IQ Good Practice
The current funding period 2019–2022 of the Network IQ involves approximately 380 different subprojects belonging to three priority areas: "Counselling on Credential Recognition and Job Training", "Bridge Training Schemes in the Context of the Recognition Act" and "Development of Intercultural Competence". These projects aim to integrate people from a migration background into the labour market. One of the main concerns of these activities is to ensure that professional qualifications acquired abroad lead to employment appropriate to one’s level of education, regardless of residence status. The actors, methods and strategies involved in these projects are highly diverse. In order to highlight different approaches and successful case studies, this website will publish examples of "IQ Good Practice" that stand out due to their innovation, sustainability, and transferability.
Contact:
- Christian Zingel, christian.zingel(at)ebb-bildung.de
- Regina Kahle, regina.kahle(at)ebb-bildung.de
Please see the fact sheet for more information about IQ Good Practice.
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Counselling and Job Training of Migrants
Medical competence training with a fun factor
International doctors of medicine in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are learning online en route to recognition of their international qualifications and to support their day-to-day work.
Retaining, sharing and expanding knowledge
MigraWiki is a tool for collecting information about region-specific practice in professional qualification recognition and about training offers in Bavaria.
Securely record your working hours
The "Geh auf Nummer sicher – Schreibe deine Stunden auf!" ("Play it safe – note your hours!") tool provides
transparency on type and amount of work in nine languages
IQ NRW web app
The IQ NRW web app is an innovative contribution towards the digitalisation of guidance on recognition and job training.
Increasing transparency
Optimisation of recognition procedures through cooperation at federal state level
Innovative format for illustrating the process
The procedure for the recognition of a professional qualification is effectively visualised in a z-fold leaflet.
IQ agreement with recognition authority
Co-operative approach to identifying need for counselling – improving the recognition process
Blended-Learning-Format APO-Online
Course prepares pharmacists for the technical language and knowledge test
International bridge training seminar for social work
Academic adaptation measure leads to formal recognition of social work degrees acquired abroad
Donor conferences
Networked support for employment access
Individual learning of “teachersʼ language”
Analysis for potential ensures that foreign teachers acquire communication skills according to personal needs
Potential for recognition on Facebook
La Red reaches out to communities on online forums to offer advice on the assessment and recognition of foreign qualifications
New prospects for educators
Single-semester certificate programme highlights alternative occupational fields in education.
IQ counselling in Integration Points
Interlinked advice for refugees in a central contact point
Ready-Steady-Go!
Bridge training for economists with foreign diplomas
Individual support for full professional recognition
“Health care bridge training” brings international care workers into jobs near their residence
Identify competencies, promote empowerment
Project “Female migrants in Bavaria” increases labour market opportunities for female immigrants
Bridging measure Environmental Trades
To counter the skilled workers shortage "Mission Zukunft" trains academically qualified migrants in environmental occupations.
Project-integrated practice mentoring
Centrally organised local support eases the burden on placement organisations and offers a pathway for the recognition of foreign nursing qualifications
Short processes, quick decisions
IQ counselling on the recognition of foreign credentials is offered in direct cooperation with and within employment services.
Trainee programme for professional recognition
Bridge training for health care professionals relies on competence-oriented professional integration
QUIA – visually and didactically appealing
A two-tier instrument in IQ regional network Rhineland-Palatinate prepares immigrants in language courses on the subject of “professional recognition”
Intercultural Opening and Anti-Discrimination
Information from practice – brief and to the point
Virtual meeting concept "Schon gewusst? IQ Zeit…" provides helpful food for thought in the IQ Network Thuringia
Two-way integration process
The TransCareKult training concept establishes a culture of openness and recognition across different cultures in residential healthcare and nursing organisations.
Motivation for entering the labour market
Group counselling for female refugees in cooperation with labour administrations
Initial training as a culturally sensitive learning process
The Tailor-Made Initial Training concept supports the integration of new employees into the company
“Know Your Rights!”
Innovative brochure supports female refugees in gaining knowledge for a self-determined and independent life in Germany.
