Bernd Beckings task as head of the Berlin employment Agency is not easy. Even if the unemployment rate in Berlin declined in February by 0.8 percentage points, the unemployment rate of 7.9 percent, one of the highest among the provinces. Of particular concern to the young people in Berlin and the Long-term unemployed prepare Becking.
For the former is due to the high influx from the home and abroad, the competition for jobs is particularly hard. The long-term unemployed should be helped, among other things, the mayor required by “the Solidary basic income”.
Mr Becking, nowhere else are there so many unemployed young people as in Berlin. Why?
The rate among the 15 – to 20-Year-old is particularly high, i.e. in the Transition from school to work. Nationwide are in the age of 3.1 per cent, without work or training contract. Here it is, more than one out of every Ten! Since education is the Top issue for equality of opportunity, must be the schools better. Where the länder performance in comparative tests of the schools, the youth unemployment is lower and the other way around. In Berlin sensitive social milieu, not I leave as an excuse. This would mean that the young people should be written off.
What environment are you referring to?
Neukölln, Mitte and Marzahn-Hellersdorf are the three most difficult districts. In some schools, any Fourth there is no conclusion. A number of the frightened: the 27,000 young people in Berlin only 3000 directly after-school to in-company teaching. The Rest visited the school for the first time into the transition system. It needs better teaching, better supervision and a higher quality of professional and study orientation. Otherwise we can’t get to grips with the problems.
Because the young people would otherwise be available to recipients to Hartz IV.
education poverty in the early years leads to a vicious circle: precarious Jobs, long-term unemployment, poverty in old age. What is initially failed, runs through the whole of life. We should have the discussion about how we want extremism and Clan to fight crime.
The youth employment Agency, but will not be cheered. Unlike in Hamburg, there is no duty of advice and still no whereabouts statistics.
non-Transparent as what many students after the completion of make – the, would have to be more intensively managed, often disappear frustrated in Nirvana. This must not remain so. The youth employment Agency would be overburdened, the repair operation of the school. We are working intensively with the young people and to achieve first measurable success.
What are the chances of the Berlin labour market for young people?
The unemployment is as low as never before since the reunification. Of the approximately 50,000 additional employees in Berlin came in the last year to 24,000 from the domestic, to 26,000 a foreign nationality. Berlin is so far beyond Germany is attractive and is becoming more and more international. The young people from Berlin, so quite competitive. With poor starting conditions, you will not include in a work world that is digital and more than ever, the competencies required of the winners.
training courses you have to compete with Refugees.
This view is too negative. In the past year 2250 Refugees fit for training. That makes me happy. 900 Refugees in Berlin, in the meantime, a lesson. You are a gain for the company. After the summer, the first will go in the tests. I’m quite confident.
How many of the refugees have no Job?
The Institute for labour market and occupational research, had forecast in 2015, that we could integrate in Germany after five years, 50 percent in the labour market, if we use the time well. For Berlin, we are on a good path. From the eight main asylum countries of origin 14.100 have an employment subject to social insurance and 3600 a mini-job. A further 11,000 are unemployed, 17.100 in a language course or a vocational qualification. But it is also true that many Refugees were only able to visit the primary school or because of the war on the school were detained. There, the road is still long.
Nevertheless, they are with the Integration satisfied?
You can look at the glass always as half full or half empty. I will promote the success of the focus, in order to make more courage and to argue against desinformiere the populism. What needs to be strengthened is the language training to the vocational schools and the employment of women. We just bring a project in Kreuzberg, and Running, at the women of women are taught. You should learn the German system of education, from the beginning, and to explain home your children. We are here to learn from the mistakes of the past.
The Bertelsmann Foundation has recently calculated that by 2060, year for year, 260.000 people have to be recruited from abroad, the shortage of skilled workers in Germany compensate for. How do you see that?
We urgently need skilled workers from abroad. According to Berlin, the people want, but in rural regions it will be with the demographic change dramatically. The Zentrale Auslands – und fachvermittlung of the BA recruiting now carers from Eastern Europe and Asia.
What precisely is hotly debated, is Hartz IV.
In Berlin, we can see that the System of basic social security works: Despite the refugee crisis, 50,000 households live almost less than 2013 von Hartz IV. without a Doubt, after 15 years adjustment required. The discussion about sanctions but I think that for oversized. In the month of three to four percent of the people are sanctioned because they fail, for example, dates without excuse. But this also means that the vast majority adhere to the rules of the game.
young people are more Mild.
young people should not be punished from the point of view of the practitioners harder than adults. The cost of your accommodation should not be sanctioned, otherwise the young people end up on the street and we lose them.
What do you think of a longer payment of unemployment benefits?
studies show that The longer someone is unemployed, the harder it is to convey him again. Also, the Elderly have increasingly better opportunities. It is to be considered. I understand but the thought that life should be more acknowledged.
your Budget in Berlin for this year has been significantly increased to 142 million euros for the agencies, 935 million for the Jobcenter. Thus, among other things, the “social labour market is financed” for difficult to place long-term unemployed. How does this work?
The majority of our Jobcenter customer is already in the relation. Therefore, it is an extremely relevant topic in Berlin. According to our surveys at least 55,000 people come for the part of chance law in question. Is ambitious, ten percent funded in its work to – without being forced to exercise. Our employees have promoted in the past year intensively with their customers. We talk with employers in the horticultural sector, security sector, in Hotels, in restaurants, in the social field and crafts. In the middle of the year, we will be able to speak about the first successes.
Then the governing mayor Michael Müller would like to introduce the Solidary basic income. Who is going to rise?
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First of all, it is very good, if the country committed, long-term unemployment is with us to fight. It then goes to an overall strategy for Berlin. It is clear that We have the obligation, the part have to implement the chance to act. This is a priority. I am confident that we can embed the Solidary basic income in the strategy. The job center staff need to know later, which Instrument fits to what people.
