GrenzTalentFit

GrenzTalenFit strengths the cross-border cooperation between Germany and the Netherlands to thwart the shortage of manpower and skills and to promote social integration and occupational participation of people who are no longer part of the working environment. Both countries are facing the same challenges:  high numbers of long-term  unemployed and the necessity to integrate people who are no longer part of the working environment or are underprivileged. This applies to the area of Euregio Rhein-Waal. The consortium consisting of BBZ Kleve, two german and two Dutch municipalities asserted that the existing approaches are insufficient to reach the target audience in a lasting way. Many of the persons concerned have mental or personal problems, which make the integration more complicated. Existing national approaches, instruments of integration and methods are evaluated by all participating parties of the project and are continually – under the consideration of further national developments- adjusted and cross-border refined.
Parallel to the fields of action for and with the people who are no longer part of the working environment, bilateral meetings of the involved and interested consulting specialists, professionals of the participating/ interested job centers/ municipalities and institutions take place.
Owing to a structured and collaborative procedure it is possible to highlight new approaches to promote the employability of people who are no longer part of the working environment. The cross-border additional benefit is the decrease of long-term unemployment, the increase of social participation, the improvement of mental and physical health, the fortification of the euroregional economy, the reduction of social security contributions, the promotion of inclusion within the euroregional job market, as well as a fair balance of chances and resources.