regional offices
Labor market policy is a task on national level
waff: public fund in order to implement communal labor market policy of the City of Vienna
8. Point of Departure IPupilsofthe9thschoolyear
General or vocational
secondary school
apprent
iceship
company
Supra company
appr. Training
Job/unskilled work
projects of
„advance“
NEETs
91,2% youths after
compulsory school
have a successful
transition 1
10,9% of 18 – 24 y.
ESL 20122
16.574youths
attendedthe9th
schoolyear
(2010/2011)1
8,8% (ca. 1.460) youths
do not attend any
education after
compulsory school 1
11. Vienna’s Vocational Training Guarantee
– A Co-operative Strategy
“We let nobody down. We care for each youth”
Renate Brauner, Vice-Mayor of Vienna, 2010
All youths willing to take an education will receive a training, qualification,
supportive counselling or coaching offer, if they do not know how to proceed.
Public Employment Service Vienna (AMS) (national inst.)
Federal Office of Social Affairs Office Vienna (BSB) (nat. inst.)
Vienna school board
Wiener ArbeitnehmerInnen Förderungsfonds – waff
Vienna Employment Promotion Fund
Municipal department 13 – Education, Out-of-School Activities for Young
People
Municipal department 40 – social welfare
Social Partner s (representatives of employees and employers)
Supported by coordination unit “Viennese education guarantee”
12. GENERAL CONDITIONS
Vocational Training Guarantee –
A Co-operative Strategy of the City
The Vocational Training Guarantee includes all kinds of measures to enable
youngsters to take a training or education beyond the compulsory secondary school
education. Its target group are youngsters from 14/15 to 21 years who have finished 9
years of compulsory education.
The steering commitee works with
analysis
research
implementation
evaluation
and management of interfaces between the different actors
It is a top-down and bottom-up process (NGOs are important partners to improve the
strategy).
13. GENERAL CONDITIONS
Vocational Training Guarantee
CompulsoryEducation
HigherSecondarySchool
VocationalTraining
Diplomas/Graduations
Objectives: accompany transitions avoid dropouts and guarantee diplomas
Transition Management
Accompany during the
transition from lower
secondary school to
vocational training
Youth Assistance, etc.
Recover lower
secondary school
graduation
Preparation and
(re-)introduction into the
labour market
spacelab, etc.
Avoid dropouts
and guarantee
diplomas
Youth
Assistance
Assistance for
apprentices
Counselling
centres,
helplines
Scholar
assistance
14. Projects to advance and education
1
4
Point of departure:
8,8% of all pupils of 1 year (cohorte) do not transit to a further school or apprenticeship
training. Additionally there are school- and apprenticeship drop outs as well as youths
moving to Vienna and acquiring or fulfilling their basic education.
The successful transition into a first vocational education is influenced by 3 main issues:
A certain personal „maturity“ in the sense of
social skills, motivation and self confidence
A certain educational level in order to
comply with the requirements
Orientation as basis for the decision
concerning the way of education
„maturity“
15. Projects of advance and education
Day by day
training
Development
of vistas
Workshop-
training
educationOutreach
work
Open
space
Spacelab
PSVienna
training-
FIT
Know-
ledge-
workshop
Training-
modules
Coaching
Sports
activities
Activat-
ing
Excer-
cise
Focus
entrance
via (PES) AMS
entrance
open
basiceducation
(IE)
Youths-
coaching
Education
offer
soc.ped.
Accompanying
Vocational
guidance?
16. Modular model of spacelab – Production-school Vienna 2014
Development of prospects/vistas
Der/die Perspektivencoach ist das Bindeglied zwischen allen
Modulen und stellt auch die Verbindung zum AMS Jugendliche dar.
Er/sie bietet kontinuierliche Beziehung, Begleitung und Betreuung
an. Die Nachbetreuung soll lange genug andauern, sodass die
Umstiege nachhaltig abgesichert sind.
Ein Beratungstermin beim Perspektivencoach ist Voraussetzung für
die Teilnahme an allen weiteren Modulen außer OAJA.
Auch die Zuweisung durch das AMS erfolgt über den/die
Perspektivencoach. Im Gegenzug vermittelt der/die
Perspektivencoach Jugendliche, für die andere AMS-Angebote
geeigneter erscheinen, an das AMS.
Day by day training
Die Möglichkeit zur tageweisen (5,5 Std.) Mitarbeit
ist für die Jugendlichen mit einem Mindestmaß an
Verbindlichkeit und Aktivität verbunden.
Für die Mitarbeit erhalten die Jugendlichen ein
Taschengeld. Ziel und Zweck dieses Angebotes ist es,
Jugendlichen (wieder ) positive Erfahrung mit sich selbst
im „Arbeits-“ und „Leistungs-“ Kontext machen zu lassen.
