From Welfare State to Civil Society (1)
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Social Innovation: The new Buzz Word for supporting Youth in connecting Education and the
Labor Market?
From Welfare State to Civil Society (1)
Context• Long lasting recession budget cuts• Stacking of effects affecting citizens, e.g. impoverishment• Population ageing increase in elderly care• Unemployment, incl. combating youth unemployment• Increase in sense of own responsibility & active
participation
Different roles for•Citizens: participation,empowerment, self-organisation,care for one another•Government: from doing to directing,multi level governance, partnership, co-production, co-creation•Institutions in the social field: partnership, networking
From Welfare State to Civil Society (1)
3 Decentralisation Processes (1)
Transfer of tasks and responsibilities from central to local government, with less budget…
Per 1 January 2015•Welfare and Care •Youth Care•Labor Market Participation
Urgency to cooperate in the region•With other citiesand municipalities•With partnersin the social field
3 Decentralisation Processes (1)
Delft is working together with:•Rijswijk, intensely (SSC CCC)
•Haaglanden, Participation Youth Care
•DWO, Welfare & Care
Delft is a good city for education, living and
working
Empowerment of individuals, joining forces
Everybody is welcome and will receive the same
opportunities
Participation & Inclusion
An attractive social climate & a solid structure of community services
Delft’s Social Vision
Social vision, social innovation
Empowerment
Temporary loss of control
Long-term loss of control
Basic community
services
Tailor made services
Safety net
Prevention
Active citizenship
Stimulate to participate
Principles of Delft’s Social Innovation
• Emphasis on prevention and pro-action to prevent deterioration
• Focus on multi-problem situations• Demand driven & integrated approach: What is needed
to address problems coherently? Looking for creative solutions within one’s personal environment
• Frontline Steering: 1 family – 1 plan – 1 budget – 1 coach (multidisciplinary, in social teams)
• Accomplishing this together with our partners in the social field
From Education to the Labor Market
Policies• Youth Office: One Stop Shop which helps youngsters
to go to school or have a work placement• Regional Signalling and Monitoring Office (RMC)
o Compulsory school attendance until 18 yearso Support to obtain a study qualification (minimum standard), 18-23 yearso Social Assistance Act, 23-27 years: education or work placement
Early school-leavers (1)
Youngsters up to 23 years old who leave school without a qualification at high school level or at vocational training level
The NetherlandsYear Number of early
school-leaversPercentage of total number of students
Number of students at high school & vocational training
2001 71,000 2008-2009 42,600 2009-2010 39,600 2010-2011 38,600 2011-2012 36,250 2,7 % 1,3 million students2015 25,000
Early school-leavers (2)
DelftYear Number
of early school-leavers
Ambition Percentage of total number of students
Total number of students at high school & vocational training
2005-2006 319 5,3 % 5.968
2006-2007 318 5,3 % 6.039
2007-2008 285 287 4,8 % 5.941
2008-2009 248 255 4,2 % 5.855
2009-2010 255 223 4,4 % 5.757
2010-2011 248 191 4,3 % 5.707
2011-2012 232 191 4,1 % 5.656
Some examples from Delft
• Single parents/Teen mumso Support schemes to combine school & care / job & care
• Action Plan Combating Youth Unemploymento Techniekpact: foster technology education at all school levels
• Green jobso Provide jobs related to sustainable energy and economy,
maintenance of public spaces (ESF)
Youth Participation in Delft
2002 2009 2012 Q3 and on
‘welfare state’ ‘civil society’ ‘social innovation’
initiation by deputy
mayor
political
assignment to welfare
organisation
ups and downs
political and social
change of politician and
politics
€39.000,-
independent foundation (15-21 years old)
social
two projects
ten projects
supporting other (groups of) youngsters
€12.500,-
100% voluntary
cooperation
22.5% Youth Unemployment on
average
We took the European challenge to Delft
JouwDelft & Co.•10 European cities (Delft, Chartres, Speyer, Roskilde, and others)•4 youngsters and 1 policy advisor per city•Local politicians, social workers and youngsters•65 participants•6 days •November 2012
We came up with innovations
Just a handful of the advises•make internships more accessible to all students (higher and lower education)•stimulate companies to pay their interns just enough to be self-sufficient •make short internships available to let a student orientate on different jobs•support youngsters to start their own business by setting up incubators •incorporate entrepreneurship into the education system•communicate more with youngsters about all the different possibilities•focus on educating youngsters in English, other cultures and Europe•organize exchanges for students at a very young age to ensure their language skills, European mind-set, which ensures mobility on the job market
One of the innovations in practice
Youth Unemployment
youngsters are lazy ‘couch potatoes’
‘enough’ jobs in the city of Delft
10% job searching 90% Facebook
Work in YourDelft
Work in YourDelft
Steps to social innovation within this project
•Step 1: inform youngsters about local job openings through Facebook
•Step 2: connect local businesses actively with youngsters looking for a job
•Step 3: support youngsters in finding a ‘real’ job
Social Innovation!
Modern media don’t make it innovative
Taking the responsibility, that’s the innovation!
A new youth congress
Organised by youngsters from Holland•Youth Unemployment & Movement of youngsters to cities•November 2013•North of Holland•Max. 5 youngsters per delegation•Around 12 delegations•On-site costs covered and €50,- of the travel costs per person
Still looking for delegations…
Patrick van Geel, City of Delft, [email protected]
Alwin Snel, JouwDelft, [email protected]
Thank you for your attention!