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2young2fail2014–2016Municipalityof‘s-Hertogenbosch ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 28th of september 2015

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Theo van de Veerdonk Projectmanager education and labourmarket

and European cooperation Email: t.vandeveerdonk@s-hertogenbosch.nl

Tel: +31620247571 www.s-hertogenbosch.nl

3 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, centre of the Earth….

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Netherlands

5 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, a closer look…

6 Townhall …..

7 Central station with golden dragon….

8 Brede haven………

9 Market place …..

10 Sint Jan’s cathedral…

11 Uilenburg, medieval part…

12 Binnendieze…

13 Boattrip Binnendieze…

14 “Sailingships”…

15 Jheronymus Bosch Art Center…

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Ladies Hockeyteam ‘s-Hertogenbosch, best in the world…

17 Best Rugby-team in the Netherlands…

18 FC Den Bosch, horrible…

19 Carnaval, best in the Netherlands…

20 Typical outfit carnaval ‘s-Hertogenbosch…

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Oeteldonk, name of ‘s-Hertogenbosch during carnaval…

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Bossche bol, famous in the whole of Europe…

23 “Passion, vision, action”

What I learned in Switzerland from Helmut Zelloth, Austrian expert in the field of careerguidance…”

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Passion…

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Vision…

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Action…

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Overallaim:Realisa-onofawellfunc-oninglabourmarket…..

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Important stakeholders education and labourmarket: - Companies; - Schools; - Local Government.

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Leading role local government Characteristics department Education, Labourmarket and Participation (OAP) municipality ‘s-Hertogenbosch: - Taking the lead; - Pro-active; - Entrepreneurial spirit; - Building networks with stakeholders; - Diagnosis of outside world as startingpoint to make policy; - Joint responsibility.

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Topics local government Main aims: department education, labourmarket and participation municipality ‘s-Hertogenbosch: - Prevention early schoolleaving; - Decreasing youth unemployment; - Raising quality of education.

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Important regular meetings with schools: Municipality with management primary schools; Municipality with schooldirectors of secondary schools; Municipality with management VET and Higher Vocational education.

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Important regular meetings companies: - Ambassadorsnetwork…. - Regional meetings with schoolmanagement, companies and municipalities

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Together with directors secondary education (DOVO) we defined 16 topics, like: - Entrepreneurial spirit / entrepreneurship; - Competence based learning; - New generation; - Leading role municipality education and labourmarket; - Ongoing learning pathways; - Guiders of learningprocess; - Quality improvement professionals; - Careerorientation and careerguidance; - Promotion Technique.

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Municipality stimulates the improvement of these topics: - By giving subsidy out of the local budget department education, labourmarket and participation; - We wrote applications in Leonardo da Vinci and Comenius; municipality acts very often as projectcoordinator in these programs; - Now we are working in the role of partner in three ERASMUS+ projects.

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Fund Period Name project Leonardo Partnership 2013-2015 PRACmob Leonardo Transfer of innovation

2013-2015 Second Chance

Erasmus+ KA2 2014-2016 2young2fail Erasmus+ KA2 2014-2016 ESSE

Erasmus+ KA2 2015-2018 Managing for @ school of success

5 running projects at this moment:

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The link………… All these EU-programmes deal with the transition from school to work. With all stakeholders in the field of education and labourmarket we try to focus on the realisation of a well functioning labourmarket.

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Most important stakeholders: - Companies; - Employersorganisations (like BZW); - Municipality; - Labouroffice (UWV werkbedrijf); - Schools: (primary schools, secondary schools, vocational educational training (KW1C), higher vocational education (Avans), universities.

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Very important topic: Careerorientation – careerguidance (LOB). 35% of early schoolleaving is caused by a lack of good careerguidance. Focus on this topic will decrease early schoolleaving and youthunemployment. Actual and future labourmarketinformation is crucial to prepare youngsters for transition from school to work!

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Priorities 2015-2020…. On going learning pathway from: primary school-secondary school-Vocational Eduction Training-Higher Vocational education-University… -  Careerorientation and careerguidance, crux in Secondary education; - Promotion technique (studies); - Entrepreneurship-entrepreneurial spirit.

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Somebody still awake for further questions?