Title: Hearing on Immigration and Integration Fraports Initiatives
1Hearing on Immigration and Integration
Fraports Initiatives
- Dublin, 22.06. 23.06.2006
- Christian Meyer, Manager Social Services, Human
ResourcesFraport AG, Frankfurt Airport Services
Worldwide
2 Agenda
- Who is Fraport?
- Policy against discrimination of migrants and
minorities - The benefit of integration
- Sponsoring integration
- Challenges
- Benefiting from Fraports experience
3Who is Fraport?
- Runs a major international Hubs- and Spokes
System for intermodal traffic - Major employer in the region
- Provider of First Class Airport Management
4Who is Fraport?- Fraport Business Segments -
Aviation
Ground Handling
Passenger Services Cargo Services Ramp
Services
Airside Operations Terminal Management
Retail Real Estate Development Property and
Facility Management Parking Facilities
Non-aviation
Other
Energy IT Services International Airport
consultancy Other
5Who is Fraport?- Nationality of Fraport AG
Employees (2005) -
6Policy against discrimination of migrants and
minorities- Commitment of management and
stakeholders -
- Responsibility of executive board and works
council - Special works agreement since spring 2002
- Clear positioning against current right wing
tendencies - Declaration of supervisory board and executive
board 24.03.2003
7Policy against discrimination of migrants and
minorities - Declaration of supervisory and
executive board 24.03.2003 -
- Clear dedication to employees, ethical principles
- The cultural and ethical differences of
employees are a valuable resource for the
company.no employee will be discriminated
regarding his/her race, gender or religious
beliefs.this orientation is compulsory for all
Fraport companies. The rules and regulations have
been made to avert any harm to the companys name
and reputation and are to be followed by all
employees - Signed by the premier of Hesse as Chairman of the
governing board, by the vice president of the
public services union Verdi as the vice chairman
of the governing board and the chairman of the
executive board.
8Policy against discrimination of migrants and
minorities - Works council agreement -
- Ensuring equal opportunities
- Indiscriminating hiring procedures
- Respectful and indiscriminating treatment at
work - Access to in-company training and advanced
training if need arises - Full integration in career development
9Policy against discrimination of migrants and
minorities - Works council agreement -
- All persons employed by Fraport AG must
indiscriminately be able to take advantage of all
available opportunities, irrespective of color,
age, sex, nationality, religion or race.
Employees who feel discriminated or treated
unfairly within the meaning of this agreement,
have the right to lodge a complaint (Article 84
BetrVG - German Works Constitution Act). - The Act stipulates that in terms of selection
criteria and assignment to a wage or salary
group, comparable qualifications and work
experience gained in countries other than Germany
must be taken into reasonable consideration.
10 The benefit of integration- Strategy -
- Intercultural competence is a prerequisite for
success in the globalized market and
international competition and leads to higher
customer satisfaction(e.g. info-counters in
terminals, intercultural teams in daily
operation) - Further development of personnel strategy is
required for corresponding projects within the
scope of european and international business and
labour relations - Profitability and competetive advantage are the
governing factors whenever the integration and
promotion of employees of foreign nationality is
a corporate policy goal
11Sponsoring integration- Qualification and
training Measures -
- Aircraft handlersOperative training with final
examination and certificate of proficiency from
the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. - A total of 4,251 employees of 39 different
nationalities have already qualified as aircraft
handlers. - Intercultural teams work in new business segments
under a group-wide integrated management
development program to implement the
internationalization strategy
12Sponsoring integration- Qualification and
training Measures -
- The Junior Loader Project
- Until 1988 about 660 young apprentices had
completed this training course, some 80 percent
of whom were foreign nationals Result about
400 of these young people are still employed by
Fraport. The training programme opened up job-
and promotional opportunities for them.
13Sponsoring integration- Qualification and
training Measures -
- Mobile Youth Project
- Following an initiative by the German federal
government in 1998, Fraport embarked on this
project in 1999. About 70 percent of the young
people enrolling were foreign nationals. Of 92
people hired under the training programme, 21
dropped out and 71 remained in training.
Currently some 60 have been transferred to the
companys payroll.
14 Sponsoring integration - Qualification and
training Measures
- ProRegion as a master example
- Foundation for the promotion of vocational
training and education - Main target groups young unemployed adults
with ethnic background - Advisory board is made up of Fraport Top
management, works council representatives,
directors of the chambers of commerce and
employment agency - Foundation has existed since July 1999 with start
up capital of 5 mio DM - Current capital is 5.1 mio
15Sponsoring integration- Qualification and
training measures -
The current report of sponsored projects shows
following results Topic
amount of projects sponsored amount Improvement
of chances to 33 304,348 qualify in
apprenticeship and training Insurance of
traineeships and 26 923,411
education Promotion of required
18 197,294 infrastructure Promotion of
projects related 34 665,696 to
consulting and employment special
projects 19 209,857 School
projects 15 243,438 Total 14
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16Sponsoring integration- Examples for sponsored
projects -
- AWO infrastructural support for young female
migrants, measures for further qualification
(5,000 ) - Deutsche Angestellten Akademie sponsoring the
integration of youth- and cultural work, youths
without school certificates or job qualification
are qualified in certain fields of employment,
e.g. restauratrion of monuments etc. (30,000 ) - Kreisausschuss Offenbach Counseling for youths
and joung adults with focus on job beginners
(5,000 ) - Kinderbüro Stadt Frankfurt foundation project
promote and demand in cooperation with
Kinderbüro Frankfurt (170,000 )
17Sponsoring integration- Examples for sponsored
projects -
- VzbFF occupational education of young female
migrants (20,000 ) - INBI sponsoring of apprenticeships for young
migrants (60,000 ) - Georg-Kerchensteiner-Schule sponsoring of a
language project for students with migrant
history (5,000 ) - Förderverein Roma e.V. qualification,
orientation and employment for Roma (40,000 ) - Schultheater-Studio learning german with fun
for youth and joung adults in language
integration classes (5,000 )
18Challenges- Examples of the 3 most challenging
experiences -
- Insufficient acceptance and practice of the
carefully shaped works agreement on working
conditions in the spirit of partnership - Lack of language and communication skills and
qualification causes limited hiring and promotion
prospects, thus leading to poorer integration on
all levels of the company and social life - Danger of parallel worlds within the company
no general regulations (e.g. German as the basic
language of the corporate communication,
multicultural teams as a standard in work
organisation)
19Benefiting from Fraports experience- In which
way could our policy be a model of good
practice for other companies ? -
- A works agreement, negotiated between the
executive board and the works council, requires a
successful understanding under specific
circumstances but eventually leads to a pragmatic
and supported integration scheme - Diversity and integration are an integral part of
management responsibility and necessary for a
successful company under conditions of
globalization, when achieved ensures ROI - Proper implementing and permanent monitoring of
schemes for the integration of migrants and
minorities are essential for long term success
20Thank you for your attention!
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