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Conference Report OECD 8 th <strong>Annual</strong> LEED Forum March 20-21 2012 Berlin<br />
“<strong>PARTNERSHIPS</strong> <strong>FOR</strong> <strong>YOUTH</strong> - Getting the young into jobs and business for successful<br />
working life”<br />
Background and Format<br />
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Report prepared by Sascha Strupp,<br />
Policy Officer, Centre for Scottish Public Policy<br />
The OECD’s LEED programme aims to contribute to the creation of more and better jobs through<br />
effective policy implementation, innovative practices, stronger capacities and integrated strategies<br />
at the local level. Through the production of policy analysis publications, the organisation of policy<br />
exchanges and workshops, the LEED Programme (Local <strong>Economic</strong> and Employment <strong>Development</strong>)<br />
strives to improve the quality of public policy. These activities are complimented by LEED’s<br />
continuous monitoring and assessment of current practices, promotion of innovation in local<br />
economic and employment development across the globe, support of the design, implementation<br />
and evaluation of development strategies to help grow local economies.<br />
The 8 th <strong>Annual</strong> LEED Forum brought together a range of experts and practitioners from both the<br />
public and the private sector to discuss, share experience and identify effective measures to increase<br />
youth employment. The conference took place in Berlin over two days and included several plenary<br />
sessions as well as a range of smaller workshops for 10-20 participants (2 workshops per<br />
participant).<br />
Attendance<br />
The Forum attracted around 200 representatives of local partnerships, government officials, local<br />
leaders, youth organisations, social entrepreneurs, business representatives, trade unions and<br />
academics. A list of attendants is attached. UK representatives constituted a large national group<br />
among the attendants reflecting the priority that issues surrounding youth employment have<br />
recently taken both within policy and in public debate on labour market issues in the UK. It is notable<br />
that those OECD member states with the most significant youth unemployment problems, the PIGS,<br />
were underrepresented at this event.<br />
Plenary Session 1 – Setting the Context<br />
This plenary session focused on outlining the perspectives and challenges faced by various OECD<br />
member states. It emerged that the structure of labour markets and educational systems are the<br />
most important determinants for the scale of youth employment issues.<br />
Once particularly interesting contribution by panel member Dr. Holger Seibert, Senior Researcher,<br />
Institute of Employment Research, Federal Employment Agency, Germany, outlined the concept of<br />
educational signalling. High educational signalling communicates to potential employers a clearly<br />
defined set of skills evidenced by an educational qualification. Educational systems with low<br />
educational signalling confer qualifications that do not indicate a pre-determined set of skills or<br />
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qualitative indicators. An exchange by Dr Seibert and Dr. Sylvain Giguère, Head of LEED Division,<br />
OECD, concluded that<br />
a) countries with low educational signalling and flexible labour markets, and<br />
b) countries with high educational signalling and more structured labour markets<br />
provide for comparatively low youth unemployment. Examples for these cases would be the United<br />
Kingdom (A) and Germany (B). Countries with low educational signalling and inflexible labour<br />
markets such as Italy and Spain seem to face the most pressing issues with youth unemployment.<br />
Another theme that dominated the panel discussion was the need for more effective employer<br />
engagement and Moira McKerracher, Assistant Director, UK Commission on Employment and Skills,<br />
United Kingdom, spoke about her experience of working with employers and the importance of<br />
signing employers up to youth employment initiatives.<br />
Lastly the debate turned to the importance of managing the transition between education both<br />
secondary and higher into the workplace. Several attendants, mostly recent graduates, took the<br />
floor to emphasise this issue and to point out the problems associated with a lack of opportunities<br />
and the plight of unpaid internships, which are often the only avenue into particular sectors.<br />
Plenary Session II – Getting the young into jobs and business – learning from Germany<br />
This plenary session featured a panel discussion led by politicians and civil servants of the German<br />
federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg as well as Aart De Geus, Member of the Executive Board,<br />
Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany, former OECD Deputy Secretary-General.<br />
The discussion initially introduced the German educational system with a specific focus on its<br />
apprenticeship system, which has a dual-mode at its core. Apprentices learn both practically on the<br />
job as well as theoretically in Berufsschulen (Vocational Schools).<br />
German pupils are separated at the age of 10 to attend either Realschulen or Gymnasien. At a<br />
Realschule pupils will finish school at age 16 to go on to pursue a vocational track as part of the<br />
apprenticeship system. Students at a Gymnasium will go on to gain the higher education entry<br />
qualification granting access to higher education institutions at around age 18/19.<br />
This model has been successful particularly in managing the transition from secondary school into<br />
work as well as ensuring a very high retention rate of young apprentices by their host companies<br />
after the apprenticeship comes to an end. The participants agreed that this system was costly, but<br />
provided a good model to emulate for countries with a similarly structured labour market.<br />
Unfortunately, the debate concentrated almost exclusively on the positive aspects of this model and<br />
neglected to outline the significant problems this model entails. The experience of the German<br />
system has shown that early separation of students hinders social mobility of pupils from nonacademic<br />
backgrounds and gives an advantage to pupils from households with parents which have<br />
themselves attended higher education. The system significantly disadvantages students with a<br />
migration background and language issues in their early school years. Lastly, the German model is<br />
very rigid lacking flexibility and it is not entirely clear whether it is able to effectively respond to<br />
significant mid-term changes in the labour market or changing requirements by employers.<br />
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The discussion also did not acknowledge the possibility that the ‘success’ of the German model, i.e. a<br />
current relatively low youth unemployment rate, may primarily be due to the overall strength of the<br />
German economy and does not necessarily specifically owe to the virtues of its educational system.<br />
Workshop 5 – Joined up approaches to youth unemployment<br />
The workshop attendees visited the site of an apprenticeship-run restaurant, which takes on<br />
apprentices from difficult socio-economic backgrounds and with previous learning and behavioural<br />
issues at school. Following an introduction to the project, the workshop attendees commenced a<br />
discussion utilising the fish-bowl concept. The following pages represent the conclusions of the<br />
discussion and reflect the key messages by the attending experts including the author of this report.<br />
Host project<br />
Project "grips" in Marzahn-Hellersdorf and Masterplan for youth employment of the District<br />
Marzahn-Hellersdorf<br />
(hosted by ABU - Akademie für Berufsförderung und Umschulung mbH/ Mayor of the district<br />
Marzahn-Hellersdorf)<br />
Experts<br />
Randall Eberts, Executive Director, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, US<br />
Denis Leamy, Chief Executive of Pobal, Ireland<br />
Alison Partridge, Director, Aurora European Services Ltd, UK<br />
Le Duy Binh, Managing Director, <strong>Economic</strong>a, Viet Nam<br />
Sascha Strupp, Policy Officer, Adopt an Intern Programme, Centre for Scottish Public Policy, UK<br />
Rationale<br />
Providing jobs for youth requires place specific responses involving different local players as part of<br />
wider local development strategies. This workshop will look at the importance of a joined up<br />
approach in both tackling entrenched barriers and generating new networks of opportunity for<br />
young people. It will examine ways of joint working to ensure that young people have accurate<br />
careers guidance as to opportunities in the local economy, and career ladders to support<br />
employment progression. It will address the issue of skills utilisation in the workplace and the need<br />
to work closely with employers in terms of delivering new opportunities to young people, but also as<br />
policy co-creators and co-implementers. Putting in place a networked response can also create a<br />
more integrated service which allows participants to access a number of different, follow-on<br />
programmes, thereby aiding continuous learning and development. In a time of constrained<br />
budgets, policy makers and practitioners need to come up with cost saving measures to ensure<br />
greater diversity in their funding stream by seek a mixture of funding such as employers, state, and<br />
philanthropy.<br />
Q1: How can joined up approaches at local level improve young people`s job and skills<br />
opportunities? What is the added value of collaborative approaches (schools, local authorities,<br />
jobcentres, enterprises and NGOs et cetera) in comparison to working in silos?<br />
Q2: How to involve – in particular – local employers?<br />
Q3: How to reach those of the young people who are far away from the labour market?<br />
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Workshop D – What could businesses do?<br />
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DAY II<br />
The workshop addressed the question of what employers can contribute to increase youth<br />
employment and provide sought-after opportunities for young people from all educational<br />
backgrounds. The main discussion revolved around the question of employer engagement and tried<br />
to identify how employers can be incentivised to take on young people.<br />
Mr Rath of the Association of Employers‘ Organisations of Berlin and Brandenburg, pointed out that<br />
the German model and its popularity with businesses is based on the accessibility of cheap labour in<br />
the form of apprentices that can be skilled and trained with help of state schools to meet the specific<br />
needs of the employer.<br />
Other participants were keen to point out that collaboration between local government and job<br />
centres is often difficult and cumbersome for employers creating additional barriers for the creation<br />
of additional opportunities. Employer representatives unequivocally agreed that incentivisation of<br />
taking on young people, not only in the form of funding, but also training support, works much<br />
better than penalties as part of the introduction of a quota system.<br />
Moderators<br />
Katherine Chapman, UKCES<br />
David Halabisky, OECD LEED<br />
Contribution by<br />
James Doorley, Deputy Director, National Youth Council of Ireland<br />
Federico Montelli, General Director, Formaper, Italy<br />
Ralph-Michael Rath, Association of Employers‘ Organisations of Berlin and Brandenburg, Germany<br />
Burkhard Volbracht, Business <strong>Development</strong> Agency Berlin (Berlin Partner GmbH), Germany<br />
Rationale<br />
This workshop will explore the role of businesses in helping young people into work. It will examine<br />
what more businesses can do, or do differently, to help young people make the transition into work.<br />
This includes the role of businesses in helping young people develop employability skills, in<br />
providing careers information and in using recruitment practices that work for young people. It will<br />
also explore how businesses could be encouraged to create more entry level opportunities and work<br />
based training pathways for young people. The workshops will analyse employers‘ experiences of<br />
government support in these areas to identify what works from the employer perspective.<br />
Q1. How could businesses engage most effectively with the education system to help prepare young<br />
people for work? (for example work experience and careers information)<br />
Q2. How can businesses ensure that their recruitment practices reach young people? Is there a role<br />
for government or other partners here?<br />
Q3. How could businesses work together to create more entry level jobs and work-based training<br />
pathways for young people? How can government incentivise employers to do this?
