Projects

The first project being carried out by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft selbstständiger Migranten e.V. (Working Group of Immigrant Entrepreneurs, ASM) is called "Weitblick" or "Vision" and was started on April 1, 2007. It is part of the JOBSTARTER (site available in German only) programme supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the European Union (European Social Funds).

The goal of "Vision" is to create trainee positions in firms run by entrepreneurs with immigrant backgrounds. These trainee positions are generally in commercial areas, in the trade and service sectors. ASM employees also organise group training.

Over the course of the project a foundation to support trainee positions in small companies managed by immigrants will be established. Within the framework of JOBSTARTER, we have also prepared the ground for a foundation. The "Vision" project team members also lobby for education and training. Their objective is to anchor this topic in the consciousnesses of business people with immigration backgrounds. To this end, the team works together with selected media targeted at immigrants of different nationalities.