| Kirsten Frohnert read English, geography, and education in Göttingen and has many years of experience in adult education and the management of transnational programmes and projects. Kirsten’s work focuses on design and strategy development within the context of European employment strategy. Between 2000 and 2006, she was appointed as an expert for gender mainstreaming to the National Advisory Council of the EU programme “Jugend für Europa” [Youth for Europe]. From 1998 to 2000, she was a member of the European Commission’s “Entrepreneurship” focus group, while at national level she has, among other things, headed up EU-funded projects to further female entrepreneurship as part of a joint initiative on employment. Kirsten Frohnert has worked at IFOK since July 2002 joined the executive board in January 2008 as head of the Employment department. As project lead for the Initiative für Beschäftigung! (IfB!) [initiative for employment], Kirsten coordinates the strategic development of German industry’s largest labour policy network at national level. She also continues to support regional networks and topic groups at national level. It was in this context that she was responsible, among other things, for the qualitative assessment and preparation of youth enterprise and entrepreneurship projects for a communication brochure. Kirsten’s work clearly focuses on the promotion of political dialogue (BMAS, BMWi, BMFSFJ, federal state ministries) with the goal of mainstreaming successful employment and labour policy models – models that are supported by business and promote integration into the labour market. |
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