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Welcome ...

in Brandenburg

14 Regional advice centers are available throughout the state, offering a wide range of support for people with a history of migration and their family members. The regional advice centers support you with all questions relating to working and living in Brandenburg and provide suitable contacts. You will be supported individually, professionally and in various languages.

Overview of support and advice centres

Uckermark & Barnim districts

Bernau
Welcome Centre The Bernau Welcome Centre, near Berlin, offers a free advisory service for people with a migration background, regardless of their country of origin or residence status.

The focus is on personalised advice regarding integration into the labour market, as well as information on other aspects of social participation such as education, leisure, housing and health.

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Integration & Welcome Centre, Eberswalde
The town of Eberswalde offers a free advisory service for people with a migration background, regardless of their country of origin or residence status, who have questions or need guidance and personalised support. In particular, the focus here is on support with integration into the labour market (including support for women), but also on other topics such as education, family, social participation, health and housing.

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Schwedt/Oder

Welcome Centre Information on integration in the region (for example: accompanying people to government offices, putting them in touch with key contacts, initial orientation in their new place of residence, leisure activities, language schools, etc.), support with entering the labour market (for example: preparing job application documents, advice on the education and training system, job search, preparation for interviews, establishing contact with employers through our project partners, …) as well as referrals to network partners as part of our referral service

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Oder-Spree District & City of Frankfurt (Oder)

Frankfurt (Oder)
Municipal Integration Centre The Municipal Integration Centre (KI) is open to all immigrants in Frankfurt (Oder), including both people who have recently arrived from abroad and their families, as well as people with a migrant background who have been living in the twin city for some time. Residence status is irrelevant. The aim of the Integration Centre’s work is the long-term and sustainable integration of all migrants into an independent and self-determined life through, for example, education, training and work.

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Welcome Centre Fürstenwalde/Spree
This service is aimed at migrants living in Fürstenwalde/Spree who require advice on issues relating to the employment of migrants.

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Welcome Centre Oder-Spree
The Welcome Centre Oder-Spree, with branches in Beeskow and Eisenhüttenstadt, is a central point of contact for people with an international background in the Oder-Spree district and provides support with matters relating to settling in and living in the district – regardless of whether they have just arrived or are already living in the district.

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Elbe-Elster and Spree-Neiße districts & the city of Cottbus

Spree-Neiße
Welcome Centre The Spree-Neiße Welcome Centre in Forst is a contact and advice centre that helps to facilitate the integration of skilled workers with a migration background, including refugees, into the local community and the labour market.

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Welcome to Cottbus
The ‘Welcome to Cottbus’ project is aimed at all people with a migration background. We advise and support foreign skilled workers and international students, regardless of their residence status, whether or not they speak German.

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Advice
centres in Herzberg and Finsterwalde
Advice is available to anyone with a migration background who lives in the Elbe-Elster district and needs help and support with all matters relating to work and careers, including job applications, job matching, advice on qualifications, support with the recognition process, education and language, everyday life and orientation, family, leisure, health, as well as personal guidance and support.

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Dahme-Spreewald, Teltow-Fläming districts & the city of Potsdam

Welcome Centre, Dahme-Spreewald
District A central point of contact for anyone who is new to the region or already lives here, providing assistance with all questions relating to integration.

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Luckenwalde

Welcome Centre An advisory service for people with a migration background who have found a new home in Luckenwalde, regardless of their country of origin or residence status.

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Welcome Centre, Potsdam
The Welcome Centre is a central point of contact for people with a migration background who require advice and support on work and employment. The aim of this new centre is to facilitate the integration of people with a migration background into the labour market through an advisory service, regardless of their residence status or country of origin.

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Ostprignitz-Ruppin & Prignitz districts

Prignitz District Welcome Centre:
Advice for people with a migration background on integrating into the labour market at the Perleberg, Wittenberge and Pritzwalk locations.

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OPR
Welcome Centre The Welcome Centre is the central point of contact in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district for people with a migration background. It primarily supports integration into the labour market and acts as an interface between businesses and jobseekers. 
International skilled workers and labourers, as well as their employers, receive support regarding work or training, language learning, the recognition of foreign educational qualifications and skills, family and childcare, housing, leisure, education, dealing with the authorities, and everyday life.

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Contact person

Carolin Schuldt

Social innovation & integration

+49 331 – 70 44 57-2923