Social Innovation: The new Buzz Word for supporting Youth in connecting Education and the

Labor Market?

From Welfare State to Civil Society (1)

Context• Long lasting recession budget cuts• Stacking of effects affecting citizens, e.g. impoverishment• Population ageing increase in elderly care• Unemployment, incl. combating youth unemployment• Increase in sense of own responsibility & active

participation

Different roles for•Citizens: participation,empowerment, self-organisation,care for one another•Government: from doing to directing,multi level governance, partnership, co-production, co-creation•Institutions in the social field: partnership, networking

From Welfare State to Civil Society (1)

3 Decentralisation Processes (1)

Transfer of tasks and responsibilities from central to local government, with less budget…

Per 1 January 2015•Welfare and Care •Youth Care•Labor Market Participation

Urgency to cooperate in the region•With other citiesand municipalities•With partnersin the social field

3 Decentralisation Processes (1)

Delft is working together with:•Rijswijk, intensely (SSC CCC)

•Haaglanden, Participation Youth Care

•DWO, Welfare & Care

Delft is a good city for education, living and

working

Empowerment of individuals, joining forces

Everybody is welcome and will receive the same

opportunities

Participation & Inclusion

An attractive social climate & a solid structure of community services

Delft’s Social Vision

Social vision, social innovation

Empowerment

Temporary loss of control

Long-term loss of control

Basic community

services

Tailor made services

Safety net

Prevention

Active citizenship

Stimulate to participate

Principles of Delft’s Social Innovation

• Emphasis on prevention and pro-action to prevent deterioration

• Focus on multi-problem situations• Demand driven & integrated approach: What is needed

to address problems coherently? Looking for creative solutions within one’s personal environment

• Frontline Steering: 1 family – 1 plan – 1 budget – 1 coach (multidisciplinary, in social teams)

• Accomplishing this together with our partners in the social field

From Education to the Labor Market

Policies• Youth Office: One Stop Shop which helps youngsters

to go to school or have a work placement• Regional Signalling and Monitoring Office (RMC)

o Compulsory school attendance until 18 yearso Support to obtain a study qualification (minimum standard), 18-23 yearso Social Assistance Act, 23-27 years: education or work placement

Early school-leavers (1)

Youngsters up to 23 years old who leave school without a qualification at high school level or at vocational training level

The NetherlandsYear Number of early

school-leaversPercentage of total number of students

Number of students at high school & vocational training

2001 71,000    2008-2009 42,600    2009-2010 39,600    2010-2011 38,600    2011-2012 36,250 2,7 % 1,3 million students2015 25,000    

Early school-leavers (2)

DelftYear Number

of early school-leavers

Ambition Percentage of total number of students

Total number of students at high school & vocational training

2005-2006 319   5,3 % 5.968

2006-2007 318   5,3 % 6.039

2007-2008 285 287 4,8 % 5.941

2008-2009 248 255 4,2 % 5.855

2009-2010 255 223 4,4 % 5.757

2010-2011 248 191 4,3 % 5.707

2011-2012 232 191 4,1 % 5.656

Some examples from Delft

• Single parents/Teen mumso Support schemes to combine school & care / job & care

• Action Plan Combating Youth Unemploymento Techniekpact: foster technology education at all school levels

• Green jobso Provide jobs related to sustainable energy and economy,

maintenance of public spaces (ESF)

Youth Participation in Delft

2002 2009 2012 Q3 and on

‘welfare state’ ‘civil society’ ‘social innovation’

initiation by deputy

mayor

political

assignment to welfare

organisation

ups and downs

political and social

change of politician and

politics

€39.000,-

independent foundation (15-21 years old)

social

two projects

ten projects

supporting other (groups of) youngsters

€12.500,-

100% voluntary

cooperation

22.5% Youth Unemployment on

average

We took the European challenge to Delft

JouwDelft & Co.•10 European cities (Delft, Chartres, Speyer, Roskilde, and others)•4 youngsters and 1 policy advisor per city•Local politicians, social workers and youngsters•65 participants•6 days •November 2012

We came up with innovations

Just a handful of the advises•make internships more accessible to all students (higher and lower education)•stimulate companies to pay their interns just enough to be self-sufficient •make short internships available to let a student orientate on different jobs•support youngsters to start their own business by setting up incubators •incorporate entrepreneurship into the education system•communicate more with youngsters about all the different possibilities•focus on educating youngsters in English, other cultures and Europe•organize exchanges for students at a very young age to ensure their language skills, European mind-set, which ensures mobility on the job market

One of the innovations in practice

Youth Unemployment

youngsters are lazy ‘couch potatoes’

‘enough’ jobs in the city of Delft

10% job searching 90% Facebook

Work in YourDelft

Work in YourDelft

Steps to social innovation within this project

•Step 1: inform youngsters about local job openings through Facebook

•Step 2: connect local businesses actively with youngsters looking for a job

•Step 3: support youngsters in finding a ‘real’ job

Social Innovation!

Modern media don’t make it innovative

Taking the responsibility, that’s the innovation!

A new youth congress

Organised by youngsters from Holland•Youth Unemployment & Movement of youngsters to cities•November 2013•North of Holland•Max. 5 youngsters per delegation•Around 12 delegations•On-site costs covered and €50,- of the travel costs per person

Still looking for delegations…

Patrick van Geel, City of Delft, pvgeel@delft.nl

Alwin Snel, JouwDelft, alwin@jouwdelft.nl

Thank you for your attention!