Plenary Session III – Lessons learnt and the way forward<br />
The discussion panel included a number of representatives of European youth organisations and<br />
focused very much on the concerns voiced by young people with regards to their employment<br />
prospects in the current economic climate.<br />
A common concern voiced by the youth organisation representatives was the lack of recognition for<br />
informal education. The participants lamented employers’ primary focus on formal educational<br />
qualifications at the expense of other educational informal experience such as voluntary work, social<br />
activism or similar pursuits. It was suggested that as employers demand more and more flexibility of<br />
their workforce, they in turn should adopt a more flexible approach in providing additional<br />
opportunities for young people via quality internships, work placements or designated projects.<br />
An important point of discussion was the lack of engagement with young people during the process<br />
of policy formulation. Most policy-making bodies in labour market policy at a local, regional or<br />
national level have no structured consultation process that approaches young people and takes onboard<br />
their concerns. The panellists deemed that youth organisations have an important part to play<br />
in feeding information to policy-makers and taking an active role in the process of policy-formulation<br />
not only as a pressure-group, but as experts with unique insight.<br />
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8 th <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong><br />
<strong>PARTNERSHIPS</strong> <strong>FOR</strong> <strong>YOUTH</strong><br />
GETTING THE YOUNG INTO JOBS AND BUSINESS <strong>FOR</strong><br />
SUCCESSFUL WORKING LIFE<br />
20 - 21 March 2012, Berlin, Germany<br />
Kalkscheune, Johannisstr. 2<br />
In co-operation with the German Federal Government Commissioner for the New Federal States,<br />
the Senate of Berlin Department for Labour, Integration and Women’s Issues,<br />
the German Federal Employment Agency, the European Youth Forum and<br />
gsub mbH - Social Business Consultancy Corporation<br />
List of participants<br />
(by country)
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 3<br />
ALBANIA<br />
Mrs. Majlinda BAJRAKTARI Swisscontact Project Manager majlindar@swisscontactks.org<br />
Mrs. Silvana MJEDA Swiss Agency for<br />
<strong>Development</strong> and<br />
Cooperation<br />
Office in Albania<br />
Mr. Eduart RUMANI Swiss Agency for<br />
<strong>Development</strong> and<br />
Cooperation<br />
Office in Albania<br />
ARGENTINA<br />
Ms. Nidya NEER Ministry of Labour,<br />
Employment and Social<br />
Security - Argentina<br />
AUSTRALIA<br />
Program Officer silvana.mjeda@sdc.net<br />
National Programme<br />
Officer<br />
Advisor to the<br />
Minister<br />
Mr. Matthew CLARKE Campbell Page Executive Manager<br />
Strategic Business<br />
Outcomes<br />
Mr. Ali JALAYER Australian Department of<br />
Education, Employment<br />
and Workplace Relations<br />
Ms. Sally SINCLAIR National Employment<br />
Services Association<br />
AUSTRIA<br />
Ms. Doris BALLWEIN Federal Ministry of Labour,<br />
Social Affairs and<br />
Consumer Protection<br />
(BMASK)<br />
ESF Unit<br />
Mr. Fritz BAUER Upper Austrian Chamber of<br />
Labour<br />
Education ans Youth<br />
Ms. Berenike ECKER ZSI - Centre for Social<br />
Innovation<br />
Work and Equal<br />
Opportunities<br />
Mr. Michael FÖRSCHNER ZSI - Centre for Social<br />
Innovation<br />
Work and Equal<br />
Opportunities<br />
Mr. Gabriel HILBRAND Vienna City Administration<br />
MA 23 - Economy, Labour<br />
and Statistics<br />
Mrs. Edith KONRAD AKOÖ<br />
Office for Projects and<br />
Regional Developement<br />
eduart.rumani@sdc.net<br />
nneer@trabajo.gob.ar<br />
matthew.clarke@campbellpage.org.au<br />
Assistant Secretary ali.jalayer@deewr.gov.au<br />
CEO sallys@nesa.com.au<br />
ESF Expert doris.ballwein@bmask.gv.at<br />
Head of Education<br />
and Youth<br />
bauer.fritz@akooe.at<br />
Project Management ecker@zsi.at<br />
OECD LEED Forum<br />
Team<br />
foerschner@zsi.at<br />
Referent gabriel.hilbrand@wien.gv.at<br />
Head of Office konrad.e@akooe.at
4 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS<br />
Ms. Jana MACHACOVA ZSI - Centre for Social<br />
Innovation<br />
BELGIUM<br />
Mr. Paul ADAMSON E!Sharp Editor-in-Chief and<br />
Publisher<br />
Mrs. Gigliola GALASSO Service Public de Wallonie<br />
Emploi et Formation<br />
professionnelle<br />
Project Manager machacova@zsi.at<br />
Gestionnaire de<br />
dossiers ADL<br />
Mr. Nicolas HAUW LUDEN Project Officer on<br />
Youth Policies<br />
Ms. Mieke VALCKE SERV (Social-<strong>Economic</strong><br />
Council of Flanders)<br />
Study Department<br />
Mr. Louis VERVLOET Flemish Ministry of<br />
Employment<br />
ESF Unit<br />
Mrs. Patricia VROMAN Flemish Administration<br />
Work & Social Economy<br />
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA<br />
paul@esharp.eu<br />
gigliolaeliana.galasso@spw.wallonie.be<br />
n.hauw@ludenet.org<br />
Advisor mvalcke@serv.be<br />
Ms. Brankica BRKIC Opstina Gradiska Manager of<br />
<strong>Development</strong> Service<br />
Ms. Mersiha CULJEVIC<br />
ALIJAGIC<br />
Swiss Agency for<br />
<strong>Development</strong> and<br />
Cooperation<br />
Office in Bosnia and<br />
Herzegovina<br />
Employment and Income<br />
Domain<br />
General Director louis.vervloet@esf.vlaanderen.be<br />
Policy Advisor patricia.vroman@wse.vlaanderen.be<br />
National Program<br />
Officer<br />
brankica.brkic@opstina-gradiska.com<br />
mersiha.culjevic@sdc.net<br />
Mrs. Elma CUPRIJA Damar Omladine Volunteer damaromladine@gmail.com<br />
Ms. Simone GIGER Swiss Agency for<br />
<strong>Development</strong> and<br />
Cooperation<br />
Office in Bosnia and<br />
Herzegovina<br />
Mr. Jan Zlatan KULENOVIC Youth Information Agency<br />
Bosnia-Herzegovina<br />
HQ<br />
Mr. Ranko MARKUS GOPA Consultants<br />
Youth Employment Project<br />
Deputy Country<br />
Director<br />
simone.giger@sdc.net<br />
Executive Director jan@oiabih.info<br />
Country Director /<br />
Deputy Team Leader<br />
ranko.markus@gmail.com<br />
Mr. Daniel PRISTAJKO Sony World Director pristo1975@yahoo.com<br />
CANADA<br />
Mr. Marc MOLGAT University of Ottawa Professor marc.molgat@uottawa.ca
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 5<br />
Mr. Abram<br />
Menz-Ru<br />
CHINESE TAIPEI<br />
HUANG Bureau of Employment and<br />
Vocational Training<br />
Division of Employment<br />
Ms. Tania REISINGER Superna Ltd<br />
Consulting<br />
CROATIA<br />
CZECH REPUBLIC<br />
Mr. Jan BENEŠ The Union for the<br />
<strong>Development</strong> of the<br />
Moravian-Silesian Region<br />
Mr. Petr CZEKAJ The Union for the<br />
<strong>Development</strong> of the<br />
Moravian-Silesian Region<br />
Director hmr@evta.gov.tw<br />
<strong>Economic</strong><br />
<strong>Development</strong> Expert<br />
Executive Manager<br />
of the Moravian-<br />
