Employment, Employment Policies

Acting Locally for Employment 4 MB

Accelerating the Integration of Refugees into the Labour Market (Transcript of a Keynote-Speech) IGAM, a NGO for the support of immigrants and refugees in Turkey has held a conference June 2019 in Ankara. I had the honour being invited to present our concept for the acceleration of Integration processes. 2 MB

School-to-Work-Transitions and Regional Transition Management Current Situation in Germany and Local Practices (Finish Ministry of Labour, 15-16 October 2015, Helsinki, Finland) 2 MB

City Strategies for Economic Development and Job-Creation Integrated Policies for Employment and Social Inclusion (WORLD-BANK, INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON URBAN POVERTY Monterrey, Mexico, 24-26 August 2015) 2 MB

Elements of Urban Integration Strategies - Coping with Immigration, Building Socially Cohesive Communities in Turbulent Times (Integration Strategy Group (GMFUS, GIZ) Workshop Istanbul 2-3 June 2016) 2 MB

Regional Integration Accelerators (RIAC) A transnational project to make integration faster and more effective (Kick-Off-Workshop "Fast Track Integration", EUC Brussels, 23 February 2018) 776 KB

From Subsidised Employment to the „Primary“ Labour Market. Recent Initiatives and Experiences in Germany 804 KB

Some time-series on the impact of the SGB-II ("Hartz 4") reforms in Germany The time-series data show the evolution of employment, unemployment, poverty and flexwork before and after the Hartz-4-reform, having come into force 2005. 468 KB

Acelerando la integración de refugiados en el empleo GIZ Colombia - SI FRONTERA, Estrategias nacionales y municipales para la integración - Viaje de estudios virtual, 1 de octubre de 2021 2 MB

The Impact of Covid-19 on Unemployment, Social Protection and Activation Policies in Germany Presentation prepared for a transnational on the impact of Corona on the labour market, poverty and active inclusion policies in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. The presentation also covers the issue of managing the Covid-19-Challenge in Jobcenters. 1 MB

The System of Basic Protection SGB II in Germany. Historical Background, Structure, Process, and Current Developments This paper is a contribution to the research-project "A case study of unemployment assistance delivery systems in the UK and Germany" at Korea University of Technology and Education, funded by the Ministry of Employment and Labour of the Republic of Korea. 1 MB

Holistic Social Services for the most vulnerable groups in the labour market Cooperate, Reach Out, Integrate Services (CRIS) A transnational project to enhance inclusion and foster employment of the most vulnerable on the labour market. Presentation at the Kick-Off-Meeting of EaSI Social Innovation Projects, 25-26 January 2022 1 MB

CRIS – COOPERATE, REACH OUT, INTEGRATE SERVICES Fiche on a transnational project for the development of holistic methodologies to approach vulnerable target-groups farthest from the labor market. The project is funded by the EU under the program EaSI (Enployment and Social Innovation). I am the coordinator of the transnational consortium. 1 MB

Improving the workflow between contract-providers of social services and public social authorities - a digital solution developed and implemented by MainArbeit-Jobcentre Offenbach Delivering holistic social services it is of key importance to secure an effective collaborative workflow among private service providers, NGO´s and public bodies, be it jobcentres or social authorities. MainArbeit, the municipal jobcentre of the City of Offenbach has developed and implemented a digital tool allowing for a seamless workflow between contract providers of services and the jobcentre. Collaboration now can take place in real time. 703 KB

Upskilling the Hard-to-Reach Presentation in a digital conference of the Slovak Business-Center on the "needs of the NEET" (those not in employment, education or training). 1 MB

Minimum Income Guarantees Germany in a European Perspective A lecture on the German system in a European perspective at Fulda University of Applied Sciences 2 MB