our projects.

Boost The aim of this project is to encourage young talent from a disadvantaged social or migrant background towards higher education and assist them in this move.  Within the framework of this project, we give young people aged 17 to 18 years career advisory workshops.

Collaboration with PCSWs (public centres for social welfare) in the context of activation of jobseekers receiving subsistence benefits. Together with the coaching team of the PCSW, we determine the target group and draw up a tailor-made track. This may involve social activation, digital activation, activation of vulnerable young people, etc., always with the aim of bringing them closer to the labour market. 

• The 'key to temping' workshop enables them to get into the world of work more easily through temping. This module provides more insight into the key principles of temping.
• The 'my job in one click' workshop enables them to get into the world of work more easily through new technologies. The purpose of this module is to help jobseekers develop their search via social networks, as well as to caution them against improper use.
• There are 9 'active job hunting' workshops which address themes such as the personality report, the skills report, motivation, the job market, communication, employment interviews, the CV and cover letter.

Location: several PCSWs all over Flanders, Brussels, and Wallonia 

Arae Special support based on the jobseeker’s needs in an aim towards lasting integration. This course involves one or more actions: 

• clarification of career plan 
• development of their professional image
• support with the process (job search tools and techniques). 

Audience: jobseeker residing in the 19 Brussels municipalities

NEET Audience NEET stands for Not in Employment, Education or Training and refers to young people aged between 18 (or 17 years and no longer required to be in education) and 30 years. These young people have very little or no contact with institutions such as Actiris, VDAB, Bruxelles Formation (Brussels Training) or the world of employment in general.  They feel there is a gap between their needs and these institutions’ services.  This project must enable young people to make contact with the institutions and restore their trust in these institutions, so that these young people can continue to focus on training or employment opportunities.  The project consists in:

• outreach and local work: finding and identifying young people who have 'dropped out'
• rallying and motivating young people,
• finding a suitable job or training course together with the young person;
• monitoring the young person during and after their training or starting work.

50+ Tailored support for jobseekers over 50: helping them find a suitable job, adapted to the current labour market; making them resilient in dealing with prejudices.  Target group: jobseekers residing in Brussels aged 50 and over.

Bruxelles Formation Training to achieve the right attitude to find work:

• coaching throughout the entire process
• development of attitudes (sense of civic responsibility, attitude in the workplace, etc.) that are essential in the professional world
• help in actively finding an internship/job

Target group: jobseekers aged below 30 years. 

TIBB (Tender individual counselling and mediation) We guide jobseekers towards a feasible, long-lasting job within the TIBB project. We do this through both individual and collective coaching, with a focus on application training and job hunting. We offer a personalised program of between 6 and 9 months. On average, 75% of the jobseekers who come to us for TIBB support have a long-lasting job after 9 months!  Locations: East Flanders, De Kempen, Limburg  

C/CE driving licence with professional competence (IBO Transport) in cooperation with Randstad Transport This is a collaborative project between VDAB, Randstad Transport, VAB, and RiseSmart Employability. Randstad Transport is responsible for bringing in candidates, promoting IBO among potential employers, and matching the candidates to the job openings. Once the jobseeker has obtained the theoretical driving licence, he/she can start the individual vocational workplace training (IBO) track with the employer. 

The IBO track is linked to a driving education course for obtaining the C/CE driving licence with professional competence. RiseSmart Employability takes care of the IBO start-up and provides intensive coaching and follow-up, both for the candidate and the employer. Locations: Antwerp, East Flanders, Flemisch Brabant, Limburg & West Flanders  

55+ up-to-date Up-to-date 55+ is a tailor-made programme for older jobseekers, where we strengthen them in a group in their search for work. The participants are offered a workshop in which they focus on one central theme. The last hour of each workshop is reserved to actively search for job openings and apply immediately. 30% of all participants can return to work after 12 weeks.  Location: East Flanders, West Flanders, Antwerp, and Limburg

