Transcript ICF Labour Market

Cross-border cooperation is our way to take responsibility for refugees
The Information and Cooperation Forum (ICF)
Presents:
Cross-border asylum network
Reception Conditions for Asylum Seekers in
Europe
materials for a better practice
Cross-border cooperation is our way to take responsibility for refugees
ICF: NGOs from Germany, Austria,
Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic,
Slovakia and Slovenia
Targets:
 improvement of reception conditions in the Member States of the
European Union
 cooperation, qualification, lobbying
Issues:
 accommodation
 social benefits (including withdrawal and Dublin II cases)
 medical care
 access to labour and education / training
 social work and social counselling
 freedom of movement
 participation of refugees
Cross-border cooperation is our way to take responsibility for refugees
The EU Council Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January
2003 on Minimum Standards of Reception
Conditons for Asylum Seekers
 the implementation: harmonisation or
downgrading?
 why improvement of reception conditions?
Cross-border cooperation is our way to take responsibility for refugees
1.
Access to Labour Market and
Vocational Training*
 basic needs of refugees and asylum seekers
 the EU Council Directive 2003/9/EC
on access to labour market
*Under the ICF lead agency of
Halina Niec Legal Aid Centre
Cross-border cooperation is our way to take responsibility for refugees
2. Getting Asylum Seekers into Work:
Problems
 denied access to labour leads to
– loss of qualifications
– loss of self-confidence
– health and integration problems
 more obstacles are
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only restricted access to labour markets
reluctance of employers to hire asylum seekers
qualifications are not recognised
asylum seekers are seen as „competitors“ to nationals
Cross-border cooperation is our way to take responsibility for refugees
3. Steps to improvements
 keep and enhance qualifications
 reduce access barriers
 enhance job market opportunities
through creation of alternatives
Cross-border cooperation is our way to take responsibility for refugees
4.
No labour permit – what to do?
 orientation, language and vocational trainings
 assessment of qualifications
 occupations outside the regular labour market
Cross-border cooperation is our way to take responsibility for refugees
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Overcoming Obstacles
creating new kinds of job experience
establishing links with employers
linking skills with jobs
assessment of market needs
Cross-border cooperation is our way to take responsibility for refugees
Relevant Actors in the Field
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NGOs
employment agencies
gouvernmental agencies
research institutes
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 brought together in EQUAL development
partnerships
Cross-border cooperation is our way to take responsibility for refugees
Recommendations
 no exclusion from the labour market
 strengthening of skills and competences
 overcome obstacles
Cross-border cooperation is our way to take responsibility for refugees
THANK YOU!
For further information please contact
[email protected]