Silesian Employment<br />
Pact<br />
Secretary of the<br />
Moravian-Silesian<br />
Employment Pact<br />
tania.reisinger@superna.hr<br />
jbenes@msunion.cz<br />
pczekaj@msunion.cz<br />
Mr. Zdeněk KARÁSEK RPIC-ViP Managing Partner karasek@rpic-vip.cz<br />
Ms. Elina LUNOVÁ Ministry of Industry and<br />
Trade<br />
Innovation and Investments<br />
Mrs. Eva SIKOROVA Ministry of Labour and<br />
Social Affairs<br />
Mr. Igor SLADEK Ministry of Labour and<br />
Social Affairs<br />
Mr. Morten BIERING City of Copenhagen<br />
Employment and<br />
Integration Admin.<br />
Ms. Marie Louise BLAUENFELDT City of Copenhagen<br />
CBS Reseach<br />
Management Course<br />
DENMARK<br />
Mr. Jan HENDELIOWITZ Ministry of Employment<br />
Danish National Labour<br />
Market Authority<br />
Ms. Merete JØRGENSEN City of Copenhagen<br />
Employment and<br />
Integration Admin.<br />
Mr. Jens SIBBERSEN Municipality of<br />
Copenhagen<br />
Jobcenter Coenhagen<br />
FINLAND<br />
Mr. Janne SAVOLAINEN Ministry of Employment<br />
and the Economy<br />
Employment and<br />
Entrepreneurship<br />
Department<br />
Officer lunova@mpo.cz<br />
Expert eva.sikorova@mpsv.cz<br />
Head of Unit igor.sladek@mpsv.cz<br />
Head of Section bj3k@bif.kk.dk<br />
Facilitator a14b@bif.kk.dk<br />
Senior Adviser jhz@ams.dk<br />
Project Manager kj46@bif.kk.dk<br />
Head of Department qw44@bif.kk.dk<br />
Planning Officer janne.savolainen@tem.fi
6 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS<br />
Ms. Anne TIMONEN Lahti University of Applied<br />
Sciences<br />
Innovation Centre<br />
Ms. Emmanuèle CUNNINGHAM-<br />
SABOT<br />
FRANCE<br />
University of Rennes 2<br />
Geography and Planning<br />
Ms. Jamila JAAIDANE Regional Council Île-de-<br />
France<br />
Apprenticeships and<br />
Employment<br />
Mr. Malo RICHARD Novancia -Business School<br />
Paris<br />
Ms. Marie WITTAMER EUROCIRCLE<br />
Youth Mobility<br />
GERMANY<br />
Mr. Volker AMRHEIN Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur<br />
gGmbH<br />
"Dialog der Generationen"<br />
project office<br />
Mr. Reiner ASTER gsub mbH - Social<br />
Business Consultancy<br />
Corporation<br />
Mrs. Natalia BATZ Technical University of<br />
Berlin<br />
Department of Urban and<br />
Regional Planning<br />
Project Manager anne.timonen@lamk.fi<br />
Senior Lecturer emmanuele.sabot@uhb.fr<br />
Head of Service jamila.jaaidane@iledefrance.fr<br />
Head of the<br />
Entrepreneurship<br />
Awareness Project<br />
mrichard@novancia.fr<br />
Project Co-ordinator info.eurocircle@gmail.com<br />
Project manager v-amrhein@pfefferwerk.de<br />
Director reiner.aster@gsub.de<br />
Researcher batz.natalia@gmail.com<br />
Mrs. Steffi BIESTER KICKFAIR Director gf@kickfair.org<br />
Ms. Heike BIRKHÖLZER Technology Network Berlin<br />
/ Graefewirtschaft e.V.<br />
Ms. Uta BOHACEK District Office Berlin-<br />
Spandau<br />
Building, Planning,<br />
Environmental Protection<br />
and <strong>Economic</strong> Promotion<br />
Chair of Board h.birkhoelzer@technet-berlin.de<br />
Advisor European<br />
Affairs<br />
Mr. Achim BORCHERT ABU-gGmbh International<br />
Manager<br />
Mr. Marco BÜNGER EEPL GmbH<br />
Competence Centre for<br />
Welding, Cutting & Surface<br />
Treatment<br />
Mr. Marc BUTZBACH zukunft im zentrum GmbH<br />
Looping Berlin<br />
europa@ba-spandau.berlin.de<br />
borchert@abu-ggmbh.de<br />
General Manager m.buenger@eepl.de<br />
Consultant looping@ziz-berlin.de<br />
Mrs. Giulia COSTA Humboldt University, Berlin Master Student giuliacos@tin.it<br />
Ms. Birgit DAHM Berliner Gesellschaft für<br />
Integration mbh<br />
Division Manager b.dahm@bgi-berlin.de
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 7<br />
Mrs. Heide DENDL comovis GbR<br />
BBWA<br />
Mr. Andreas DOMKE comovis GbR<br />
BBWA<br />
Mr. Christian DORENKAMP BDA | Confederation of<br />
German Employers'<br />
Associations<br />
Mrs. Renate ERAS European Project<br />
Management<br />
dto.<br />
Mr. Tobias EVEL Beuth Hochschule für<br />
Technik Berlin<br />
Business Innovation Centre<br />
Mrs. Birgit FECHNER-<br />
BARRÈRE<br />
District Office Berlin-<br />
Tempelhof-Schöneberg<br />
Youth promotion<br />
Ms. Dorothee FEITSMA FIKO Institut für<br />
Handlungskompetenz<br />
GmbH<br />
Mrs. Gabriele FELLERMAYER gsub mbH - Social<br />
Business Consultancy<br />
Corporation<br />
Mr. Stefan FIETZ Ingeus GmbH<br />
Corporate<br />
Ms. Maria Joao FILGUEIRAS<br />
RAUCH<br />
Mr. Arne FRANK Jobcenter Charlottenburg<br />
Wilmersdorf<br />
Mr. Lutz FRANZKE Regional Growth Core<br />
Schönefeld Cross<br />
Mrs. Andrea FRIEDRICH gsub mbH - Social<br />
Business Consultancy<br />
Corporation<br />
Local Social Capital<br />
Project Manager heide.dendl@comovis.de<br />
Co-ordinator andreas.domke@comovis.de<br />
Associate c.dorenkamp@arbeitgeber.de<br />
Consultant renate-eras@t-online.de<br />
Project Co-ordinator tobias.evel@beuth-hochschule.de<br />
Coordination for<br />
Youth Emloyment<br />
and Activities for<br />
Youngsters<br />
Management df@fiko-ihk.de<br />
birgit.fechner@ba-ts.berlin.de<br />
Prokuristin gabriele.fellermayer@gsub.de<br />
New Business sfietz@ingeus.de<br />
Senior Expert maria.rauch@mnet-online.de<br />
Placement Officer for<br />
Young People<br />
arne.frank@jobcenter-ge.de<br />
Mayor lutz.franzke@stadt-kw.brandenburg.de<br />
Counsellor andrea.friedrich@gsub.de<br />
Mr. Thomas FRONIUS EBB InnoKomp GmbH Managing Director ebb.innokomp@email.de<br />
Mr. Peter GRUND Max-Taut-School<br />
Languages<br />
Mrs. Beate GÜNTHER Netzwerk Zukunft. Schule<br />
und Wirtschaft für<br />
Brandenburg e.V.<br />
Mr. Christian HAASE gsub - Projektegesellschaft<br />
mbH<br />
Job Point Berlin<br />
Mrs. Margitta HAERTEL Pfefferwerk Foundation<br />
Board<br />
Language Teacher peter.w.grund@gmail.com<br />
Executive Secretary guenther@netzwerkzukunft.de<br />
IT-Consultant christian.haase@gsub.de<br />
Director haertel@pfefferwerk.de
8 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS<br />
Mr. Marc HANKE Ingeus GmbH<br />
Corporate<br />
Mr. Wolfgang HELMSTÄDTER Federal Ministry of the<br />
Interior<br />
Mr. Dietrich HENCKEL Technical University of<br />
Berlin<br />
Department of Urban and<br />
Regional Planning<br />
Mr. Daniel F. HEUERMANN gsub mbH - Social<br />
Business Consultancy<br />
Corporation<br />
Mr. Mario-<br />
Sandro<br />
Chief Operating<br />
Officer<br />
mhanke@ingeus.de<br />
Head of Unit wolfgang.helmstaedter@bmi.bund.de<br />
Head of Department d.henckel@isr.tu-berlin.de<br />
Consultant daniel.heuermann@gsub.de<br />
HILDEBRANDT JobCenter Job Adviser sandro.hildebrandt@gmail.com<br />
Mrs. Mara HOEHL <strong>FOR</strong>UM Berufsbildung<br />
Vocational Training<br />
Ms. Hanna HUNKE Rambøll Management<br />
Consulting GmbH<br />
Mr. Christian JÄGER Berliner Gesellschaft für<br />
Integration mbh<br />
Mr. Hüseyin KELLECI gsub - Projektegesellschaft<br />
mbH<br />
Job Point Berlin<br />
Ms. Dagmar KOBLINGER City of Munich<br />
Department of Education-<br />
BildungsLokal Hasenbergl<br />
