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Disrupting Unemployment

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      • Internship Programme
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    • J-L
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      • Junior Achievement and Marsh & McLennan Companies
      • Junior Power
      • Juntos por el Empleo de los Mas Vulnerable (“Together for Employment for the Most Vulnerable”)
      • LEAP Mentorship and Coaching Development Programme
      • Leveraging Unique Talents of People with Autism
      • Lifelong Learning Apprenticeship
      • Linking Postgraduate Students with Job Opportunities
      • Localizing a Business Process Outsourcing Industry
    • M-P
      • Made in Italy
      • Management Trainee Programme
      • Movement for Alternatives and Youth Awareness (MAYA)
      • National Industrial Training Institute
      • National Youth Policy 2014
      • Nayee Disha (“New Direction”)
      • Nestlé needs YOUth
      • Networking Academy
      • Pan African Graduate Development Programme
      • Partnership for Economic Opportunities through Technology in the Americas (POETA)
      • PepsiCo México Foundation
      • Project Business
      • Prominp
    • R-T
      • REACH Project
      • Satya Bharti School Programme
      • Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center
      • Save the Children and Accenture
      • Sino-German Automotive Vocational Education Project
      • Skills to Succeed Academy
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Key Partners

 

Status

Start year of the initiative:
2013 – still ongoing.

Next steps of initiative:
Modification of scope: Going forward, one group training group will start each year.

Impact

Country(ies) of impact: 
Spain

   

 

Number of people impacted annually: 
20

  

 

Time to intended impact:

Less than 2 years

 

Metrics:

  • Number of apprentices that can be successfully employed at the headquarters in Germany

Benefit to organization: 

  • Direct benefit to organization

Key Partners

 

Status

Start year of the initiative:
2013 – still ongoing.

Next steps of initiative:
Modification of scope: Going forward, one group training group will start each year.

Impact

Country(ies) of impact: 
Spain

   

 

Number of people impacted annually: 
20

  

 

Time to intended impact:

Less than 2 years

 

Metrics:

  • Number of apprentices that can be successfully employed at the headquarters in Germany

Benefit to organization: 

  • Direct benefit to organization

Vocational Training Cooperation

Submitted by BASF

Objective

To provide youth in Spain with vocational training, international experience and employment perspectives at a BASF production plant in Germany.

Overview and Main Activities

BASF’s vocational training pilot programme is based on the German model of dual vocational training, and, in particular, on the training of the Chemical Process Worker, the “Chemikant“. It includes practices common to the theoretically-based Spanish vocational training system designed to train chemical process workers. The programme is unique, combining theoretical and practical training, as well as on-the-job training. German language courses give the participants a complete overview and very good preparation for their subsequent job experiences in Germany.

Theoretical lessons and German language courses take place at the vocational school in Tarragona. Practical training alternates between two locations: BASF in Spain (three months) and Germany (six months). The duration of the programme is two and a half years. After successful completion of the programme, participants receive full-time placement at the production plant at the Ludwigshafen site of BASF SE (headquarters) in Germany.

A buddy system between Spanish participants and German apprentices helps Spanish participants integrate with and get to know German culture. The pairs chat and phone on a regular basis, and when the Spanish participants are at the Ludwigshafen site, the German apprentices help in orienting them to the company and the region.

The 2014 group has started the vocational training cooperation with Spain. Since the practical phase of the programme has already taken place in Ludwigshafen, Spanish participants have already got to know their future plants, colleagues and boss at the Ludwigshafen site. All parties agree that there is deep commitment on both sides.

The programme is conducted in partnership with the Spanish Ministry of Education and vocational and language schools.

Success Factors and Challenges

Most critical success factors:

  • Content of the initiative
  • Credibility of the initiative (copied success model from Germany)
  • Motivation of participants
  • Support of Spanish government

Main challenges:

  • German-language proficiency for assignment in Germany
  • Willingness to immigrate from Spain to Germany
  • Recruiting participants who are motivated to learn a new language and move to a new country

Recommendations for Others

Crucial for success is early exchange and dissemination of information to and cooperation with all partners involved. In addition, vocational training with the goal of migrating to a foreign country must be seen as a positive goal for the participants and not as a dangerous brain drain by Spain. Therefore, the role of the Spanish government is crucial in the project. In the case of BASF, all partners have seen the project as chance for every party involved to benefit.

Replicability and Scalability

How easily could other organizations implement this initiative?
Difficult: BASF is a global company, and stakeholders can easily cooperate within the organization over countries and with already known partners.

How easily can this initiative be expanded to include a larger number of participants?
Easy: Expansion is possible when jobs at BASF Ludwigshafen can be assigned. However, too many participants may give the impression of “stealing” workers.

About the Organization

Website: www.basf.com
Sector: Chemicals
Size (number of employees): 100,000+
Headquarters: Ludwigshafen, Germany

For Further Engagement

Contact name: Dr. Jürgen Kipper
Contact position: Head of Vocational Training Production Services
Email: [email protected]

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