Structural transition: 
background information and fields of activity

The three fields of activity listed below are currently sponsored to support companies experiencing structural transition: 

Job creation in firms:

  • Launch of a production cooperative whose objective is to create jobs in the building industry, ancillary trades and the catering/restaurant industry, primarily in Hasenbergl
  • Sponsorship of a service cooperative which has so far created 16 socially insured jobs in the field of domestic services
Industry-specific (re)training:
  • Training for the employees of publishing houses in the areas of new information and communication technologies, multimedia etc. (a European Social Fund project)
  • Adult development programs to transform unskilled workers into skilled construction and finishing workers in the project "Lernen am Bau gGmbH" ("Learning on Site")
  • Consulting on training and education for employee council members (a model project conducted in cooperation with the National Institute for Vocational Training, or BIBB)
Consulting and advice:
  • Advice to companies about forthcoming personnel adjustment measures
  • Advice on advanced training and development at the Munich adult education center
  • Female experts' consulting network: career orientation and consulting for women, with a strong focus on advice from volunteer industry experts and an external mentoring program
  • Career track consulting: advice to foreign women, including training modules


Background information
The term "structural transition" encompasses a wide variety of developments in the economy and on the labor market. Munich is no exception to the rule of structural transition, which is reflected in the following trends:

  • Changes in what are regarded as "normal" working relationships, e.g. moving toward part-time work, increasingly systemic unemployment, atypical employment relationships, disjuncted résumés
  • Changes in the perception and importance of work, as social demands on gainful employment also experience a shift
  • Changes on the labor market, such as shorter working hours, disparities between supply and demand
  • Transitions in economic structures: the trend toward more tertiary services even in industry; the increase in the volume of corporate and social services; the growing importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); the erosion of Germany's traditional system of collective wage settlements.
    The "Support for Structural Transition" program seeks to respond appropriately to these changes.

 

 

Contact
Daniela Weidlich
Phone +49 (0)89 233 25642
daniela.weidlich@muenchen.de

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