Stuttgart Region Welcome Service / Welcome Service
Region Stuttgart
Dr. Verena Andrei (Project Manager)
Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation/
Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart GmbH
Funded by Baden-Württemberg’s
Ministry of Finance using funding
from the European Social Fund
Content
The Stuttgart Region
Employment opportunities for skilled specialists
Who we are: Welcome Service Stuttgart Region
Welcome Center Stuttgart: Your Contact point
for advice
• Forthcoming Events for International Students
• Contact
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Welcome to the Stuttgart Region
Stuttgart Region
Located in the Heart of Europe
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Capital Region of Baden-Württemberg
Stuttgart Region
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Facts and Figures
Stuttgart Region
• 179 municipalities in 6 counties
including Stuttgart, the state capital
of Baden-Württemberg
• Total area: 3,654 km²,
• High population density of 732
inhabitants per km²
• Region of poets, philosophers and
inventors
• A directly elected regional
parliament with responsibilities in
local transport, regional planning,
business promotion etc.
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Facts and Figures
Stuttgart Region
• Metropolitan region with 2.7 m
inhabitants from more than 180
countries
• A leading business location in Europe
with 1.5 m economically active people
• High-technology region
• Low unemployment rate and high
social stability
• About 160,000 registered companies
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The Economic Motor of Baden-Württemberg
Stuttgart Region
Baden-Württemberg
Stuttgart Region
10 %
Area
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25 %
Inhabitants
28 %
GDP
High-Tech Economy
Business Location Stuttgart Region
Sound sectoral mix: Global Players (Important Headquarters)
and innovative SMEs (so called "Hidden Champions")
Key industries:
- Automotive industry
- Mechanical engineering
- ICT
- Environmental technology
- Creative industries
- Industry oriented services
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The labour market in the region
Need for high skilled professionals
• IHK Fachkräftemonitor: 67.000 skilled specialists are
needed until 2030 per year
 2.600 electrical engineers
 1.900 mechanical engineers and machine building
 4.600 technicians
• good employment opportunities for skilled specialists
• BUT: need for good German language knowledge!
• recent vacancies (employment agencies 10/2014):
 Stuttgart Informatics and ICT : 433 open positions; Electronic
engineering (experts): 101 open positions
 Göppingen: 611 vacanies in engineering, 77 informatics
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Who we are: Stuttgart Region Welcome Service
• project by Stuttgart Region Economic Development
Corporation (Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart GmbH)
for Stuttgart Region Skilled Specialists Alliance
(Fachkräfteallianz Region Stuttgart)
• GOAL: attract international skilled specialists and
students to the Stuttgart Region for the long term and to
assist them in the integration process
• financed by Baden-Württemberg’s Ministry of Finance using
funding from the European Social Fund
• Partners: T he actors from the Stuttgart Region Skilled
Specialist Alliance, the local authorities, universities, and
further initiatives and association that are involved with
migration and (labour)-integration
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Welcome Service Region Stuttgart
Services: Overview
Welcome Service Region Stuttgart
Welcome Center
Stuttgart*
• for new residents and
people from abroad
Advice by email,
telephone or in person
in English, German, and
several other languages
on all questions
regarding working and
living in Stuttgart and
the region
* a joint project together
with the City of Stuttgart
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Website
• for International skilled
specialists, students
and their family
members
information on moving to,
living and working in the
Stuttgart Region
• for companies
information on hiring and
integrating international
skilled specialists including
a database for service
providers
welcome.regionstuttgart.de
Coordination
Body
• for companies and
local authorities
 Support in connection
with hiring and
integrating skilled
specialists from abroad
 Pooling of persons for
joint activities (e.g.
language courses)
 Bundles the interests of
companies and local
authorities
Information and
networking
• for all target groups
 training events and
other events in the
Welcome Center
Stuttgart, and in the
region
 obtain and exchange
information and build
networks
Stuttgart Welcome Center
Contact point in co-operation with the city of Stuttgart
Open since Oktober 2014!
Contact point for advice in the Stuttgart Region for all new
residents and people from abroad
Opening hours:
Mondays and Fridays from 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
and on appointment
Address for visitors:
Welcome Center Stuttgart, Charlottenplatz 17, 70173
Stuttgart
Get in touch with us!
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: +49 711-761646-40
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Welcome Service for...
International skilled specialists, students and their family members
• The Welcome Center Stuttgart will provide you with
free advice about the following topics:
 Recognition of foreign secondary school and vocational
degrees
 Employment, job hunting and application
 (Vocational) training and academic studies
 Learning German
 Entry requirements and residence
 Insurance, Health care system, Child care, Education
 Mobility
 Religious communities, Associations /clubs and leasure
activities
 Housing
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by e-mail, telephone, or in person in German, English and
other languages
Information and Networking
• Next Events for students
 29.10.2014: “Perspectives for a professional future in Germany”
6 p.m.-7.30 p.m., Welcome Center Stuttgart
 03.11.2014: Welcome Club for international students
6 p.m., Welcome Center Stuttgart
 12.11. 2014: “What german recruiters expect“
6 p.m.-7.30 p.m., Welcome Center Stuttgart
 3.12.10.2014: “Perspectives for a professional future in Germany”
6 p.m.-7.30 p.m., Welcome Center Stuttgart
• Events for Everybody
 25.10.2014 : Open Day/Open House of the Welcome Center and its
neighbours,
10 a.m.- 7 p.m., with: concerts, panel discussions, information desk for
newcomers, and pubic foto session for the „welcome face“
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Further information online: welcome.region-stuttgart.de
Website
Stuttgart Region Welcome Service
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welcome.region-stuttgart.de
Welcome Service Region Stuttgart
Team/Contact persons
For international skilled specialists, students and their
family members:
Annette Martucci, Dr. Jitka Stredova
[email protected]
Tel.: 0711 76 16 46 – 40
Welcome Center Stuttgart, Charlottenplatz 17, 70173
Stuttgart
For companies and local authorities:
Dr. Verena Andrei (Head of Welcome Service, Co-Head of
Welcome Center Stuttgart )
[email protected]
Tel.: 0711 22835-880
Kathrin Engelhard
[email protected]
Tel.: 0711 22835-879
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Thank you very much for your
attention.
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