Employment Promotion Center
Arbeitsförderungszentrum (AFZ) is the name of several educational institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany that offer young and adult people training and further education , promotion and support in their current life situation.
history
The job promotion centers were set up in the 1980s on the initiative of the local authority, through the commitment of the local authority and associations and organizations active in the relevant area. The AFZ Meiningen is a later independent subsidiary of the AFZ Schweinfurt, the establishment in Bremen and Bremerhaven (with the name AFZ Arbeitsnetwork) took place independently. All employment promotion centers are mainly active on a regional basis, with a local focus at the company's headquarters and various branches.
deals
The employees of the employment promotion centers support above all jobseekers and people in need of help with their reintegration in the labor market . They carry out retraining , further training, further measures and advisory services and are largely publicly funded. For this purpose, they maintain their own facilities, such as training centers, exercise workshops and shops, and youth hostels. You often work together with the Federal Employment Agency , job centers or optional municipalities .
The various employment promotion centers are non-profit organizations, work independently of one another and are organized as a registered association or limited liability company . Job promotion centers exist in Bremen (with representation in Bremerhaven ), Bad Kissingen u. a.) and in Meiningen . Some of them have subsidiaries in which subsidized jobs are carried out for those who are difficult to place (company Personal Aktiv des AFZ Bremerhaven).