TLA: Transport and Logistics Assessment We organise this assessment on a regular basis for non-working jobseekers with an interest in the transport and logistics sector. For a maximum of 4 weeks, we will look for the most suitable job target within this sector. As the ultimate reality check, you will have a one-day internship in the sector. (The assessment takes place without an internship in West Flanders)   Locations: West Flanders, East Flanders, Antwerp, and Flemish Brabant

Employment mentoring With this project, we want to coordinate and support employment mentoring for highly educated, non-native speaking jobseekers with a migration background. The ultimate goal of this project is to reduce the gap between the target group of highly educated, non-native speaking jobseekers with a migration background and the labour market. For this purpose, we are looking for motivated mentors who want to accompany highly educated, non-native speakers in their search for a job in the labour market.  Locations: East Flanders, Flemish Brabant, and Limburg

SIB Social Impact Bond NIHDI In this project, we offer individual track coaching to disabled people who want to start working again and who have received approval for this from their consulting physician. We will spend a period of 24 months helping people make the transition from syndrome to strengths and competences, fully tailored to their individual needs. Using these competences, we look at what the current labour market needs and what role the participant can take in it. Everything is done step by step, at the participant’s own tempo.  Locations: East Flanders, Antwerp, and Limburg  

Call to Action 457 ‘Outreach and Activation’ Within this European Social Fund (ESF) call to action, we approach (outreach) and coach people who are not on the labour market yet. We offer individual coaching that is very much tailored to the needs of the participant. We don’t do this alone; instead, we work in a highly integrated partnership where location-based activities play an important role in narrowing the gap to the labour market. Locations: 

• Antwerp: ‘Bridges to Work’, in which we coach inactive women (+25y) with a migration background; these are often single women with (young) children. 
• Limburg: ‘Future to Work’ in which we coach asylum seekers from within the integration centres.

Call to Action 478 ‘Strengthening employment-welfare intermediation’ In this project, we provide an empowering group offer for vulnerable jobseekers in poverty or those at an increased risk of poverty. We offer workshops in groups, focusing on the individual and their specific needs. We offer an integrated approach here: we form the bridge between all other welfare actors and labour market actors involved, work in a way that supports their language skills, and try to find solutions in the various domains.  Location: Antwerp

Call to Action 500 ‘Inclusive and sustainable!’

With this project, we want to make companies and workplaces in Flanders aware of the many different possibilities of all the talented people on the labour market. We will launch learning networks in the different provinces, in which we will deal with various ‘diversity themes’ tailored to the participating organisations. We will then provide concrete tools and establish contacts with potential partner organisations to facilitate the diverse intake and retention of employees in the workplace. We support the various companies in implementing (new) actions based on an inclusive staffing policy. Locations: Flanders-wide: West Flanders, East Flanders, Antwerp, Flemish Brabant, and Limburg  

CONNS: career orientation for non-native speakers In this project, we offer individualised career orientation process to non-native jobseekers without a clear job target that stimulates the participant’s self-governance and self-reflection. The orientation process takes a maximum of 4 months, including the practical test (in the form of a one-day internship, a test in the workplace, a technical screening, etc.) and aims to find at least 2 realistic job targets.  Locations: East Flanders and Brussels

Employment services for non-native jobseekers (ESNN) Within this project, we coach non-native jobseekers towards a feasible, long-lasting job. The focus is on intensive, individual coaching, whereby certain topics can be dealt with in small groups. Many coaching sessions are conducted in French or English, with translation into functional Dutch required within the job. Looking through job applications, applying efficiently, and job hunting are the focus of this project. We offer a personalised programme of between 6 and 9 months, whereby an average of 65% of the jobseekers are employed after 9 months.  Locations: East and West Flanders

AP10 (Forem calls for projects) Salaried job, Career advice, Initiating a career, leading jobseekers to someone with a job. As a Forem partner, we offer training for jobseekers with few qualifications to those who are highly qualified who need to plan or change their career, reintegrate in the job market, be re-motivated, gain more self-confidence, have the right tools in terms of CV and cover letter, develop social networks, etc. Our different actions are aimed at all audiences and we ensure that we promote diversity.