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IdA (integration by exchange) – “The challenge abroad” and “Experience counts”

Name of institution: City of Göttingen
Type of the organization:
  • Administration
Country:
  • Germany
Thematic scope of the project:
  • Access to employment and social inclusion
  • Education and training
Problems to be solved (justification of the need of the transnational cooperation):

IdA – integration by exchange is one of the federal programs set up and funded by the FMLSA and the ESF in Germany.
Both IdA Göttingen projects are organized and managed by the City of Göttingen cooperating with the public law institution “Beschäftigungsförderung Göttingen kAöR” and the BUPNET GmbH. The project “The challenge abroad” focuses particularly on young persons in the age of 18 to 30 years; “Experience counts” concentrates on promoting physically handicapped unemployed in the age of 50 years and older.

Objectives to be achieved: Core of the IdA projects in Göttingen are six week stays abroad with practical internships. Our transnational partners are responsible for the search of individual and appropriate internships for the participants and a general support of our pedagogical employees during the stay abroad.
Main transnational activities (as provisionally planned, to be confirmed with partners): Objective of IdA Göttingen is to increase the employability of unemployed by upgrading their individual capacities and professional skills on a transnational level. Therefore our participants take part in theoretical and practical trainings in Germany and abroad which are especially conceived to improve not only language skills but also professionalqualifications and social capacities.
Planned deliverables & outcomes of TNC: The six week stays abroad of our participants in groups of 10-15 twice a year in each of our partner countries are the main transnational activities. During the project duration additional study visits and expert meetings with all transnational partners ensure the exchange on an institutional level.4. Planned outputs, deliverables, results of TNC; expected outcomes (effects)All in all 200 young and 110 50+ persons shall take part in the project. Their placement in work or an apprenticeship after their participation in the project is intended. Concerning the transnational cooperation, a further cooperation beyond the projects duration is intended, either in a successor program of IdA or in other transnational programs like e.g. Leonardo or Grundtvig.
Target group:
  • Long term unemployed
  • Young people (under 25 years old)
  • Older persons (over 50 years old)
  • Persons with mental or physical disabilities
Stage of the implementation: Project under implementation
Budget of the project in EUR: 3000000
Budget of transnational activities in EUR: 800000
Duration of the project from (dd/mm/yyyy) to (dd/mm/yyyy): 01/05/2009 - 30/06/2014
Duration of transnational activities within the project from (dd/mm/yyyy) to (dd/mm/yyyy): 01/04/2010 - 31/12/2013
Contact person: Inga Ostendarp
e-mail: i.ostendarp@goettingen.de
Phone: +49 551 38 44 595 71
WWW: http://www.ida-goettingen.de
Project fiche: application/pdffp_City of Gttingen_de.pdf
Located in: Fishing Pool