WineDown: Migration & Inclusion

Event Details

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For migrants and refugees coming to Europe, approval for asylum is only the first hurdle in a string of obstacles that follow. Four out of 10 foreign citizens in the EU are at risk of falling below the poverty line or feeling socially excluded (according to this study). Startup entrepreneurs in Austria are working to change that. Come meet the founders who are working on new business ideas and technologies that help migrants not only find employement opportunities, but also build a support network and community in their new home. Join our communtiy gathering for an evening of connection and conversation around the topic of migration and inclusion.

What to expect:

18:30 – 19:30 – Networking with the community & ventures stands
19:30 – 20:00 – Introduction to the month’s topic area
20:30 – 21:45 – Resume networking with the community & venture stands

Many of this month’s participants are also participants in our found! accelerator program.

Venture Participants:

MTOP – more than one perspective

MTOP’s mission is to make refugees´ potential accessible to the labor market, connect refugees to companies and break down negative stereotypes. MTOP offers an advanced training program that offers various workshops, training and mentoring to prepare highly qualified refugees to enter the labor market. We enable them to find work suited to their skills, knowledge and experience. This also helps employers to find talent and increases the diversity of their staff. More than 20 companies already profit from MTOP talents. – not confirmed yet

Topfreisen

Welcome to Topfreisen – a social-culinary journey! Providing jobs is the key factor for integration into society. Topfreisen is based on the idea, that food connects people, therefore refugees are cooking food from their home countries as caterings for local people. Our “Topfreisen Academy” is a training course for refugees in gastronomy which aims to give them an easier and sustainable access to the labor market in Austria. Discover delicious new worlds of taste with us and be inspired by our cuisine from far away countries!

Die Kattunfabrik Das CutureLab

The Kattunfabrik – the CutureLab helps to integrate fled tailors into the employment market and develops the regional working places of the future. We provide a content wise analysis on the topic of future of the textile industry and we are prepared to master this challenge. We as NGO offer an practical and theoretical tutorship to be fit for the textile jobmarket in Austria. – not confirmed yet

Habibi & Hawara

Habibi & Hawara is an entirely private and independent incubator for future entrepreneurs, also a social training and integration project for refugees and migrants to equip them with an entrepreneurial tool kit to open their own ventures. Additional Habibi & Hawara branches shall be opened in near future. Habibi & Hawara offers secure and fairly paid jobs, training programs and an appreciative working environment. Habibi & Hawara is known for discourse and dialog but above all for an Austrian Oriental restaurant in the center of Vienna, which serves delicious food, charming, professional and friendly service, comfortable furniture as well as an interesting, relevant and often amusing cultural program. – not confirmed yet

AFYA Verein zur interkulturellen Gesundheitsförderung

AFYA – Project “Teaching Recovery Techniques” provides evidence-based, low threshold support for traumatized refugee children and adolescents in Vienna. In a series of workshops they learn to gain control over post-traumatic stress reactions.

Reflect

Reflect is an activist clothing brand. Launched in April 2017, reflect embraces a unique and sustainable design method which each season focuses on a distinct disadvantaged, invisible community. Through the communicative power of fashion, reflect makes the invisible, visible.

Conclusio

The association „Conclusio“ (=latin for conclusion) was founded with the aim to promote mutual support between Austrians and asylum seekers as well as better integration and inclusion of the latter ones. An essential aspect of “Conclusio” is empowerment. Instead of just receiving help, the asylum seekers give help and can therefore give back part of the help received to the local population. *Winner of the Sozial Marie 2016 – Prize for social inclusion and Winner of the Lions Nachhaltigkeitspreis 2015.