Mr. Niels KORTE Korte Rechtsanwälte Member of Berlin<br />
Parliament<br />
Ms. Monique-<br />
Kathleen<br />
KOSCHEL gsub mbH - Social<br />
Business Consultancy<br />
Corporation<br />
Mrs. Anja KRAATZ District Office Berlin-<br />
Tempelhof-Schöneberg<br />
Local Economy<br />
<strong>Development</strong> & European<br />
Affairs<br />
Ms. Iris KRAMP gsub mbH - Social<br />
Business Consultancy<br />
Corporation<br />
comovis<br />
Mr. Mathias KUHLMANN Senate Department for<br />
<strong>Economic</strong>s, Technology<br />
and Research<br />
ESF Managing Authority<br />
Mrs. Susann KÜHNAPFEL gsub - Projektegesellschaft<br />
mbH<br />
LernLaden Neukölln<br />
Mr. Norbert KUNZ IQ consult CEO and Managing<br />
Director<br />
Department Manager mara.hoehl@forum-berufsbildung.de<br />
Analyst hnnu@r-m.com<br />
Head of Department c.jaeger@bgi-berlin.de<br />
Consultant info@jobpoint-berlin.de<br />
Senior Expert dagmar.koblinger@muenchen.de<br />
kanzlei@anwalt.info<br />
Controller monique-kathleen.koschel@gsub.de<br />
Clerk kraatzanja@yahoo.de<br />
Consultant iris.kramp@comovis.de<br />
Policy Officer mathias.kuhlmann@senwtf.berlin.de<br />
Coach susann.kuehnapfel@lnbb.de<br />
egana@iq-consult.com
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 9<br />
Ms. Sabine KURPIERS BBZ Berlin gGmbH Translator sabine.kurpiers@web.de<br />
Mr. Philipp LEISER comovis GbR Co-ordinator PEB philipp.leiser@comovis.de<br />
Mrs. Corinna MALIK Federal Ministry of the<br />
Interior<br />
Task Force Commissioner<br />
for the New Federal States<br />
Mr. Mathias MARSCHALL City of Munich<br />
Department of Education<br />
and Sports<br />
European and International<br />
Exchanges & Projects<br />
Ms. Sandra MATK British Embassy Berlin<br />
EU/ <strong>Economic</strong><br />
Mrs. Claudia MATTHES Humboldt University, Berlin<br />
Institute of Social Sciences<br />
Mr. Martin MEINGAST BBJ Consult AG /<br />
European Agency<br />
Desk Officer corinna.malik@bmi.bund.de<br />
Deputy Manager<br />
(VET)<br />
Labour & Social<br />
Affairs Officer<br />
Director of<br />
International MA<br />
Programmes<br />
m.marschall@online.de<br />
sandra.matk@fco.gov.uk<br />
claudia.matthes@sowi.hu-berlin.de<br />
Project Manager martin.meingast@bbjconsultag.eu<br />
Mrs. Anne MEUER-WILLUWEIT Chamber of Trade OWL Project Manager willuweit@t-online.de<br />
Mr. Konrad MÜLLER Diakonisches Werk Berlin-<br />
Brandenburg-schlesische<br />
Oberlausitz e.V.<br />
AdM/PATENMODELL<br />
Mrs. Karin OSTER BBJ Consult AG /<br />
European Agency<br />
Project Manager mueller@patenmodell.de<br />
Head of European<br />
Agency<br />
Mr. Richard PALM albatros gGmbH Business Unit<br />
Manager<br />
oster@bbj.de<br />
r.palm@albatrosggmbh.de<br />
Mrs. Gerlinde PARCHMANN TUH e.V. Project Manager gerlinde.parchmann@tuh-berlin.de<br />
Mr. Timur PARLAR gsub - Projektegesellschaft<br />
mbH<br />
LernLaden Neukölln<br />
Assistant Project<br />
Manager<br />
timur.parlar@lnbb.de<br />
Mr. Christian PAULUS MetropolisNet EEIG Finance, Controlling christian.paulus@metropolisnet.eu<br />
Ms. Diana PEITEL gsub mbH - Social<br />
Business Consultancy<br />
Corporation<br />
Ms. Irune PEÑAGARICANO Gartennetz Deutschland<br />
e.V.<br />
Mr. Andreas RABE District Office Berlin-<br />
Lichtenberg<br />
<strong>Economic</strong> affairs, human<br />
resources and financial<br />
affairs<br />
Mr. Ralf-Michael RATH Association of the<br />
Employers' Organisations<br />
of Berlin and Brandenburg<br />
Project Manager diana.peitel@gsub.de<br />
European Affairs<br />
Assistant<br />
Advisor European<br />
Affairs<br />
Head of Unit<br />
Employment Policies<br />
irune.penagaricano@gmail.com<br />
andreas.rabe@lichtenberg.berlin.de<br />
rath@uvb-online.de
10 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS<br />
Mrs. Karin REICHERT Senate of Berlin<br />
Department for Labour,<br />
Integration and Women`s<br />
Issues<br />
Ms. Petra REINERT Public Employment<br />
Services Berlin Nord<br />
Careers Services<br />
Mrs. Bärbel RICHTER Senate of Berlin<br />
Department for Labour,<br />
Integration and Womens<br />
Issues<br />
Mrs. Camilla RICHTER Senate of Berlin<br />
Depaartment for Labour,<br />
Integretion and Women`s<br />
Issues<br />
European<br />
Employment Policy<br />
karin.reichert@senaif.berlin.de<br />
Vocational Advisor petra.reinert2@arbeitsagentur.de<br />
Employee baerbel.richter@senaif.berlin.de<br />
European<br />
Employment Policy<br />
camilla.richter@senaif.berlin.de<br />
Mr. Raimund RILLING SPI Consult GmbH Managing Director r.rilling@spiconsult.de<br />
Mr. Tobias ROBISCHON Schader Foundation Research Consultant robischon@schader-stiftung.de<br />
Mr. Jörg ROGGENSACK gsub - Projektegesellschaft<br />
mbH<br />
Mrs. Martina SCHÖNBORN-<br />
WALDORF<br />
Regional Agency<br />
Bonn/North-Rhine-<br />
Westphalia<br />
Mr. Uwe SCHULZ-HOFEN Senate of Berlin<br />
Department for Labour,<br />
Integration and Women`s<br />
Issues<br />
Mrs. Mirka SCHUSTER District Office Berlin-<br />
Tempelhof-Schöneberg<br />
Local Economy<br />
<strong>Development</strong> & European<br />
Affairs<br />
Social Counsellor joerg.roggensack@gsub.de<br />
Head of Regional<br />
Agency<br />
Head of the Unit<br />
Labor Market and<br />
Vocational Training<br />
Policies<br />
Advisor European<br />
Affairs<br />
regionalagentur@bonn.de<br />
uwe.schulz-hofen@senaif.berlin.de<br />
mirka.schuster@ba-ts.berlin.de<br />
Mr. Michael SCHWAB Rural Youth Europe Chairman michael.schwab@ruralyoutheurope.com<br />
Ms. Franziska SEEL IFOK GmbH Consultant franziska.seel@ifok.de<br />
Mr. Holger SEIBERT Instiute for Employment<br />
Research (IAB)<br />
IAB Berlin-Brandenburg<br />
Senior Researcher holger.seibert@iab.de<br />
Mrs. Tülay SENER Trias gGmbH Projectmanager sentue@directbox.com<br />
Mr. Hartmut SIEMON Politik- und<br />
Unternehmensberatung<br />
Ms. Dorit SLABY LernNetz Berlin-<br />
Brandenburg e.V.<br />
Mr. Enikö SOUJON gsub mbH - Social<br />
Business Consultancy<br />
Corporation<br />
Ms. Cornelia SPROSS Federal Employment<br />
Agency<br />
International Relations<br />
General Manager hsiemon@gmx.net<br />
Project manager dorit.slaby@lnbb.de<br />
Consultant enikoe.soujon@gsub.de<br />
Expert cornelia.spross@arbeitsagentur.de
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 11<br />
Mrs. Elli STRAUVEN-<br />
DEJEAN<br />
Pfefferwerk Stadtkultur<br />
gGmbH<br />
Apprenticeship I Media I<br />
Culture<br />
Ms. Gulbakhyt SULTANOVA RWTH Aachen Universtity<br />
Institute for Political<br />
Science<br />
Mr. Bernd SZCZEPANSKI District Office Berlin-<br />
Neukölln<br />
Social Affairs<br />
Mr. Konrad TACK Foundation "Arbeit für<br />
Behinderte"<br />
Mrs. Nicole VLACH gsub - Projektegesellschaft<br />
mbH<br />
LernLaden Neukölln<br />
Mr. Burkhard VOLBRACHT Berlin Partner GmbH Senior Consultant<br />
Labor Market and<br />
Recruiting, Business<br />
Mrs. Susanne WEBER Research Institute for<br />
Vocational Education and<br />
Training<br />
Mrs. Christina WEGNER District Office Berlin-<br />
Steglitz-Zehlendorf<br />
