long-term unemployment is a pressing issue in Central Europe – social impact vouchers offer a solution. On the 19^th and 20^th of September, Eva More-Hollerweger, Flavia Bogorin, Christian Schober and Daniel Heilig will host the partners of the ongoing Interreg SIV project in Vienna, at the WU Campus. Eleven project partners from Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia will come together to discuss and develop the strategy and action plan for the implementation of this new tool with the aim of reducing long-term unemployment in the CEE region.

In cooperation with NAS – Neue Arbeit Stuttgart, CEF – Cooperative for ethical financing, Fund 05 – Foundation for Social and Impact Investment, IFKA – Public Benefit Non-Profit Ltd. for the  Development of Industry, Caritas of the Archdiocese Vienna, Center for Community Organizing Northern Moravia, Rzeszow Regional Development Centre, Cooperation Fund Foundation, Social Welfare Service of the Protestant Churches in Württemberg and Centire

More information about the project is available on the SIV website: https://short.wu.ac.at/3qef
and on our website: https://short.wu.ac.at/jwas