Projects
The organisation of a balanced offer 'Dutch as a second language (NT2)' for workers and jobseekers. KU Leuven
Critical success factors in the activation of people of foreign origin KU Leuven
Approximately one in five people of the potential labour force in Flanders has a foreign origin (Djait, 2015). The labour market integration of this specific group does not always go smoothly, with high unemployment rates as a result. While individual barriers in terms of labour market integration have been researched extensively, there is relatively little research on successful policy strategies in terms of employment ...
ESF 2118 strong@work. KU Leuven
Pilot projects work-to-work transitions KU Leuven
The project aims to develop a holistic approach to sustainably support transitions of vulnerable employees to another employer. On the basis of six living labs we want to gain an insight into methodologies and models that, in the context of these transitions, can mean added value for the employees, the employers and society. The objective is to avoid a situation where these vulnerable employees first become unemployed and then have to look ...
Supermentor: massive open online course. KU Leuven
Training of supermentors to activate job seekers with a migrant background.
Jobplacement and -counselling with voucher Hasselt University
Labour Migration and Population Ageing: anlyzing the effectiveness of current labour market integration and job councelling trajectories for newly arrived immigrants and individuals with a migration background in Flanders. University of Antwerp
Evaluation research of the new targeted employment policies in Flanders based on a reduction of social contributions to the employer KU Leuven
This research aims to evaluate the so-called targeted employment policies in the Flemish Region of Belgium for the first time after its regionalization in 2014. The instrument used consists of targeted hiring subsidies for employers through a reduction in social security contributions. These are (mostly) newly recruited employees in the lowest wage categories belonging to one of the following three groups: low and middle qualified young ...
SWVG-EF31-evaluation of an Integrated Wide Reception . KU Leuven
In a number of cases the public employment service of Flanders (the VDAB) calls a person “not counselable”. Jobseekers are given this label when it is felt that due to medical, mental, psychological, psychiatric and/or social problems people are no longer employable on the labor market, neither in the normal economic circuit nor in the social economy or an unpaid job. The VDAB has ceased job counseling for people labeled as "not counselable" ...