EUSBSR Policy Area Education

EUSBSR Policy Area EducationAction 5 Recognising potential – easing the way for migrants17 December 2018 | Meeting of BSPC Working Group on Migrationand Integration | KielEU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region – in briefMacro-regional strategiesGuiding principlesSocietal challengesthat can’t be solved solely on local, regional orrequires transnational cooperationnational levels but involvingcross-sectorial and cross-borders.stakeholdersTransnational cooperation is integrated in jointdevelopment processes, for example in municipalities owndevelopment processes, avoiding transnational projects to become“satellites” where projects rarely results in lasting impacts.Complex initiatives, with multiple stakeholders, bringing differentperspectives together, with multilevel governances as guiding principle.EUSBSR PA Education – in brief4 Policy Sub Areas• Education• Research• Employability• Integration of refugees5 Actions1. Reducing the rates of early school leaving and smoothening transition from schoolto work2. Improving the quality of VET and Higher Education through work based learningand fostering entrepreneurial mind sets3. International excellence in higher education and research4. A labour market for all and using resources of longer lives5. Recognising potential – easing the way for migrants2 Policy area coordinators• Anders Bergström (Norden Association in Sweden)• Sabine Hahn (Hamburg)Flagship – Modus OperandiFlagships –joint transnational development processes• Within the MRS framework, the collaborative processes arecalled flagships –strategic actions born to respond to macro-regional challenges, for which they gather relevantstakeholders from all levels of society.• Flagships become ”the home” for projects, chains of projects,processes, thematic groups and platforms –that togetherproduce a much higher impact on the issue.Flagship – Modus OperandiPolicy ImpactFlagshipSystem of projects, chains, processes, thematic groups...Project ChainProject Project ProjectProjectOur flagships• School to Work (S2W)• Baltic Training Programme (BTP)• Baltic Science Network (BSN)• Baltic Sea Labour Forum (BSLF)• Integration of Migrants (emerging)Development of the new Action Integration of MigrantsNew Action 5:Recognising potential –easing the way for migrantsDevelopment of the new Flagship Integration of MigrantsSocietal Challenge• Dramatically increased inflow of migrants to the European Union in 2015mostly due to the civil war in Syria and other conflicts in Africa and in theMiddle East.• Inflow reduced in 2016, however, there is reason to believe this will just be atemporary pause.• Challenge to those member states where refugees choose to seek asylum.• At the same time, many countries in the European Union struggle withdemographic situations with an ageing population and a mismatch on thelabour markets• In the Baltic Sea Region, there are examples of an open mind to migrants anda welcoming approach as well as the opposite.• More co-operation between the people and organisations entrusted with theresponsibility of integrating refugees is required.• A lot of initiatives have been launched lately and an effective system ofcollecting and making good practice available is needed.Development of the new Action Integration of MigrantsReaction of EUSBSR PA Education : New Action 5 inthe EUSBSR Action Plan was developedThis Action focuses on:• Exchange of best practices for the integration to the labour market e.g.through vocational education and training (S2W);• Exchange of best practices for increased employability, smootheningintegration into the society (S2W); and• Developing and testing methods and systems, primarily to be used bylocal actors to facilitate integration on the labour market (S2W).Development of the new Action Integration of MigrantsReaction of EUSBSR PA Education : New Action 5 inthe EUSBSR Action Plan was developedSome current questions:• The member states in the Baltic Sea Region all are in need of migrationto fill the gap due to an ageing population and in some cases emigration.• The integration of newly arrived refugees but also other foreign bornare far from smooth and fast. Changes are needed starting from attitudesamong the native citizens to methods such ashow to learn a new language or access to work-based learning.,A flagship within the Baltic Sea StrategySTRUCTUREFLAGSHIP LEADERSwedish Association ofLocal Authorities andRegionsSwedenEARLY SCHOOL LEAVING INTEGRATION OF REFUGEES NEETsKnowledge platform Knowledge platform Knowledge platformCity of Turku City of Turku Norden AssociationFinland Finland SwedenMonitoring and Monitoring and Monitoring andEvaluation Evaluation EvaluationThematic working groups Thematic working groups Thematic working groupsCapacity building Capacity building Capacity buildingProjects Projects ProjectsDevelopment of the new Flagship Integration of MigrantsNew MRS Cross-cutting Flagship in the new EUSBSR action plan 2021:Integration of Migrants• Separation of policy sub area “integration” from flagship S2W• MRS cross-cutting approach• Currently dialogue with stakeholders in Northern Germany on apossible anchoring of flagship on integration of migrants• Financing: Possibly coordinated ESF call in 2019 targetingintegration of migrants.• New flagship is planned to be established after a forum in Hamburgon 27 and 28 March 2019.International Forum on Integration of Migrants and Refugees in HamburgInternational Forum on Integration of Migrants and Refugees inHamburg on 27 and 28 March 2019• Projects and initiatives for integration into education, labourmarket and society• 30 Workshops (5 parallel workshops)• Two half days (lunch to lunch) on the premises of the Hamburgvocational school Berufliche Schule Anckelmannstraße• Discussion of needs and gaps as well as exchange of good practice• Objectives: Enhance transnational network,exchange experiencesand learn about innovative concepts• 100 participants from selected organisations representing publicand private sector from the Baltic Sea Region• Each participant can partake in 6 workshops• Kick-off for the new flagship “Integration of Migrants”More informationSabine Hahn sabine.hahn@hibb.hamburg.deAnders Bergström anders.bergstrom@norden.seNino Simic nino.simic@norden.seWebsite http://groupspaces.com/eusbsr-education/Twitter https://twitter.com/bsreducation