Iwona Preis, XpandiaVision, Dublin 23 june 2006 1 XpandiaVision, Sweden Iwona Preis...

Iwona Preis, XpandiaVision, Dublin 23 june 2006

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XpandiaVision, Sweden

Iwona Preis

[email protected]

Mobile phone +46 70 756 66 44

mailto:[email protected]


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• Co-operative

• Established 2001 by citizens in northwest Stockholm, Järvafältet

• Immigrant intensive area

• Deeply rooted locally

• Works for integration, employment and democratic participation


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Stockholm18 MunicipalitiesPopulation 750 000JärvafältetKistaSpånga-Tensta RinkebyPopulation 62 000


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(from Stockholm town webbpages)

Rinkeby Tensta/ Hjulsta Husby Akalla Stockholm

Population 2004 15 613 17 130 11 532 8 157 765 044

Foreign background 2004 65% 61% 59% 46% 21%

Employment 20/64 2002 46% 51% 56% 67% 75%

Women 40% 47% 52% 65% 74%

Men 51% 54% 60% 69% 75%

Average income 2002 149 000 158 600 177 000 210 300 265 900

Women 132 500 144 000 154 900 190 600 226 700

Men 163 700 172 300 196 000 228 800 305 400

Number of workplaces 2004 164 175 134 184 33 206


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Problems in the area• High immigrant unemployment • Young people not attending school• High rate of (young) immigrants on social

security• Lack of networks in the society and on the

labour market• Results: social outsiders.


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Statistics spring 1999 Rinkeby Stockholm

Students Students

Boys 70,2% 88,8%

Girls 69,5% 90,3%

Total 69,8% 89,3%

Students qualified to seek to high school program


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Swedish model• To take care of all citizens• A welfare state

XpandiaVision• New kind of population groups and problems• Help to self help; close to social environment;

give time• Own methodology; promote own initiatives;

create networks; career step


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Initiatives and projects

• Information campaigns about society adjusted to cultural conditions

• ESF projects for young unemployed

• Municipality projects for young outsiders

• ESF projects for unemployed all ages

• Cooperation with association “Build your future” within Outstanding/ Foyer


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Society information campaigns• Järva and South of Stockholm• EU relay, EMU voting, EU questions• On a public mission • Target group mapping through immigrant & other

associations• Municipal information translated to main immigrant

languages • Meetings at associations• Local radio & tv channels


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ESF projects • Xpan- young 2003/2005• Ages 18-25 on social security• Labor-market project• 169 participants, high and low motivated• Broad mobilization to catch a sole individual• Group activities and individual follow up• 33% further to studies, 25% to work, 25% quit


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ESF projects• ST- Young 2006-2007• Continuation of Xpan-Young• Goal: to build up a co-operative organisation

together with municipalities and associations and create a model for work with unemployed young people: local municipality, state work agency, XpandiaVision


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ST Young• 4 week-introduction• Further to internships at companies• Maximum 6 months coaching, individual talks• All young on welfare automatically into the

program

• Everybody cooperates within local board:police, healthcare, high schools, assoc., politicians, industry


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Municipality financed projectsYoung outsiders in Spånga-TenstaAges 16-24, cooperation with local municipality,

and local high schoolsGoal- to stay at school or to work, fewer quitWay up RinkebyGuidance of young people ages 15-18 at risk to

get outside of society. Together with Rinkeby Municipality, Somalian and Turkish Ass.

Goal- motivation to join activities in local area


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FUTURE for XpandiaVision

• Can show results

• Has a strong local network

• Can work on regional level, i.e.

To create a regional plan for women’s entrepreneurship and to help small co-operatives seek EU projects together

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