Rationale

Text available in

Eminent part of general migration policy is integration policy. Since year 1996 no changes have been applied in the integration policy in Slovak republic condition. Public policy of integration of the asylum seekers into the society was not adapted on changing conditions of transforming economy.

Objective

Text available in

- creation of systematic solutions in language and professional training of asylum seekers
- elaboration of methods for teaching Slovak language as a foreign language for asylum seekers and consecutive verification in asylum facilities of the Ministry of interior
- formation of positive attitude of potentional employers towards target group
- testing of new approaches when working with asylum seekers

Innovation

Text available in

Innovation of the project is based on the elaboration of complex methods of Slovak language education as a foreign language and in establishing of supported employment as an innovation tool of working integration of target group.

Budget Action 2

< 250 000 €

Beneficiaries

Empowerment

 With beneficiaries

Text available in

Long term efficiency of the realisation of the next part project, supporting-motivational activities, exposes in the higher independence and activity of the target group.
Possibilities in succeeding in the labour market are improved by achievement of language and professional training.

 Between national partners

Text available in

For the purposes of the decision making process a managing commission will be created. Similarly a realisation team will be created for coordination of related activities. By the realisation of the project verified methods of the social work will be applied.

Transnationality

 Linguistic skills

• slovenčina (slovenský jazyk)
• English
• Deutsch
• français

 Percentage of the budget for transnational activities

• 15.0%

 Transnational Co-operation Partnerships

Background

 Involvment in previous EU programmes

• Nobody involved in A&E

National Partners

Agreement Summary

Text available in

The MOLE TCP assumes that transnational co-operation will lead to cross cultural understanding and self-support which is needed to stop discrimination and to promote equality.

DP Net2005/Czech Republic
Refugee issue and reception of asylum seekers is a relatively new phenomenon for the Czech Republic. The same applies to regulations of employment conditions of asylum seekers. Approaches towards this issue vary in European states. Some of them introduced restrictive regulations barring asylum seekers from entering labour markets. On the other hand, there are countries in which asylum seekers are allowed to work very soon after they submitted their asylum claims.

Referring to the model “Think Tank on Integration of Immigrants”, established by the Danish Government in 2000 to analyse integration of immigrants in Denmark, it has been recommended in its report published in February 2004 to grant asylum seekers right to work as soon as it becomes clear that the asylum procedure will take longer than a few months. With no consideration on the result of asylum procedure, all parties benefit from the fact that asylum seekers have an employment during the course of their asylum procedure.

These states apply completely different approaches to asylum seekers in other fields of integration as well, such as language courses etc. Their systematic work with refugees starts will not only start after the asylum has been granted but before, soon during the course of asylum procedure. These states offer to asylum seekers opportunities to engage in language courses supported by state.

Knowledge of the reception system in Germany will be very important for the project too - mainly because of the fact that Czech asylum policy is often inspired by the German practice. DP SAGA would like to learn from the experience of the above mentioned countries, look at strong points and weaknesses of their reception systems, gain their practical knowledge, experiences, conceptions, methodology etc. Having in mind the specifics of the Czech Republic we would like to transfer, their project experiences, know-how and examples of the best practices into our project implementation, methodology and mainly to conceptual papers.


DP Land Ahoy/ Germany will focus the transnational activities on the access of the target group to education and training as well as to employment. An analysis of the existing legal framework will be the basis for the comparison, the evaluation and the investigation of the transferability of educational training and projects promoting capacity building within the specific EU Member States.

The results of the analysis will lead to best-practice-models which will be - medially edited and represented – distributed in the frame of mainstreaming. Their methods are publications (brochures, leaflets, folders, documentations; internet presence and reports in the media) as well as performances and specialized workshops, seminars and conferences.

The following transnational activities have been envisaged:
· elaboration of a working programme as milestone 1
· subject-oriented workshops
· mutual visits (staff exchange)
· continual cooperation in different subject-centred working groups
· elaboration of concepts for appropriate publication models including
the target groups (print media, film production, internet platform or
similar media)
· performance of specialized seminaries, final congress.

The different concepts for the promotion of intercultural competences of multipliers have been taken into account as well. The minimum standards of the European Recommendation on the reception of asylum seekers are the basis for joint efforts. The transnational cooperation aims at building networks between the old and the new EU member states and at the identification of good-practice-models suitable to endurably and transnationally improve the conditions for the target groups in the educational and the occupational sector.

DP SAGA/Germany will focus their activities on the access to the fields of education and employment for the target groups. The prime objective of the transnational cooperation shall be the improvement of standards and conditions in this field for the target groups by way of exchanging, elaborating and implementing good-practise examples. In that process, minimum standards of the EU reception guideline shall be the starting point of the planned activities.

The objectives have been defined as follows:
a) improvement of the national approaches in the fields of education and employment
b) analysis of the phenomenon of East-West migration following the asylum application and solution-oriented overcoming of the taboo nature of this subject
c) innovative cooperation of old and new EU member states as well as other accession states


The Slovak government officially declares to fulfill EU standards in asylum policy and agrees with Council Decision of 28 September 2000 establishing a European Refugee Fund (2000/596/EC):
"...the integration of refugees into the society of the country in which they are established is one of the objectives of the Geneva Convention and, to this end, there should be support for action by the Member States intended to promote their social and economic integration, in so far as it contributes to economic and social cohesion, the maintenance and strengthening of which is one of the Community's fundamental objectives..."
and in same decision it also reads:
"...it is in the interests of both the Member States and the persons concerned that refugees and displaced persons who are allowed to stay in the territory of the Member States are given the opportunity to provide for themselves by working..."
but in a practical way the integration is not a priority for Slovak official authorities.

An effective national Integration policy of the Slovak Republic is missing, resulting in a negative impact on integration of asylum seekers and refugees. The main objective of DP JOPA/Slovakia will focus its national activities on language and vocational training of target groups aiming to reach their social and labour integration. To improve and strengthen national efforts DP JOPA will focus its transnational activities on:
· sharing of good practices, case studies, experiences, information,
· implementation of best practises in the areas of education, vocational,
training and employment of target groups,
· staff exchanges,
· participation in subject-oriented seminars/working groups.

OZ Človek v ohrození

Text available in

To be confirmed

Contact person(s)

Agentúra Podporovaného Zamestnávania, n.o.

Contact person(s)

Univerzita Mateja Bela

Contact person(s)

CA Men in danger