connect.IT founds new forum for IT specialists

On April 19, the new forum for IT specialists in the Heilbronn-Franken region was launched at the Innovationsfabrik Heilbronn.

With the forum, the IT network connect.IT Heilbronn-Franken offers a central platform for companies on the topic of IT specialists.
At the founding event, around 50 participants discussed the first activities of the new forum.
The focus is on the design of new IT network training programmes, the organization of a "Turbo IT Programme" in Heilbronn-Franken and the development of new target groups, such as career changers and international specialists. connect.IT also invites interested companies and experts to actively participate in the IT specialists forum.

"With our initiative, we want to show Heilbronn-Franconia new ways out of the IT skills shortage and thus strengthen the location in the long term. The shortage of IT specialists is a major
growth brake in the region and can best be overcome through joint initiatives by business, labor market institutions, administration and politics",

Steffen Jung, CEO of connect.IT, explains the aim of the IT specialists forum. The Heilbronn-Franken region is an important hotspot for IT consumers and IT providers. Around 14,000 people generate an annual turnover of around 3.5 billion euros.

JOBSTARTER plus project "Vocational training.IT Heilbronn-Franken"

The Forum IT-Fachkräfte is organized as part of the JOBSTARTER plus project "Berufsausbildung.IT Heilbronn-Franken". With this project, the association offers a contact and advice center for training in IT professions. In close coordination with numerous cooperation partners, including employment agencies, chambers, educational institutions and business development agencies from the Heilbronn-Franken region, existing support services are publicized and made accessible to small and medium-sized companies.

Funding through JOBSTARTER plus

The "Berufsausbildung.IT Heilbronn-Franken" project runs until April 2019 and is funded as a JOBSTARTER plus project by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the European Social Fund. Supporting companies, shaping training, attracting skilled workers: With the JOBSTARTER plus training structure program, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is promoting the improvement of regional training structures throughout Germany. The JOBSTARTER plus projects support small and medium-sized companies with specific services in all matters relating to vocational training and thus help to secure a skilled workforce. The program is implemented by the JOBSTARTER program office at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB).

Contact and project management

The contact person for the Forum IT-Fachkräfte and the project "Berufsausbildung.IT Heilbronn-Franken" is Dr. Claus Hoffmann, Head of Education Projects, connect.IT
(Tel.: +49 71317669120).
Further information can be found on the Internet at
http://connect-it.hn/projekt-berufsausbildung-it.

About connect.IT Heilbronn-Franken e.V.

The connect.IT Heilbronn-Franken e.V. association was founded in 2014 and consists of over 130 legal and natural members. connect.IT emerged from an IT network for the Heilbronn-Franken region, which included numerous representatives from companies, associations, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, business development and Heilbronn University. Around 14,000 people in Heilbronn-Franconia generate an annual turnover of around 3.5 billion euros in the IT sector. connect.IT aims to promote communication between IT-interested employees, companies, pupils and students and to network them more closely than before through innovative event concepts.