Short work paths for optimal networking
For labour market integration of refugees, all important municipal partners of the statutory institutions work together
MY FOLDER – Welcome to Saxony
The topic-specific file folder allows immigrants and counsellors to keep a constant overview regarding all steps towards integration
Virtual concept for intercultural opening
NIKO-Online series for municipalities examines overarching themes in municipal integration work in Bavaria
"Visualisation in advisory sessions" training concept
The visualisation training concept helps advisers to present complex material to their clients in a simple, comprehensible, and memorable manner
Local transport has priority
The job training scheme “Bridge into the labour market” provides vocational integration of refugees to support public transport.
Determining your own path through life
An innovative job training scheme for volunteer counsellors from migrant organisations and communities
In your own premises – in different languages
Event format Labour Market Talks with migrant organisations promotes information transfer in an active way
Test phase for the labour market
The event format TASTE the Job enables refugees to get an active insight into their dream job and supports companies in finding new employees.
VielFalter* ensures networking and exchange
Online publication series encourages intercultural opening processes in organisations in eastern Germany
Fighting discrimination in plain language
The guide entitled “Discrimination results in exclusion, and no defence in certain defeat!” serves as a practical tool for combating discrimination.
Organising integration effectively in the company!
SME tool box supports companies in all aspects of diversity-oriented personnel work and management.
Information Materials for Volunteers
Helpful practical handouts to support volunteers with the integration of refugees into the labour market
Specific examples, practical recommendations
The event format TASTE the Job enables refugees to get an active insight into their dream job and supports companies in finding new employees.
Breaking down barriers – creating access
Six practical guidelines for labour administration employees to assist in the removal of hurdles during counselling
Diversity-oriented HR work becomes interactive
Online course is a way of helping companies to search for and retain skilled workers, and to successfully manage diversity in business.
Online training in a compact format
The IQ Minis allow virtual training on intercultural opening to be offered even when restrictions on contact are in place.
“Fast, uncomplicated and case-related”
Advice hotline for employers provides companies with information on all aspects relating to the labour market integration of refugees
Qualifications for everyone
“QualiMigra” supports and counsels women with a migration background to integrate into the labour market.
Incorporating migration-sensitive standards
Intercultural ambassadors assist and support the process of intercultural opening in employment agencies and job centres
Explanatory cards
A practical tool for a better understanding in counselling by the association “beramí berufliche Integration e.V.” and the job centre in Frankfurt
Work-Related German Language Training
Activating exercises improve concentration
“Energizers” for use online and in-person help provide some light relief in conferences and lessons and raise
concentration levels with a variety of exercises
"ThAFF Praxisaustausch" event format
Supporting companies in skilled worker immigration and facilitate company networking with key organisations.
“I learned German at work”
Recommendations for suitable language courses and more effective communication in companies
“KiK”: online course for nursing staff
Web-based language course for immigrants who want to gain recognition of their professional qualifications in Germany
Transparent and comparable outcomes
Development and testing of the B2 examination format for the nursing professions to demonstrate German language skills
Learning app “One day German – in nursing”
On the way to professional recognition: professional language training made fun
Interlacing practice and language
German language courses “on the patient” prepare medical professionals for their career in Germany
New sound for GSL: staying tuned into language
The DaZ@work podcast (GSL@work podcast) from the Competence Centre for Work-Related German Language provides an easy-to-access and in-depth look at a topic.
Team teaching
Intensive exchange of specialist and language teachers enables participants to understand complicated language content
Bremen handouts for language awareness
A seven-part tool offers suggestions for working with linguistically heterogeneous groups in vocational education and training (VET)
Phonetic trainer for foreign teachers
The “SCHOOL your pronunciation” training aid helps to practise clear and authentic pronunciation.
Language-sensitive counselling
The training concept provides a common communication platform for counsellors and people seeking counselling
German in the workplace
Training measure promotes occupational competence with practice-based approach
Migrant Entrepreneurship
Portal: “We start a business in Germany”
Online and offline information and advice on setting up a business
Skilled Worker Immigration
Guide for companies
"The beginner's guide to skilled worker immigration" is a podcast and brochure which supports companies when searching for and bringing in skilled workers from abroad.