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Cultureel Educatief Centrum Zuidoost

Introduction

The centre’s primary objective is vocational training for the residents of Amsterdam Zuidoost. The most important target groups are people engaged in civic integration and school dropouts.

Problem

The supply of services consists of language training and vocational training activities.

Description

A number of organisations (municipal agencies, the Amsterdam Regional Community College, and social institutions) operate together in the centre, their objective being “nobody leaves home without a job”. The centre also functions as a “home for the neighbourhood” where large-scaled events, gatherings, exhibitions, etc. can be held for the residents of this urban district.

Approach

Newcomers have appointments with four different organisations in the CEC on a single day in which the client takes his/her own file along to each appointment so that the staff does not have to keep asking the same questions.

Results

The provision of an integrated helpdesk and source of assistance for civic integration in this urban district.
Integrated “chain approach” for people engaged in civic integration.

Beneficiaries

The residents of the Zuidoost urban district are the prime beneficiaries of the services supplied by the CEC.

Resources used

The following resources were made available for the construction and furnishing of the CEC:

Objective 2 subsidies.
Municipal and urban district resources.
Co-financing from Amsterdam Regional Community College.

The CEC never could have been developed without these three funding sources.

Contact info

Stichting CEC Zuidoost, tel. +31 20 4952070

Project start date

01/09/2003

Links

The CEC online (in Dutch)

Document type

case

Themes

Urban Policy > Transport and infrastructure > Services & amenities

Keywords

Amenities