European Affairs<br />
Mrs. Andrea WEIK Andrea Weik Coaching für<br />
Berufsfindung<br />
Department Head dejean@pfefferwerk.de<br />
Doctoral Candidate gulbakhyt.sultanova@yahoo.de<br />
Councillor bernd.szczepanski@bezirksamtneukoelln.de<br />
Leading Manager gecko.tack@gmx.de<br />
Career Counselor nicole.vlach@gsub.de<br />
burkhard.volbracht@berlin-partner.de<br />
Research Associate weber.susanne@f-bb.de<br />
Officer christina.wegner@ba-sz.berlin.de<br />
Owner kontakt@andreaweik.de<br />
Mrs. Bettina WERNER INU-gGmbh Managing Director inu_ggmbh@t-online.de<br />
Mr. Alexander WILHELM BDA | Confederation of<br />
German Employers'<br />
Associations<br />
Mr. Achim WOLF gsub mbH - Social<br />
Business Consultancy<br />
Corporation<br />
Local Social Capital<br />
Mr. Manuel WOLFF Technical University of<br />
Dresden<br />
Institute of Geography<br />
Mr. Ingo ZIELONKOWSKY Federal Employment<br />
Agency<br />
AA Krefeld<br />
Deputy Director<br />
Labour Department<br />
a.wilhelm@arbeitgeber.de<br />
Project Manager achim.wolf@gsub.de<br />
Doctoral Candidate manuel.wolff@tu-dresden.de<br />
Chairman of the<br />
Managment Board<br />
ingo.zielonkowsky@arbeitsagentur.de<br />
Mrs. Jasmin ZOUIZI MetropolisNet EEIG Network Co-ordinator jasmin.zouizi@metropolisnet.eu<br />
Mr. Leonard<br />
George<br />
CHRISTODOULOU Athens SOS/ Socialist<br />
Youth<br />
Main office<br />
GREECE<br />
Mr. Elias COMMATAS Austriahellas Transition & Cultural<br />
Manager<br />
General Director leo@leocosmos.com<br />
austriahellas@austriahellas.eu
12 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS<br />
HUNGARY<br />
Mrs. Széles KATALIN Association Together in<br />
Europe<br />
Ms. Agnéta JANKÓ Hungarian Embassy in<br />
Germany<br />
IRELAND<br />
Mr. James DOORLEY National Youth Council of<br />
Ireland<br />
Vice-President eeeegyesulet@t-online.hu<br />
Officer ajanko@mfa.gov.hu<br />
Deputy Director james@nyci.ie<br />
Mr. Patrick HENNELLY Marbel Group Owner hello@paddyhennelly.com<br />
Mr. Denis LEAMY Pobal CEO dleamy@pobal.ie<br />
Mrs. Joyce LOUGHNAN Focus Ireland Chief Executive<br />
Officer<br />
jloughnan@focusireland.ie<br />
Mr. Jerry MURPHY Pobal Programme Manager jmurphy@pobal.ie<br />
Mr. Larry O NEILL CPLN Area Partnership Deputy CEO loneill@cpln.ie<br />
Ms. Emma RORKE Pobal<br />
Local <strong>Development</strong><br />
ITALY<br />
Ms. Emanuela ATZORI Regional Employment<br />
Agency - Sardinia Region<br />
Planning & <strong>Development</strong><br />
Ms. Elena GRILLI Ciofs-FP<br />
International Project<br />
Design<br />
Mr. Davide LIBRALESSO Etimos Foundation<br />
Project<br />
Policy Officer erorke@pobal.ie<br />
Officer eatzori@regione.sardegna.it<br />
Consultant egrilli@ciofs-fp.org<br />
Project Manager d.libralesso@etimosfoundation.it<br />
Mr. Federico MONTELLI Formaper General Director federico.montelli@mi.camcom.it<br />
Mr. Edoardo MORGANTE MSOI MA Student edoardo.morgante@gmail.com<br />
Mr. Paolo REBOANI Italia Lavoro s.p.a. Chairman and CEO presidenza@italialavoro.it<br />
Mrs. Lisa RUSTICO Italia Lavoro s.p.a. Expert lisa.rustico@gmail.com<br />
Mrs. Ilaria URBINATI Etimos General Co-ordinator i.urbinati@etimosfoundation.it<br />
Mrs. Torta VALENTINA Piedmont Region<br />
Planning<br />
JAPAN<br />
Ms. Megumi NOZAWA Japanese Delegation to the<br />
OECD<br />
KYRGYZSTAN<br />
Mr. Marat DJANBAEV International Youth<br />
Foundation<br />
Field Office in Bishkek,<br />
Kyrgyzstan<br />
Officer valentina.torta@regione.piemonte.it<br />
First Secretary megumi.nozawa@mofa.go.jp<br />
Senior Technical<br />
Specialist,<br />
Entrepreneurship<br />
m.djanbaev@iyfnet.org
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 13<br />
LATVIA<br />
Ms. Jevgenija BUTNICKA Ministry of Environmental<br />
Protection and Regional<br />
<strong>Development</strong><br />
National <strong>Development</strong><br />
Planning Department<br />
Mrs. Ilona RAUGZE Ministry of Environmental<br />
Protection and Regional<br />
<strong>Development</strong> of Latvia<br />
National <strong>Development</strong><br />
Planning Department<br />
LUXEMBOURG<br />
Mrs. Paulette LENERT Ministry of Economy and<br />
Foreign Trade<br />
Department for Social<br />
Economy<br />
Senior Expert jevgenija.butnicka@varam.gov.lv<br />
Deputy Director ilona.raugze@varam.gov.lv<br />
First Counsellor fatima.mestre@ecosol.etat.lu<br />
Mrs. Christina SCHÜRR Objectif Plein Emploi Senior Manager schuerr@ope.lu<br />
MALTA<br />
Mr. Euchar SULTANA Maltese National Youth<br />
Council obo European<br />
Youth Forum<br />
MOLDOVA - REPUBLIC OF<br />
Mr. Botnaru ION NGO "Terra-1530"<br />
Sustainable <strong>Development</strong><br />
(THE) NETHERLANDS<br />
Mr. Xander BEKS BrabantStad-Tasty Green<br />
Lifestyle Experience<br />
International & EU<br />
Officer<br />
euchar@gmail.com<br />
Project Co-ordinator mnrvcw@gmail.com<br />
Policy Officer-Sr.<br />
Project Manager<br />
ajbeks@brabant.nl<br />
Mr. Nico VAN DE VRIE Expertisz BV Director nj.vdvrie@planet.nl<br />
Mrs. Anita VAN GILS Maastricht University<br />
School of Business and<br />
<strong>Economic</strong>s<br />
Organisation and Strategy<br />
ROMANIA<br />
Associate Professor<br />
in Entrepreneurship<br />
a.vangils@maastrichtuniversity.nl<br />
Ms. Tompea ANCUTA Petre Andrei University Dean tompeaanca@gmail.com<br />
Mr. Macovei LIVIU Human Brand international<br />
Association<br />
Mrs. Romina MATEI Youth Express Network<br />
Education<br />
Ms. Svetlana DELIC Belgrade Chamber of<br />
Commerce<br />
Cabinet<br />
SERBIA<br />
President liviu.maco@yahoo.com<br />
President mateiromina@gmail.com<br />
Head of the staff svetlanad@kombeg.org.rs
14 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS<br />
Mr. Ivica EZDENCI National Agency for<br />
Regional <strong>Development</strong><br />
Cabinet<br />
Ms. Jelena MILOVANOVIC Government of Serbia<br />
Social Inclusion and<br />
Poverty Reduction Unit<br />
Mr. Zarko SUNDERIC Government of Serbia<br />
Social Inclusion and<br />
Poverty Reduction Unit<br />
Mr. Velimir VUKADIN SASME Serbian<br />
association of SMEs<br />
SLOVENIA<br />
Ms. Vesna MILOŠEVIČ MSS (National Youth<br />
Council of Slovenia) and<br />
YEA (Youth Employment<br />
Action)<br />
Youth Employment<br />
SWEDEN<br />
President svetlanad@kombeg.org.rs<br />
<strong>Economic</strong><br />
<strong>Development</strong> and<br />
Employment Coordinator<br />
jelena.milovanovic@gov.rs<br />
Team Manager zarko.sunderic@gov.rs<br />
President vukadin@srb-smeasoc.org<br />
External Expert on<br />
Youth Employment<br />
wesna.milosevic@gmail.com<br />
Mr. Besim AHO Municipality of Södertälje Chairman besim.aho@sodertalje.se<br />
Mr. Gunnar ANDERZON Swedish Association of<br />
Local Authorities and<br />
Regions<br />
Mr. Gunnar ÄRNSTRÖM Municipality of Sandvikens<br />
Beschäftigung und<br />
Verkehrsamt<br />
Mrs. Erica BRANDT Södermalms<br />
stadsdelsförvaltning<br />
Enheten för<br />
försörjningsstöd<br />
Mr. Stefan CARLEHÄLL Municipality of Hofors<br />
Social Service Department<br />
