Frans Bastiaens February 2003 Regained trust in the future Labour oriented education for asylum seekers.

Frans Bastiaens February 2003

Regained trust in the futureLabour oriented education for

asylum seekers

Goal of this presentation

Update on the status of HIT

Including bottlenecks and a view to the future

Educational methodology (Transferable, Structural, experimental group of 500 persons)

Communication structure (File-building)

Repatriation model (Groupwise and individual)

Independent monitoring (Input, output, description, improvement suggestions)

Goals of the Equalproject

Educational methodology

• Development by doing

• Assistance by professionals

• Extra hours for coordination and method development

• Product defined in contract

Started asylum seekers in 2002

Course

aplied rejected enroled drop out

Computerknowledge 39 20 19 8

Elektrotechnics 26 16 10 4

Woodshop 8 2 6 1

Metal 16 8 8 2

Textiles 17 8 9 3

Carmechanics 34 10 24 5

Assistant secretary 48 21 27 4

Construction 21 3 18 8

Hairdressing 32 17 15 2

Shopassistant 18 1 17 1

Healthcare assistant 29 12 17 2

Gastronomics 13 0 13 3

Agricultural mechanics 38 9 29 4

total 339 127 212 48

total

Drop outs until February 1st 2003Men women Total

Too difficult 2 0 2

Moved out 2 0 2

End of procedure 6 1 7

Lack of interest 12 1 13

Personal circumstances 5 2 7

Unsufficient presence 7 1 8

MOB 1 0 1

Illness 3 2 5

Will not follow rules 2 0 2

Unsufficient results 1 0 1

totaal 41 7 48

Communication structurePartners & bottlenecks

1. COA–Education–IOM-Cities

- Agreements- Clear communication lines- Procedures- Files

Repatriation challenges

- Repatriation:- is a subject,- needs structure,- needs description,- Needs someone responsible.

Independent Monitoring

Needs to be embedded in existing (communication) structures

Future challenges

• Declining numbers

• Getting more women in the classrooms

• Building bridges between different target groups (asylum seekers – refugees)

• Getting the project carried in management levels of (participating) organisations

• Supporting dissemination and mainstreaming through a film about the project

Conclusions

• HIT is a project carried out by trial & failure

• HIT is still pioneering• Parties involved are enthusiastic• There is enough basis to carry on and

prove the need of the pursued goals

Regained trust in the future