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Five collaborative projects will receive a contribution from the 2021 Education-Labour Market Future Fund of the Municipality of Amersfoort. Until 1 May 2021 educational institutions and companies in the Amersfoort region could apply for a subsidy through the fund for collaborative projects that promote the transition from school to work.A total of 6 applications have been submitted. An independent advisory committee assessed the applications. 5 projects receive a maximum amount of 40000 euros maximum 30000 euros for a one-year project.Diversity in applicationsThe granting of the subsidies enables initiatives that focus on improving the connection between education and practice. And because only collaborative initiatives are eligible for co-financing the collaboration between educational institutions and companies is strengthened. In this way young people receive more practical training which increases their chances on the labor market. Companies can more easily find suitable workers which strengthens their growth opportunities and offers our region economic opportunities. The contributions from the Future Fund this year are strongly focused on deficit sectors in the Amersfoort region. For example the projects are mainly focused on healthcare and technology.Challenge Based Learning in the HoefkwartierIn this project local entrepreneurs and educational institutions in the Hoefkwartier are putting the innovative learning method Challenge Based Learning into practice. Working and learning go hand in hand here. In the Celsius House Utrecht University of Applied Sciences students can become acquainted with the latest techniques for building and energy.Student Internship DeskThe Student Internship Bureau helps students and companies to make internships in difficult sectors such as healthcare possible and successful. Golden Care Girls GCG provide job guidance on the job in healthcare. In practice internship supervision is often a problem for healthcare companies. Students will continue to work independently under the guidance of a GCG team on organizing think tanks on social issues.Content AmersfoortContent Amersfoort shortens the lines between local businesses residents institutions and educational institutions. Various stakeholders work closely together to achieve social objectives such as placing people at a distance from the labor market social bank and opening up internships.JINC projects with promising sectorsThere is a high demand for personnel in sectors such as healthcare and technology. The JINC project helps young people who want to orientate themselves on different professions and sectors where the chances of finding a job are greater. This allows the young person to make an appropriate study choice resulting in a better match between education and the labor market. Supply and demand and the wishes of young people for the future are then more closely aligned.Appropriate learning routes for MBO students to the labor marketIn this project students in vulnerable situations receive tailor-made guidance from among others ROC Midden Nederland in the form of appropriate learning routes. The project guides students in obtaining a diploma or certificates and prepares them for the labor market. Various disciplines are developing suitable learning routes that can be used by more students in the future.About the Future Education-Labour Market FundThe connection between education and the labor market can always be improved in the Amersfoort region. That is the view of employers educational institutions and the municipality. They have drawn up a joint agenda. The Future Fund gives parties an impulse to develop and implement new ideas to improve the connection. This is important for both young people and employers. In order to find a job it is good if young people know what an employer asks of them and employers find suitable personnel so that their company can grow. That is good for the regional economy.
