Ulrich Wolff – ESF Hamburg

Introducing Housing First in the

European Social Fund

Agenda

• ESF Implementation in Germany

• ESF Implementation in Hamburg

• Strategic Framework

• Overall Concept – Assistance to the homeless

• Masterplan – Tackling homelessness of young people

• The Project

• Social Innovation

• Success factors for Social Innovation to ESF in Hamburg

• ESF and FEAD

ESF Implementation in Germany

• Germany as a federal republic consists of 16 federal states

• Each federal state has its own Operational Programme and

receives a different share of ESF funding depending on its

need for social and economic development.

• 17 Independent Managing Authorities

• 1 on federal level

• 16 on state level

• 18 different Operational Programmes

• 7,5 Billion euro ESF-budget for programming period 2014-

2020

ESF Implementation in Hamburg

• ESF Managing Authority at Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs,

Family and Integration

• ESF-Budget 2014 – 2020: 78 million euro. Overall: 156 mill.

• 3 Thematic Objectives

• promoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting

labour mobility

promoting social inclusion, combating poverty and any

discrimination

• investing in education, training and vocational training for skills

and life-long learning

Relation to EU 2020 - Strategy

EU 2020 target: Fighting poverty and social exclusion

•Priority – Inclusive growth

• at least 20 million fewer people in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion

EC: Why does Europe need inclusive growth?

Even before the crisis, there were 80m people at risk of poverty, including 19m children.

•Flagship initiative European platform against poverty ensuring economic, social and territorial cohesion, National Reform Programme, Country Specific Recommendations, Position Paper etc.

Challenge for Hamburg:

•Higher risk of poverty in Hamburg than on federal level.

•Highest risk of poverty for young people, migrants, low skilled

Strategic Framework

• Operational Program refers to a strategic framework of 16

different thematic fields

• UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

(CRPD)

• EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

• National Strategy to promote literacy

• Regional / local strategies

Overall Concept - Assistance to the Homeless

• Goal - taking concrete actions to improve the living

conditions of the homeless

• 5 fields of activity

Housing

Prevention and Inclusion

• Health

• Homeless Shelters

• Winter Emergency Program

Masterplan Tackling homelessness of young people

Overall objectives

•Protecting young people from precarious living conditions

•Integration into society / participation in society

•Reducing financial burdens for municipal services

•Removing entry barriers to the housing market

5 Strategic dimensions

•Emergency shelters

•Sheltered homes for young people

Construction of apartments for young people

Supporting measures

•Creating networks

Masterplan Tackling homelessness of young people

Why a project?

•Strong political will

•Construction of 250 apartments for young people (intended)

Supporting measures for the tenants

•Implementation of the housing first concept

•Reduction of financial burden if people leave a certain

municipal service earlier

Supporting measures - the project

• Project title - Home Support

• Project Promoter – Evangelische Stiftung Bodelschwingh

• Duration 01.08.2014 – 31.07.2017

• Budget 1.140.000 euro (50% ESF, 50% co-financing – City of Hamburg)

• Target group – 18-21 year old youth looking for accommodation after leaving municipal services for children and youth – ETHOS Category 6 or 8

• 800 participants should be reached by the project

• Project aim: Assisting young people to cope with their new living and housing situation.

• Assistance and support in their new living environment

• Supporting people with multiple problems

• Job orientation

Social Innovation

Social innovation can be defined as the development and implementation of new ideas (products, services and models) to meet social needs and create new social relationships or collaborations.

It represents new responses to pressing social demands, which affect the process of social interactions.

It is aimed at improving human well-being. Social innovations are innovations that are social in both their ends and their means.

They are innovations that are not only good for society but also enhance individuals’ capacity to act.

Social innovation / ESF- Regulation 1304/2013 Article 9

The ESF shall promote social innovation within all areas falling under its scope, as defined in Article 3 of this Regulation, in particular with the aim of testing, evaluating and scaling up innovative solutions, including at the local or regional level, in order to address social needs in partnership with the relevant partners and, in particular, social partners.

Success factors for implementing social innovation

measures in Hamburg with ESF funding

• Lean implementation structure

• Active recommendation of ESF-usage

• Implementation on a cooperative basis

• ESF-Managing authority acts as a service provider

• Enabling uncomplicated access to ESF for local authorities

• Small ESF-Programme – We fund projects not programmes

• OP focused on individuals

• Political will for social innovation

Usage of ESF and FEAD in Hamburg

•ESF managed by the City of Hamburg (78 Mio. € for

Hamburg)

•Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived managed on

federal level (79 Mio. € for Germany)

•Federal level and Länder agreed on coherence

•ESF-MA and local authorities can set up tailor-made

measures that tackle local problems and fit into local

strategies

•FEAD-MA will launch nation-wide calls

•ESF funding in Hamburg started in 2014

•FEAD OP not yet adopted

Ministry of Labour, Social and Family Affairs and

Integration Hamburg

Ministry of Labour, Social and Family Affairs and Integration

Hamburg

Department for Labour Market Policy, ESF-Managing Authority

Ulrich Wolff

Hamburger Strasse 47

22083 Hamburg

ulrich.wolff@basfi.hamburg.de