An insight into some selected support programmes of the Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Women and Family of the Federal State of Brandenburg.

The Ministry supports equal access to employment and professional education and reduction of unemployment. With ESF funding, it promotes vocational education and labour market integration programmes especially aimed at people unemployed for years. Some examples:

The “Regional Budget” programme allows all Brandenburg districts to independently develop and implement support measures for long-term unemployed, according to regional requirements and linked to with regional development projects.

The “Active for Work” programme focuses on long-term unemployed not entitled to public support. It aims at maintaining and increasing their employability, thus improving their chances of integration into the labour market. The “Prevention of Imprisonment through Social Integration” programme supports activities of integration and professional promotion for released prisoners and other offenders.

The “INNOPUNKT” pilot support programme focuses and elaborates on current employment policy topics. The "INNOPUNKT low-skilled" initiative aims at testing new ways of integrating low-skilled people into companies.

For more information please visit: www.masf.brandenburg.de or  www.esf.brandenburg.de

The Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Women and Family of the Federal State of Brandenburg will be exhibiting and presenting at Employment Week 2010.