Staples conference
Changemaker Passport
January, 28, 2010, Rome
Consultancy. Project development. Training.
Content
1. About iq consult
2. Reports & certificates
3. Our experiences
4. Changemaker Passport
Consultancy. Project development. Training.
About iq consult
• 15 years experience in providing start-up advice and developing best
practice initiatives, especially for disadvantaged groups
• Awarded projects include:
enterprise
Supporting young entrepreneurs
kulturgewinn
Empowering local artists
enterability
Start-up support for people with disabilities
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Reports & certificates
School reports
•Attest knowledge in certain subjects (e.g. foreign languages, maths)
Letters of reference
•Attest skills in certain work fields and partly also social skills
But
•They reflect only a limited part of all skills and competencies
•In some countries, negative remarks are prohibited (e.g. in Germany)
•References for internships are often extremely positive due to the
special circumstances of the employment (no or little salary ...)
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Reports & certificates
 In order to perform sucessfully in the global economy, companies and
employees need to develop further competencies than only expertise
on a certain subject.
 Required competences are e.g.: mobility, intercultural skills,
adaptability
Certificate of competence
•Attests problem solving skills
•Gives information on the motivation and willingness to solve problems
under various circumstances successfully and responsibly
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Our experiences:
Qualification passport
Initial situation
•German model experiment: Modular qualification programme
responding to individual needs for catching up professional education
•Target group: young, socially disadvantaged people under 25, mostly
without any graduation
Challenge
•Optimizing the qualification offers in a short time period
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Our experiences:
Qualification passport
Outcome
•Compilation and approval of achieved competences (formal and
informal professional and educational experiences)
•Check-up via personal interviews and examination
•Developing an individual qualification schedule, regarding professional
subjects and methods as base for a target agreement
•Qualification passport aiming to
 document experiences and educational processes for employers
 Motivate, guide and inform the participants
 Work as controlling instrument for teachers
Disadvantage
•Only professional skills are documented
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Our experiences:
enterprise passport
Initial situation
•German pilot project: Developing integrated start-up support for young
people under 27
Challenge
•Optimizing start-up support responding to the needs of young people
Outcome
•Analysing competences corresponding to someone´s aptitude as
entrepreneur and to the business idea
•Identification of the individual need for support and qualification in
order to shape the entrepreneurial and professional skills
•Developing an individual qualification schedule including target
agreements
•Documentation of qualification steps by the institutions involved
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Our experiences:
enterprise passport
• The enterprise passport aims to
 guide business starters
 work as controlling instrument for advisors
 inform partners (banks, business development departments etc.)
The enterprise passport was awarded as “Best Practice” by the EU
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Changemaker Passport
Initial situation
•Facing global challenges, more and more young people seek to work in
a responsible position in the social sector
•Social companies require (especially leading) staff with sophisticated
social and communicative skills, problem solving skills, empathy and the
ability to integrate
•School reports and letters of references provide little information on
social and personal competencies
Challenge
•Defining competencies that are crucial for working in the social sector
•Identifying fields of work and qualification in which those
competencies can be achieved
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Changemaker Passport
Outcome
•Analysing fields of activity and requirements for leading staff in the
social sector
•Defining areas of competencies
•Providing information on possible fields of work within the social sector
•The Changemaker Passport aims to
 Guide young people seeking to work in the social sector
 Appreciate their social commitment
 Help social entrepreneurs to find the right staff
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Thank you very much for your
attention!
Norbert Kunz
iq consult gmbh
Muskauer Straße 24
10997 Berlin
kunz@iq-consult.com
www.iq-consult.com
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