TEFI TCA – id. code 3919 Final report INDEX INTRODUCTION I ...

TEFI TCA – id. code 3919Department of Migration Affairs, the City of Braunschweig YouthOpportunities Department, the Braunschweig Adult EducationalInstitute, the Braunschweig Skills Training Centre, the Peine & DistrictAdult Educational Institute, the SZST Salzgitter Service & TechnologyGmbH at Salzgitter AG. Its aim is to further the integration ofmigrants into the primary labour market by means of a series ofactivities based on three structures, which are a regional cluster ofcurrently ca. 260 companies, mostly SMEs, whose owners partlycome from a migration background, an advice, skills upgrading andjobs agency (German abbreviation: BQV) and a self-sustainingnetwork of support measures. Also to be involved as strategicpartners are the local job centres now called ARGE (consortium),Braunschweig Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Crafts, the TUCSüdOstNiedersachsen Region, the already named confederation ofemployers and the State of Niedersachsen ministry responsible. Thenew feature about this, though developed formerly, is thecollaboration between the local consortiums, the SMEs of the region,vocational colleges and migrant organisations- the aim being, in aprocess of ongoing coordination to overcome the paralysis which maybe said to have formerly characterised local labour market policy andthe standard offerings of many a college.All in all, the following may be seen as keys to success: (a) Ongoingand professionally competent coordination between the mainnetworks of actors at both local and regional levels. (b) A certainharmonisation of the goals and interests of the actors taking part. Acommon goal corridor is essential but only thematically and possiblylimited for time. This could be achieved on the basis of regionalconventions on certain topics including SMEs. It is important that theFinal report 51