The Regional Integration Network Berlin (RIN Berlin) is dedicated to enhancing sustainable employment opportunities for individuals with migration backgrounds in Berlin. Coordinated by the Senate Department for Labor, Social Affairs, and Integration, RIN Berlin orchestrates seven specialized qualification projects. These projects cater to migrants aspiring to work in areas such as administration, healthcare, environmental conservation, digitization, and vocational training programs offered by the Chamber of Crafts (HWK) or the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK).
Moreover, RIN Berlin offers tailored support for professionally qualified women seeking entry into the workforce through a mentoring program. Complementing these initiatives, RIN Berlin provides comprehensive guidance to employers, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises and institutions, focusing on talent acquisition and retention strategies. This support encompasses various aspects, including assistance with recognition procedures, navigating the Skilled Immigration Act, and harnessing the potential of social media for effective workforce development.
One noteworthy initiative within RIN Berlin is the Consortium for Educationally Adequate Employment. This platform, led by the Senate Department, collaboratively addresses and dismantles barriers that migrants face in accessing educationally suitable opportunities in specific industries, fostering solutions within a collaborative framework.
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Involved Actors & Resources
| Governmental body: | RIN Berlin, coordinated by the Dept. of Integration, Labour / Social |
| Name(s) of the governmental body | Services. Financial partners are: Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs, |
| Other public actors: | European Social Fund (ESF), Dept. of Integration, Labour/Social Affairs Berlin |
| Name(s) of the public actors and describe which sector and explain their role, briefly: | Employers seeking employees. |
| Private for-profit actors: | Indirectly. These are firms and institutions seeking employees. |
| What types of organisations? | Public administration, care takers, hospitals, and private businesses. |
| Private not-for profit actors: | Eight exemplary training projects and four supporting projects |
| What types of organisations? | Training projects experienced in the field of environmental |
| Civic actors: | Renewable energy, Digitalisation. Mentoring courses. |
| Heterogeneity of the participants with respect to gender, age, educational qualification, place of residence, or other | Participants originate from diverse migrant cultures, sexes and age groups. |
| Other actors: | No |
| Funding/financial resources for the particular best practice example | Budget of 8,4 million EUR for 3 years (2023-2025) -50% Federal |
| Specification of funding/financial resources | Services. Financial partners are: Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs |
| Participatory process: | Yes, insofar as diverse migrant organisations and specific training organisations for women are partners. |
| Deliberative process: | No |
| Top-down | The initiator has been the Regional Integration Network with mixed membership. |
| Bottom-up | Insofar that there is Mixed membership in RIN (Migrant and women training organisations as well) |
| Cost reimbursement (e.g., for public transport, compensation of working hours): | N/A |
| Provision of mediators (e.g., linguistic, cultural): | Mediators are the not-for-profit migrant and specialized women organisations |
| Frequency of activities within the best practice: How often and for how long did participants involve in best practice (e.g., in general friendly towards employed people or people with care responsibilities)? | Each training program, e.g. health care, public administration and environmental, etc. varied. |
| External inclusion referring to who is invited or allowed to take part from the invitation = ideal situation | People with a migrant background professional qualifications from abroad. |
| Internal exclusion referring to certain participants who are overly dominant | Evaluation is not completed to respond. |
| Vulnerable groups were specified in the designed plan of the best practice: | Yes, since all migrant groups face barriers entering a qualification adequate profession. |
| Special attention groups: | Special attention is given to migrant women in two cases, otherwise independent of gender. |
| Did vulnerable groups participate in the best practice: | By definition migrant groups are vulnerable with respect to barriers experienced within labour market integration |
| Participation of young people, women, elderly people: | Two projects are specifically for women. |
| Did special training and empowerment activities support these groups within the participatory process? | Yes |
| Information documents (e.g., flyer, brochures, invitation letters): | Yes |
| Multiple languages available: | No |
| Non-technical language used: | Yes |
| Social Media: | |
Way of Communication
| Way of Communication | Multiple |
| Website and social media postings: | Yes |
| Information documents distributed in the post box: | No |
| Information documents distributed on streets and public spaces (during events): | No |
| Press releases in “traditional” public media (e.g. linear TV, daily newspapers etc.): | No |
| Special-target activities (e.g. through gate-openers, community workers etc.): | Yes |
Monitoring
| Monitoring process on the best practice available? | Available to Network members |
| Is there continuous information on monitoring results provided to the participants: | No. To be further examined |
Is there an integration of participants in the monitoring process? | Own evaluation |
| Did they have the opportunity to suggest changes to the process? | Feedback process |
| Is there continuous information on monitoring results provided to network partners (public and non-public actors)? | To be further examined |
Impact Assessment and/or Evaluation
| Did an impact assessment (e.g., achievements, challenges) or evaluation (standardized success measurement) take place: | Yes |
| Who evaluates? What? How? At which point of process? | Focus groups are applied for inter-group feedback |
Citizen Empowerment & Representation
Structured Decision-Making
| Explanation of objectives and methods, at the beginning of the process? | Yes |
| Do the participants make final decisions? | No. Because it is a training program to supplement needs |
| Why not? Who decides instead? | Requirements for occupational preparation |
| Is there a veto right by the citizens (i.e. if they are against a specific option this is not implemented?)? | No does not apply |
| At the end of the participation process: Final document on the decisions that were taken? | Unknown. Still in process |
| Is there a publication of this document available? | Not at this time |
| Is the publication of this document sent to participants and/or affected community? | Feedback process to training organisations and migrant organisations in Network |
| Clear definition and communication of mutual commitments, decision-making roles and any limits on the decisions? | Unknown, potentially yes, process continues |
| Are specific tools available to participants (e.g., regular meetings or training, apps)? | N/A |
| Integration of empowerment tools in multi-level-governance-system? | N/A |
| Which groups are involved at which stage of the participatory process? | Migrant and women organizations. Belonging to network. |
| What are the tasks of the groups? Describe for each group. | N/A |