Mrs. Camilla DUNSTRÖM Municipality of Nynäshamn<br />
Social Service Department<br />
Mr. Krister ERIKSSON Municipality of Södertälje<br />
Social Service Department<br />
Senior Adviser gunnar.anderzon@skl.se<br />
EU Koordinator gunnar.arnstrom@sandviken.se<br />
Coach erica.brandt@stockholm.se<br />
Director stefan.carlehall@hofors.se<br />
Group Manager camilla.dunstrom@nynashamn.se<br />
Group Manager krister.eriksson@sodertalje.se<br />
Ms. Karin GELLIN Swedish ESF-Council karin.gellin@esf.se<br />
Mrs. Anne GERDIN Sundbyberg stad (KNUT)<br />
Enheten för vägledning och<br />
arbete<br />
Mrs. Katarina GRÖNDAHL Municipality of Sandviken<br />
Labour and Transportation<br />
Department<br />
Mr. Ola HÄGG Municipality of<br />
Nynäshamns<br />
Labour Market<br />
Counsellor<br />
anne.gerdin@sundbyberg.se<br />
Chief katarina.grondahl@sandviken.se<br />
Chairman Social<br />
Welfare Board<br />
ola.hagg@nynashamn.se
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 15<br />
Mr. Ove HAMRÉN Municipality of Hofors<br />
Social Service Department<br />
Mr. Stig HANNO KNUT<br />
Södertälje<br />
Mr. Stefan HEINEBÄCK Municipality of Nacka<br />
Social Service Department<br />
Mr. Torbjörn ISRAELSSON National Public<br />
Employment Service<br />
Department of Analyses<br />
Mrs. Rose-Marie JAKOBSSON Municipality of Södertälje<br />
Municipal Social<br />
Department<br />
Mr. Leif JANSSON Municipality of Sandviken<br />
Labour & Transportation<br />
Department<br />
Mr. Anders JOHANSSON Municipality of Sandviken<br />
Labour and Transportation<br />
Department<br />
Mrs. Yvonne KOKKOLA Municiaplity of Nynäshamn<br />
Social Service Department<br />
Mrs. Lisa KVARNLÖF Bessemerskolan<br />
Knowledge Department<br />
Project Leader ove.hamren@hofors.se<br />
Chairman stig@hanno.org<br />
Head of Social<br />
Service<br />
Senior Adviser<br />
Chairman of the<br />
Board<br />
stefan.heineback@nacka.se<br />
torbjorn.israelsson@arbetsformedlingen.se<br />
rose-marie.jacobsson@sodertalje.se<br />
Head of Department leif.jansson@sandviken.se<br />
Project Leader anders.johansson@sandviken.se<br />
Head of Department<br />
Individual and Family<br />
Care<br />
yvonne.kokkola@nynashamn.se<br />
Headmaster lisa.kvarnlof@utb.sandviken.se<br />
Mrs. Maria LINDEBERG Sundbybergs stad Department Manager maria.lindeberg@sundbyberg.se<br />
Mrs. Jessica LÖHMAN Employment Services -<br />
Municipality of Sandviken<br />
Labour and Transportation<br />
Department<br />
Mr. Anders LUNDELL Municiaplity of Sandviken<br />
Labour and Transportation<br />
Department<br />
Mrs. Mona LUNDGREN Muncipality of Sandviken<br />
Education and training<br />
Mrs. Marie LUNDQVIST Municipality of Nacka<br />
Social Service Department<br />
Mr. Sture MELANDER Sundbyberg stad (KNUT)<br />
Enheten för vägledning och<br />
arbete<br />
Mr. Roy MELCHERT Swedish Association of<br />
Local Authorities and<br />
Regions<br />
Ms. Elna OLSSON The Public Employment<br />
Service<br />
Employment<br />
Manager<br />
jessica.lohman@arbetsformedlingen.se<br />
Head of R&D Unit anders.lundell@sandviken.se<br />
Skills Developer mona.lundgren@sandviken.se<br />
Head of Social<br />
Service<br />
Labour Market<br />
Counsellor<br />
marie.lundqvist@nacka.se<br />
sture.melander@sundbyberg.se<br />
Senior Advisor roy.melchert@skl.se<br />
Project Manager elna.olsson@arbetsformedlingen.se<br />
Mr. Peter PEDERSEN ThemeGroup Youth Financial Officer peter.pedersen@ungdomsstyrelsen.se<br />
Ms. Lena ROGELAND KNUT Partnership Project Manager lena@rogeland.se
16 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS<br />
Mrs. Agneta ROSTRÖM Public Employment Service<br />
Director Generals Office<br />
Mr. Fredrik ROSTRÖM Municipality of Södertälje<br />
social welfare<br />
Mrs. Malgorzata SABUK Municipality of Stockholm<br />
Social Service Department<br />
Mr. Jan SJÖSTRÖM Municipality of Sandviken<br />
Labour and Transportation<br />
Department<br />
Ms. Annalotta SKARP Municiaplity of Salems<br />
Labour Market Unit<br />
Mr. Tord STRANNE<strong>FOR</strong>S National Public<br />
Employment Office<br />
Department of Analyses<br />
Ms. Susan TROBERG Municipality of Salems<br />
Labour Market Unit<br />
SWITZERLAND<br />
Ms. Nathalie BARBANCHO Swiss Agency for<br />
<strong>Development</strong> and<br />
Cooperation (SDC)<br />
Western Balkans Division<br />
Mr. Simon JUNKER Swiss Agency for<br />
<strong>Development</strong> and<br />
Cooperation (SDC)<br />
Latin America Division<br />
TUNISIA<br />
Mr. Mlaoueh AMMAR Ministry of Higher<br />
Education and Scientific<br />
Research<br />
Senior Adviser agneta.rostrom@arbetsformedlingen.se<br />
Developer of<br />
Methods<br />
fredrik.rostrom@sodertalje.se<br />
Manager margareta.sabuk@stockholm.se<br />
Chef jan.sjostrom@sandviken.se<br />
The Social Secretary anna-lotta.skarp@salem.se<br />
Head of Forecasting tord.strannefors@arbetsformedlingen.se<br />
Head of Labour<br />
Market Unit<br />
Programme Manager<br />
Albania<br />
Responsible for<br />
Employment Topic in<br />
the Employment and<br />
Income SDC<br />
Network<br />
susan.troberg@salem.se<br />
nathalie.barbancho@deza.admin.ch<br />
simon.junker@deza.admin.ch<br />
Director mlaoueh.ammar@mes.rnu.tn<br />
Mr. Mohamed BEN ACHMA GIZ - Tunisia Expert Junior mohamed.ben@giz.de<br />
Mr. Salah BEN HAMED Ministry of Higher<br />
Education and Scientific<br />
Research<br />
Mr. Mohamed<br />
Salah<br />
Expert benhamad_salah@yahoo.fr<br />
BEN YEHMED University of Jendouba Teacher slah530@yahoo.fr<br />
Mr. Abdelkader BOUZIDI University of Jendouba International<br />
Cooperation<br />
Departement<br />
Mr. Holger KUHLE GIZ - Tunisia Head of the<br />
Entrepreneurship<br />
Unit<br />
bouzkader@yahoo.fr<br />
holger.kuhle@giz.de<br />
Mr. Faysal MANSOURI University of Sousse President faysal.mansouri@yahoo.fr
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 17<br />
Mr. Korhan ERDOĞAN Turkish Treasury<br />
Social Security and<br />
Employment<br />
TURKEY<br />
UKRAINE<br />
Deputy Director<br />
General<br />
korhan.erdogan@hazine.gov.tr<br />
Ms. Olga SHUDRAK Young Diplomacy Centre Alumnus olyashudrak@hotmail.com<br />
Ms. Alanoud ABDULLA ALALI Federal Demographic<br />
Council<br />
Policy and Strategy<br />
Mr. Anis BEN BRIK Federal Demographic<br />
Council<br />
Policy and Strategy<br />
Mr. Humaid SAEED ALDAREI Federal Demographic<br />
Council<br />
Policy and Strategy<br />
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES<br />
UNITED KINGDOM<br />
Mr. Eddy ADAMS Eddy Adams Consultants<br />
Ltd.<br />
Ms. Katherine CHAPMAN UK Commission for<br />
Employment and Skills<br />
Mr. Anton ECKERSLEY Ingeus<br />
International Realtions<br />
Policy and Planning<br />
Associate<br />
abrik@fdc.gov.ae<br />
Advisor abrik@fdc.gov.ae<br />
Deputy Secretary-<br />
General of Policy<br />
and Planning<br />
abrik@fdc.gov.ae<br />
Director eddy@eaconsultants.com<br />
Senior Manager katherine.chapman@ukces.org.uk<br />
Director aeckersley@ingeus.co.uk<br />
