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