Sie müssen pünktlich sein, sich aktiv einbringen und in
der Gruppe auf Basis der Grundregeln auskommen.
training-
(1)day
Development
of
prospects
workshoptraining
25 Wochenstunden Training in Werkstätten. DLU Bezug, Wechsel zwischen Übung und realem Auftrag, implizite
Bildungsinhalte (Lesen, Schreiben, Rechnen) und begleitende Angebote (Outdoor, Burschen/Mädchen, Lebenspraktische
Inhalte wie gemeinsames Kochen bis hin zu Berufsorientierung, Praktika und Bewerbungstraining)
Ziel: Vorbereitung auf weiterführende Angebote, Erlernen von Tagesstruktur, Ausbau von sozialen Kompetenzen, Verbesserung
der Kulturtechniken. Mögliche Werkstättenschwerpunkte sind: Medienwerkstatt, Kreativwerkstatt, Ökowerkstatt,
Grünraumwerkstatt, technische Experimentierwerkstatt, Haustechnikwerkstatt, Fahrradwerkstatt oder Recyclingwerkstatt. Sofern
die inhaltliche Ausrichtung es erlaubt, findet an einem Tag/Woche arbeitsnahes Training (wie bspw. greenlab, Weinproduktion,
Fahrradreparatur, Kunstprojekte…) statt. An diesen Tagen erfolgt das Training nicht vor Ort in den Werkstätten , sondern am
Auftragsstandort eines Kooperationspartners.
workshop-
training
Education
Primäre Zielgruppe sind Jugendliche die sich im
Modul Werkstättentraining befinden. Aufbauend
auf den Ergebnissen eines zielgruppengerechten
Kompetenzfeststellungsverfahrens wird ein
individueller Bildungsplan erstellt. Dieser ist die
Grundlage für die Lerninhalte, die sowohl
begleitend im Werkstättentraining (= implizit) als
auch in der Lernwerkstatt und der
Philosophiewerkstatt (=explizit) vermittelt
werden. Die Ziele sind:
Förderung einer positiven Lernmotivation,
Aufbau und Vertiefung von
Basisbildungskompetenzen,
Aufbau von Handlungskompetenz und
Heranführung an folgende (Aus-)
Bildungssysteme
education
Open and visiting youth work (OAJA)
Im Kontext von spacelab – PS Wien wird die aufsuchende Arbeit als
Jugendarbeit im öffentlichen Raum und bei Events zur Information
und Aktivierung der Zielgruppe definiert.
Es gibt ausreichend Ressourcen für die aufsuchende Arbeit, um
Jugendliche im öffentlichen Raum gezielt ansprechen
zu können und dadurch die Schwelle für eine Teilnahme zu
reduzieren. Die Kooperation mit der offenen Jugendarbeit
ist ein zentraler Bestandteil von spacelab – PS Wien.
An allen Standorten, die dafür geeignet sind, gibt es
einen „Offenen Raum“, der ein wichtiges
niedrigschwelliges Angebot zum unverbindlichen
(Wieder-)Andocken bei spacelab darstellt.
visiting
work
X
X
X
X = entrance possibilities into
the project. The referral by the
public employment service is
via coach for the prospects
X
open
space
18. MOTIVES FOR THE REALISATION OF SPACELAB
The experience of prior projects led to the development of the modular
concept with different levels of personal commitment in 2009. Before there
had not been any programme combining methods of open youth work and
labour market aims. The realisation of spacelab should provide a low-
threshold programme for the youngsters that allows them to come back
after dropouts.
TARGET GROUP
Viennese youngsters from 15 to 25 years, who are neither in education,
employment nor training (NEETs) and have a more difficult access to the
labour market. The gender ratio is 70% male to 30% female participants.
In 2012 spacelab supported 378 clients (271 m, 107 f).
19. SPACELAB
THE ORGANISATIONS
spacelab is implemented by five NGOs, that provide and
combine their particular expertise:
Volkshilfe - Beschäftigung (Vocational Training)
Association of Youth Centres in Vienna (Youth Work)
WUK (Assistance and Counselling)
Wiener Volkshochschulen (Basic Education)
Sprungbrett für Mädchen
(Vocational Training and Counselling for young women)
20. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Developement of personal and vocational prospects
Activation of the target group
Stabilise participants (in economic and mental terms)
Develope their skills potential and competencies
Practice-oriented occupational guidance
To draw up personalised career developement plans
Integrate them into support and employment systems or the labour
market
22. Daily Vocational Training
Continuous Vocational Training
Basic Education
Open and Detached Youth Work
Open space, outreach work, public relations, networking
Prospect Developement
Assistance and career plans
MODULAR CONCEPT
23. RESULTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
The main objetive of spacelab is the developement of personal and
professional prospects. More than 95% of the participants who stay for
more than three months have a vocational perspective.
The results of this intensive assistance process are documented and
transmitted to the counsellor at the unemployment office (AMS). This
facilitates further measures for the integration into the labour market.
In 2013 36% of the participants started a scholar career, an
appranticeship, other qualification programmes or got employed.
Moreover 10% were sent to more specific institutions.
24. RESULTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
The successful work of spacelab was awarded with the
ESF award for innovations in 2013.
25. Thank you for your attention!
Wiener ArbeitnehmerInnen Förderungsfonds
Vienna Employment Promotion Fund
Nordbahnstraße 36, A-1020 Vienna
Tel. 217 48
waff@waff.at
www.waff.at
Eva.Krennbauer@waff.at