Mrs. Yee-Chen LIU University of Cambirdge PhD student ycl41@cam.ac.uk<br />
Ms. Moira MCKERRACHER UK Commission for<br />
Employment and Skills<br />
Director moira.mckerracher@ukces.org.uk<br />
Ms. Jenna NORMAN Richmond College Student jenna1388@msn.com<br />
Mr. Henry OCHE University of<br />
Birmingham/Initiative for<br />
Environment, Health &<br />
Social <strong>Development</strong><br />
International<br />
<strong>Development</strong>/Programme<br />
Ms. Alison PARTRIDGE Aurora European Services<br />
Ltd<br />
Mr. Vincent PATTISON Ingeus<br />
Ingeus Centre for Policy<br />
and Research<br />
Staff-Student<br />
Committee<br />
Member/Programme<br />
Manager<br />
henryodang@yahoo.com<br />
Director alison@aurora-ltd.com<br />
Senior Policy and<br />
Research Manager<br />
vpattison@ingeus.co.uk<br />
Mr. Peter RAMSDEN Freiss Ltd, LDNET Managing Director peterramsden2@gmail.com<br />
Ms. Katerina RUDIGER Chartered Institute of<br />
Personnel and<br />
<strong>Development</strong> (CIPD)<br />
Skills Policy Adviser k.rudiger@cipd.co.uk
18 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS<br />
Mr. Sascha STRUPP Centre for Scottish Public<br />
Policy<br />
Adopt an Intern<br />
Programme<br />
UNITED STATES<br />
Mr. Randall EBERTS W.E. Upjohn Institute for<br />
Employment Research<br />
VIET NAM<br />
Policy Officer sascha@cspp.org.uk<br />
President eberts@upjohn.org<br />
Mr. Le Duy BINH <strong>Economic</strong>a Managing Director binh.le@economica.vn<br />
Ms. Brigitte DEGEN European Commission<br />
EMPL.C.3<br />
Mr. Stefaan HERMANS European Commission<br />
DG RTD&Innovation<br />
EUROPEAN COMMISSION<br />
Mr. Robert STRAUSS European Commission<br />
DG Employment, Social<br />
Affairs & Inclusion<br />
EUROPEAN <strong>YOUTH</strong> <strong>FOR</strong>UM<br />
Adminsitrator brigitte.degen@ec.europa.eu<br />
Head of Unit stefaan.hermans@ec.europa.eu<br />
Head of Unit robert.strauss@ec.europa.eu<br />
Mr. Luca SCARPIELLO European Youth Forum Vice-President luca.scarpiello@youthforum.org<br />
JEUNE (Young Entrepreneurs of the European Union)<br />
Mr. Andrea GELFI Young Entrepreneurs of<br />
the European Union<br />
JEUNE - Italy<br />
Mr. Florin<br />
Nicolae<br />
Mrs. Amela GAČANOVIĆ-<br />
TUTNJEVIĆ<br />
JIANU Young Entrepreneurs of<br />
the European Union<br />
JEUNE - Romania<br />
UNDP (United Nations <strong>Development</strong> Programme)<br />
UNDP Project Officer for<br />
Local Capacity<br />
Vice-President andrea.gelfi@gmail.com<br />
President office@ptir.ro<br />
amela.gacanovic-tutnjevic@undp.org<br />
Ms. Renata RADEKA UNDP Programme Manager renata.radeka@undp.org
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 19<br />
OECD (Organisation for <strong>Economic</strong> Co-operation and <strong>Development</strong>)<br />
Mr. Sergio ARZENI OECD<br />
CFE LEED Programme<br />
Ms. Elisa CAMPESTRIN OECD<br />
CFE LEED Programme<br />
Ms. Emma CLARENCE OECD<br />
CFE LEED Programme<br />
Ms. Francesca FROY OECD<br />
CFE LEED Programme<br />
Mr. Sylvain GIGUERE OECD<br />
CFE LEED Programme<br />
Mr. David HALABISKY OECD<br />
CFE LEED Programme<br />
Ms. Cristina MARTINEZ OECD<br />
CFE LEED Programme<br />
Mr. Moritz NIENHAUS OECD<br />
Berlin Centre<br />
Mr. Sebastian RUBATSCHER OECD<br />
Berlin Centre<br />
Ms. Ekaterina TRAVKINA OECD<br />
CFE LEED Programme<br />
Mr. Heino VON MEYER OECD<br />
Berlin Centre<br />
Director sergio.arzeni@oecd.org<br />
Assistant elisa.campestrin@oecd.org<br />
Policy Analyst emma.clarence@oecd.org<br />
Senior Policy Analyst francesca.froy@oecd.org<br />
Head of Division sylvain.giguere@oecd.org<br />
Policy Analyst david.halabisky@oecd.org<br />
Policy Analyst cristina.martinez@oecd.org<br />
Consultant moritz.nienhaus@oecd.org<br />
Assistant sebastian.rubatscher@oecd.org<br />
Manager, LEED<br />
Forum on<br />
Partnerships&Local<br />
Governance<br />
ekaterina.travkina@oecd.org<br />
Centre Head heino.vonmeyer@oecd.org
■ What<br />
8 th <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong><br />
<strong>PARTNERSHIPS</strong> <strong>FOR</strong> <strong>YOUTH</strong><br />
GETTING THE YOUNG INTO JOBS AND BUSINESS <strong>FOR</strong><br />
SUCCESSFUL WORKING LIFE<br />
20 - 21 March 2012, Berlin, Germany<br />
Kalkscheune, Johannisstr. 2<br />
In co-operation with the German Federal Government Commissioner for the New Federal States,<br />
the Senate of Berlin Department for Labour, Integration and Women’s Issues,<br />
the German Federal Employment Agency, the European Youth Forum and<br />
gsub mbH - Social Business Consultancy Corporation<br />
Agenda<br />
The transition from education to work is not easy for many young people, particularly when it comes to finding sustainable employment<br />
with progression opportunities. While many OECD countries have recently put in place new national policies to support youth, they will be<br />
more effective if they are implemented in a coordinated way at local level. Providing jobs for youth requires place-specific, cross-sectoral<br />
responses involving different local players (schools, VET, universities, employment services, employers, not-for-profit organisations, regional<br />
and local authorities, and social partners) as part of wider local development strategies.<br />
At the same time, it will be important for industry groups, colleges and employment agencies to work together to ensure that young people<br />
have the right skills and accurate career guidance as to opportunities in the local economy, and access to career ladders to support<br />
employment progression. Many localities are putting in place programmes to attract and retain talented and skilled youth to support the growth<br />
of emerging or existing competitive advantage sectors. Skills utilisation in the workplace is a particular issue for young people – if talents are<br />
not spotted young, long term career trajectories can suffer.<br />
For some young people, starting up their own business (including social enterprises) can be a viable alternative to dependent labour.<br />
Success here requires investment in entrepreneurship skills, creation of entrepreneurial attitudes as well as start-up and early-stage business<br />
development support.<br />
The impact of demographic change and the ageing of societies in OECD countries puts further pressure on labour markets to integrate the<br />
diminishing youth cohort. As industries and organisations age, different job conditions are required for older workers as is a better utilisation of<br />
in-house knowledge-intensive activities between younger and older workers.<br />
■ Who<br />
The 8th <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance will<br />
bring together some 200 representatives of local partnerships, government officials, local<br />
leaders, youth organisations, social entrepreneurs, business representatives, trade unions and<br />
academics to review how local development actors are adapting to this new reality and emerging<br />
innovations on the ground to respond to these new challenges.
