Bienvenidos – support programmes in Thuringa for young people from Spain

In many regions of Germany, an increasing shortage of new skilled workers exists, while at the same time, youth unemployment in Southern European countries is very high. Programmes were prepared some years ago in order to ease this situation. The aim of these programmes was to help young people from these EU regions to gain vocational education and training and thus offer them a professional future in Germany. The article reports on the experience and lessons learned from the 2013 support project for the integration of young people from Spain, funded by the Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft Thüringen (LEG) [Thuringa State Development Company].