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Mentoring for Migrants - best practice report from Austria
1. EESC Conference - Diversity in the workplace
„Mentoring for Migrants“
21.2.2014
Mag. Julia Hasenöhrl
Expert for migration and integration
Austria Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)
julia.hasenoehrl@wko.at
2. Situation in Austria
Around 1,6 million people in Austria have a migration
background
Mobility and migratory flow will increase significantly
Many migrants are qualified but do not have the necessary
contacts and informal knowledge about Austrian labour
market
78 % of Austrian job-seekers rely on personal networks
OECD proposal: open career networks for migrants
6. Process
application of mentors
Austrian Economic Chambers
Matching
application of Mentees
Austrian integration fund
Labour market service
information session Mentors
information session Mentees
6 months
Kick-off event
(Mentors and Mentees)
Mentoring partnership
events (intercultural training, excursions..)
closing event
9. Benefits for participants
Benefits for mentees
professional success
development of potentials
motivation
networking in the world of work
Benefits for mentors
development of communication and coaching skills
intercultural experiences
change of perspective
extension of personal network
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10. Results
99 % of the participants consider Mentoring as a
meaningful instrument for the integration of migrants into
the labour market
91 % of the interviewed persons think that the specific
knowledge of the mentees can facilitate the
internationalisation of Austrian economy
40 % of the mentees have already been integrated into
the labour market
80 % of the mentors feel that they derive a benefit from
the program
11. Mentoring for migrants – key facts
project partners: Austrian Economic Chambers, Austrian
Integration Fund, Public Employment Service
since 2008: more than 1000 mentoring pairs
offered all over the country
financial support by the Austrian internationalisation
initiative „go international“
best-practice-data base of the EU in the field of
integration
nominated for the Austrian integration award 2010
European Enterprise Awards 2011 special mention