2 AGENDA<br />
Tuesday, 20 March 2012<br />
8.30 - 9.00 Registration of participants and welcome coffee<br />
9.00 - 9.30 Conference facilitator: Paul Adamson, Editor-in-Chief, E!Sharp<br />
Opening remarks<br />
Sergio Arzeni, Director for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local <strong>Development</strong>, OECD<br />
Farhad Dilmaghani, Permanent Secretary for Labour and Integration, Senate Department for Labour, Integration and<br />
Women’s Issues, Berlin, Germany<br />
Robert Strauss, Head of Employment Analysis, DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion, European Commission,<br />
Chairman, OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance<br />
9.30 - 10.45 PLENARY SESSION 1: SETTING THE CONTEXT<br />
Young people have been hit hard by the economic recession. Despite the signs of recovery in some OECD countries, youth<br />
unemployment is likely to remain high due to a low level of demand for young people’s labour coupled with a long-standing problem<br />
of structural youth unemployment. This session will set the policy context for the more practice oriented discussions during the<br />
conference. First the discussion will review the factors behind high and persistent youth unemployment and examine the short and<br />
medium term prospects. Based on lessons learnt from previous recoveries, panellists will share their views on policy answers that<br />
have proven to be effective. In particular, panellists will reflect on what works and what does not in fostering youth entrepreneurship,<br />
preventing early school leaving and getting dropouts back into employment, education or training, helping young people break out of<br />
intergenerational cycles of poverty, and helping youth to acquire the right set of skills for a successful working life. Finally, panellists<br />
will exchange ways to ensure implementation on the ground and the value added of area-based approaches.<br />
Moderator: Dr. Sylvain Giguère, Head of LEED Division, OECD<br />
Panel discussion<br />
Dr. Randall Eberts, Executive Director, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, US<br />
Luca Scarpiello, Vice-President, European Youth Forum, EU<br />
Ekaterina Travkina, Manager, OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance<br />
Moira McKerracher, Assistant Director, UK Commission on Employment and Skills, United Kingdom<br />
Dr. Holger Seibert, Senior Researcher, Institute of Employment Research, Federal Employment Agency, Germany<br />
Discussion from the floor<br />
10.45 - 11.00 OVERVIEW OF THE BERLIN PROJECTS HOSTING <strong>FOR</strong>UM WORKSHOPS IN THE AFTERNOON<br />
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee Break<br />
11.30 - 12.30 NETWORKING SESSION: LOCAL INITIATIVES <strong>FOR</strong> JOBS, INCLUSION AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT<br />
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch Break<br />
Short interactive sessions<br />
The <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> of the Forum provides a unique networking opportunity for partnership practitioners. This session is organised<br />
around a series of short interactive sessions where Forum members present and discuss their projects with experts from other<br />
countries.<br />
13.30 - 14.30 PLENARY SESSION 2: GETTING THE YOUNG INTO JOBS AND BUSINESS - LEARNING FROM GERMANY<br />
The German economy recovered rapidly from the 2008-09 recession, with GDP topping pre-crisis rates during 2011 and<br />
unemployment falling significantly. Youth employment is high compared to most OECD countries largely thanks to the availability of<br />
well-established vocational education and training options and the successful apprenticeship system. This session will provide an<br />
opportunity to learn from this experience and analyse its successes and pitfalls in a broader demographic change context (increased<br />
mobility, declining youth population rates and population ageing). Approaches to support youth in starting their own businesses will<br />
also be reviewed, touching upon entrepreneurship skills as well as start-up and early-stage business development support. Finally,<br />
the panel will reflect on the conditions for transferability of the German experience.<br />
Panel discussion followed by discussion from the floor<br />
Dr. Christoph Bergner, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Commissioner for the New<br />
Federal States, Germany<br />
Sabine Hübner, Head of Department of Labour, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Family of the State of<br />
Brandenburg, Germany<br />
Farhad Dilmaghani, Permanent Secretary for Labour and Integration, Senate Department for Labour, Integration and<br />
Women’s Issues, Berlin, Germany<br />
Aart De Geus, Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany, former OECD Deputy Secretary-General
AGENDA 3<br />
Tuesday, 20 March 2012<br />
14.30 - 18.00 CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 1-5<br />
(hosted by Berlin youth projects)<br />
CONCURRENT WORKSHOP 6<br />
(conference venue)<br />
14.30 - 15.15 Participants will be transported to the sites of local initiatives for youth employment in Berlin<br />
15.15 - 18.00 Workshop 1<br />
<strong>YOUTH</strong><br />
ENTREPRENEURSHIP<br />
18.00 Transfer back to conference venue<br />
Workshop 2<br />
SUPPORTING<br />
SCHOOL-TO-WORK<br />
TRANSITIONS<br />
Workshop 3<br />
BUILDING FUTURES<br />
<strong>FOR</strong><br />
DISADVANTAGED<br />
<strong>YOUTH</strong><br />
15.00 - 18.00 Workshop 6: MANAGING DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE - Transitions in labour markets<br />
Workshop 4<br />
SKILLS <strong>FOR</strong><br />
SUCCESSFUL<br />
WORKING LIFE:<br />
APPRENTICESHIPS<br />
AND BEYOND<br />
Workshop 5<br />
JOINED UP<br />
APPROACHES TO<br />
<strong>YOUTH</strong> EMPLOYMENT<br />
19.00 Dinner reception: "Oranium" restaurant, Oranienburger Straße 33-34, 10117 Berlin (walking distance from conference venue)<br />
Wednesday, 21 March 2012<br />
9.00 - 9.30 Welcome coffee<br />
9.30 - 10.00 FEEDBACK FROM DAY 1: facilitated discussion<br />
10.00 - 11.30 GETTING THE YOUNG INTO JOBS AND BUSINESS: the ‘WHO’ and the ‘HOW’<br />
11.30 - 12.00 Coffee Break<br />
These 4 concurrent workshops will discuss the role of key institutions in supporting youth entrepreneurship, school-to-work<br />
transitions, helping young people break out of intergenerational cycles of poverty, and helping youth to acquire the right set of skills<br />
for a successful working life. The discussions will build on the results of the workshops of the previous day.<br />
Workshop A<br />
WHAT COULD THE SOCIAL<br />
ECONOMY DO?<br />
Workshop B<br />
WHAT COULD LOCAL<br />
PARTNERSHIP<br />
ORGANISATIONS DO?<br />
12.00 - 13.00 PLENARY SESSION: LESSONS LEARNT AND THE WAY <strong>FOR</strong>WARD<br />
Workshop C<br />
WHAT SHOULD LABOUR<br />
MARKET AND TRAINING<br />
INSTITUTIONS BE<br />
FOCUSING ON?<br />
Workshop D<br />
WHAT COULD<br />
BUSINESSES DO?<br />
12.00 - 12.45 Drawing on earlier discussions, this session will reflect on the lessons and recommendations stemming from the conference and on<br />
the role of youth organisations in the co-creation of policies and co-implementation of projects at local level.<br />
Facilitated panel discussion<br />
Comments by<br />
Leonardo George Christodoulou, General Director, Athens S.O.S./Young Socialists, Greece<br />
Romina Matei, President, Youth Express Network, Romania<br />
Vesna Milosevic, National Youth Employment Council and Youth Employment Action, Slovenia<br />
Michael Schwab, Chairman, Rural Youth Europe, Germany<br />
Sally Sinclair, Chief Executive Officer, National Employment Services Association, Australia<br />
Discussion from the floor<br />
12.45 - 13.00 Closing remarks<br />
Jan Hendeliowitz, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Employment, The Danish National Labour Market Authority, Chairman, OECD LEED<br />
Directing Committee<br />
13.00 End of the conference<br />
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
<strong>FOR</strong>UM TEAM<br />
OECD Headquarters, Paris, France<br />
Mailing address:<br />
Rue André-Pascal 2<br />
F-75775 Paris Cedex 16, France<br />
Sylvain Giguère, Head of the LEED Division<br />
Ekaterina Travkina, Forum Team Leader<br />
Francesca Froy, Co-ordinator for activities on employment, skills and local governance<br />
Cristina Martinez, Policy Analyst, Manager, ESSSA Initiative (Employment and Skills Strategies in Southeast Asia)<br />
OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local <strong>Development</strong>, Trento, Italy<br />
Mailing address:<br />
Vicolo San Marco 1<br />
I-38122 Trento, Italy<br />
Andrea-Rosalinde Hofer, Policy Analyst (reviews, capacity building sessions)<br />
Elisa Campestrin, Information and Communication Technology Manager<br />
Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI), Vienna, Austria<br />
Mailing address:<br />
Linke Wienzeile 246<br />
A-1150 Vienna, Austria<br />
Michael Förschner, Team Leader at ZSI<br />
Anette Scoppetta, Manager of the projects “Coordination Unit of Territorial Employment Pacts (TEPs) in Austria” at ZSI<br />
<strong>FOR</strong>UM BOARD<br />
Chairman: Robert Strauss, Head of Unit, Employment Analysis, DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion, European Commission<br />
Doris Ballwein, ESF Expert, Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection (BMASK), Austria<br />
Hélène Deslauriers, Executive Director, Réseau des SADC du Québec, Canada<br />
Randall Eberts, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, US<br />
Denis Leamy, Chief Executive of Pobal, Ireland<br />
OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance<br />
www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/forum/partnerships<br />
Sally Sinclair, CEO of the National Employment Services Association, Australia<br />
Louis Vervloet, Director of ESF Unit, Flemish Ministry of Employment, Belgium