JOBSTARTER – Regionalbüro Süd (Southern Regional Office)

Research area

Training and educational planning

Short description

Although for many enterprises and companies inhouse training has proved its worth as a means of skilled personnel development, at present only about one-quarter of German enterprises and companies actually do offer such measures. This may be explained not only with the macroeconomic situation and the costs of training. Quite often, a lack of information about the VET-system as well as fears of administrative red tape linked with the conduct of training account for this situation. Moreover, companies have been reporting increasing difficulties in recruiting young people suitable to fill vacant training places.

Against this background, the “JOBSTARTER – Training for the Future” programme was initiated in 2005 by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. It forms part of the “National Pact for Training and Young Skilled Staff in Germany” signed between the Federal Government and representatives of industrial associations. Aiming at the improvement of regional training structures throughout the nation, the programme pursues as its central approach the networking of regional training actors in order to better exploit existing competences and company resources. It also seeks, through the promotion of innovative projects designed to meet regional demands, to ensure and enhance both the readiness and ability of SMEs to provide training.

Significant support in implementing these goals comes from the Regionalbüro Süd, one of four regional offices operated nationwide. Its tasks include the entrenchment and supervision of the “JOBSTARTER – Training for the Future” programme on the regional level – in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse – and the provision of support to the Federal Institute of Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) which has been entrusted with the implementation of the programme.

Aims

The programme pursues the following goals:

creating regional networks of training stakeholders such as enterprises, associations, employment agencies, chambers, educational providers, communal and regional initiatives, societies for the promotion of the economy, as well as representatives of science and politics;
introducing the programme throughout the regions – in particular, bringing to notice the modalities adopted under the JOBSTARTER programme to economy-related institutions, and assisting them in filing applications under the JOBSTARTER programme;
providing advice and guidance with funding projects;
initiating and moderating the exchange of experience within the framework of workshops and expert meetings;
facilitating the transfer of outcomes and actively participating in programme-related public relation activities;
identifying sector-specific and regional training potentials, and relating current developments to the programme management to ensure continuous improvement of the JOBSTARTER programme, and
in turn, passing on information on amendments to the VET-system to regional training stakeholders to facilitate local work.

Runtime

18.04.2006-31.12.2008

Publications

Ausbildungsplatzpotenzialanalysen für regionale Ausbildungsnetzwerke
Category: Manual for Educationalists, Volume 19

Professional articles

Neumann, F.: Durch regionale Kooperation zu mehr Ausbildung - das Ausbildungsnetzwerk NOBAN stärkt die Region Hof/Weiden. In: Acker, C.; Albrecht, P.; Kanschat, K. (Hrsg.): Ausbildungsnetzwerke und Netzwerkmoderation, JOBSTARTER Praxis Band 1. Bielefeld: W. Bertelsmann Verlag. 2008, Pages 71-79

Zeller, B.; Neumann, F.: Stärkung der betrieblichen Berufsausbildung durch externes Ausbildungsmanagement. In: Loebe, H.; Severing, E. (Hrsg.): Neue Ausbildungsanforderungen und externes Ausbildungsmanagement, Reihe "Wirtschaft und Bildung", Band 42. Bielefeld: W. Bertelsmann Verlag. 2007, Pages 7-14

Neumann, F.; Sailman, G.: Externes Ausbildungsmanagement im Spiegel der Unternehmen. In: Loebe, H.; Severing, E. (Hrsg.): Neue Ausbildungsanforderungen und externes Ausbildungsmanagement, Reihe "Wirtschaft und Bildung", Band 42. Bielefeld: W. Bertelsmann Verlag. 2007, Pages 31-50

Homepage of the project

Weitere Informationen zu JOBSTARTER

Materials

JOBSTARTER Regional 1/2006: Regionalentwicklung und Fachkräftebedarf
This issue informs about tools facilitating regional development and skilled workers supply, and reports on the experiences gained within the Federal Ministry’s structural training programmes conducted to-date; it also contains an outline of the JOBSTARTER programme structure and funding prerequisites.
JOBSTARTER Regional 2/2006: Netzwerke und Verbünde - gemeinsam für mehr Ausbildung
Any improvement of regional training structures depends on a wide range of activities, and an important role falls on training networks. This regional JOBSTARTER edition gives an overview of the experience and success of various training networks.
JOBSTARTER Regional 1/2007: Migrationsbetriebe bilden aus!
A particular high training potential is being held by businesses owned by foreign-born individuals. JOBSTARTER will provide them assistance in creating new training places. This issue portrays several training initiatives, including the long-term experience gained within Kausa as part of the JOBSTARTER programme.
JOBSTARTER Regional 2/2007: Im Verbund ausbilden - Kompetenzen ergänzen
Training cooperations may foster the involvement of companies in the dual system of vocational education and training. This issue presents different models of cooperative training and ways of implementation as a well-proven means for fostering training.
JOBSTARTER Regional 3/2007: Ausbildung stärken - Betriebe unterstützen
This issue provides an overview of consulting services particularly sought after by businesses, and of the tools used by the JOBSTARTER projects in the provision of demand-oriented consulting to enterprises.
JOBSTARTER Regional 4/2007: Duale Berufsausbildung - innovativ und zukunftsorientiert
Over the past years, the majority of occupations requiring formal training were subjected to reform; also, new occupations have been created. Referring to concrete examples, JOBSTARTER Regional illustrates the effects the re-organisation and modernisation have had on workplace routine.
JOBSTARTER Regional 1/2008: Matching professionell gestalten
While the numbers of unattended juveniles are decreasing, companies have signalled to further increase their supply of training places. And still, vacancies cannot be filled in some sectors. This issue deals with strategies geared at promoting the occupation of vacant training places. Among other measures, the systematic launching of occupational and industry-specific campaigns is proposed as a way to achieve this goal.
JOBSTARTER Regional 2/2008: Schule und Wirtschaft - Übergänge schaffen
This issue focuses on teamworking between schools and business enterprises.
Fachglossar - Betriebliche Ausbildung
This glossary is intended to be used by entrepreneurs who, having committed themselves to the provision of in-company training, wish to enter a career as training providers. Apart from German, the glossary is available also in Turkish, Russian, Greek, and Italian.
Eine Stiftung gründen - berufliche Ausbildung gestalten
This brochure contains detailed information on the start-up of a foundation dedicated to the promotion of training within the framework of the JOBSTARTER programme.
Zur Rolle des Regionalbüros
JOBSTARTER Praxis 1/2008: Ausbildungsnetzwerke und Netzwerkmoderation
Issue 1 of the publication JOBSTARTER PRXIS shows networks for the education structure development, model projects and network presentation or takes up network innovations.