The situation of refugees in Austria Check of competences WAPES Conference, Integration of refugees into the labour market Marlies Gatterbauer (PES Austria), Muna Hamoud-Seifried (PES Styria) 16 November 2017
Recognised refugees and persons eligible for subsidiary protection, registered unemployed (blue bars) or attending a PES training (red bars) - (October 2017) development since January 2014 35.000 30.000 October 2017: 29.872* (+2.548 resp. +9,3% in comparison to October 2016) 7,6% of all persons registered unemployed or attending a PES training 25.000 14.513 20.000 15.000 10.000 3.807 15.359 5.000 7.495 0 2017/Oct 2017/Sep 2017/Aug 2017/Jul 2017/Jun 2017/May 2017/Apr 2017/Mar 2017/Feb 2017/Jan 2016/Dec 2016/Nov 2016/Oct 2016/Sep 2016/Aug 2016/Jul 2016/Jun 2016/May 2016/Apr 2016/Mar 2016/Feb 2016/Jan 2015/Dec 2015/Nov 2015/Oct 2015/Sep 2015/Aug 2015/Jul 2015/Jun 2015/May 2015/Apr 2015/Mar 2015/Feb 2015/Jan 2014/Dec 2014/Nov 2014/Oct 2014/Sep 2014/Aug 2014/Jul 2014/Jun 2014/May 2014/Apr 2014/Mar 2014/Feb 2014/Jan AL (KON+SUB) SC (KON+SUB) * thereof in Vienna: 18.070 resp. 60,5% thereof in Styria: 2.210 resp. 7,4% 1
Check of competences in the federal provinces The check of competences are offered by every local PES office in the federal provinces. There is not a standardised format, but every local office carries out the check of competences considering the circumstances in the respective federal province. Until mid-october 2017 in total 14.101 recognised refugees and persons eligible for subsidiary protection have been attending a check of competence in Austria. 2 Examples: Check of competences carried out by the PES Vienna and the PES Styria 2
Check of Competences PES Vienna 3
Check of Competences PES Vienna formal requirements Recognised refugees and persons eligible for subsidiary protection German level at least A1 or mother tongue Arabic/ Farsi-Dari to be alphabetised in the Latin alphabet older than 18 years 4
Check of Competences PES Vienna content Check of Competences are offered for men at the age between 18 und 25 years, for men older than 25 years for women older than 18 (+ 2 weeks) Duration 5-7 weeks The participants have 10 hours of workshop and 1 hour one-on-one biographical interview per week. 5
Check of Competences PES Vienna methods and tools Biographical interviews (one-on-one setting) offered in Arabic, Farsi/Dari to survey their formal and practical qualifications and skills to find out if there is need of guidance and support in the process of validation an formal recognition Workshops (groups of 12 persons) information about the Austrian labour market, living and working in Austria, the Austrian culture, the social insurance system, education system and health system, civic courses etc. Practical testing for people with practical competences but no written evidence check of theoretical and practical competences and skills in certain professions is carried out by private companies or training institutes and reporting.. 6
Check of Competences PES Vienna Reporting of the results Report of the results contains: detailed documentation of the skills and competences surveyed with the help of the check of competences a note if a practical testing has been made, if yes, detailed reporting on the practical qualifications career aspiration medium-term resp. long-term planning of perspectives 7
Check of Competences PES Styria 8
Recognised refugees and persons eligible for subsidiary protection in Styria 6% 2,8% 4,2% 2,9% 0,4% 3,9% 2,3% 8,4% 1,3% 63% 2,1% 3,7% 3,3% 9
Methods and tools at the PES Styria Check of Competences are offered to all recognized refugees and persons eligible for subsidiary protection (valid from 2013) individual appointments at the regional PES offices are provided by native-speakers Duration: up to half a year same content as in Vienna 10
Check of Competences What do we know about the participants of 2016? 11
Check of Competences results for Austria 2016 participants: 5.982 persons (4.498 men,1.484 women) (%-percentage: men: 75%; women 25%) country of origin: 23% Afghanistan, 46% Syria, 6% Iran, 6% Iraq and 19% other countries level of education: 62% of the participants from Syria, 85% of those from Iran and 57% of Iraq have a higher school certificate or an university degree Only 20% of the participants coming from Afghanistan have an educational level above lower secondary school Formal education of women is higher than of men: a high proportion of women (29%) has an university degree (men: 19%). BUT: many of these formally well educated women, hardly have job experiences 12