Successful interim results at EMI event “Migrants: Founding and living in Magdeburg”

The project EMI (Business Start-up, Migration, Integration) at its event “Migrants: Founding and Living in Magdeburg” on 10 April, the event provided a successful interim balance sheet: since its launch in 2015, 38 business start-ups have been effectively supported and more than 600 migrants have been sensitized to the topic of self-employment. A hopeful outlook was also given at the artistically framed celebration in Magdeburg’s St. John’s Church. Saxony-Anhalt’s State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Jürgen Ude, presented a grant notification for financial support until the end of the 2021 funding period.

Of the 38 business founders, nine were women and 29 were men. Their countries of origin include Syria (most frequently), Russia, Spain, Afghanistan and Greece. The range of sectors that were enriched by the start-ups is broad: They include trading companies, catering businesses, a hairdressing salon and even a Mongolian yurt rental company.

EMI project manager and Managing Director of ePlan consult GmbH, Elena Herrmann, explained how the commitment will be continued. As examples, she mentioned tried and tested offers such as open consultation hours, individual coaching and language courses on “Business German”. There are also plans for start-up camps and start-up fairs, and a migrant network specifically for entrepreneurs and freelancers is to be established.

Contact: Kai Kraudi

E-Mail: kai.kraudi@eplan-consult.de

Source: Online editorial team for the integration portal of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, sponsored by Auslandsgesellschaft Sachsen-Anhalt e. V.