Q-Prints&Service gGmbH

Q-Prints&Service gGmbH (QPS) provides training and work opportunities for unemployed women and men who face hurdles in accessing the primary jobs market, as well as for adolescents and young adults who do not have formal school-leaving and/or vocational qualifications. Our projects are also geared towards people who suffer from dependency problems or multiple impediments to finding employment, or who have handicaps, such as people with severe disabilities for instance. QPS is a subsidiary of the Aktionsgemeinschaft Drogen e.V. which is based in Pforzheim, and of the Baden-Württembergischer Landesverband für Prävention und Rehabilitation gGmbH in Renchen. It was founded in November 2001. There are 250 places providing training, work and advice in various projects and programmes, where a special focus is also placed on transnational activities for providing employment market-related support. The transnational activities include carrying out exchange and mobility activities within Europe, including for groups of people who have difficulty accessing the jobs market. QPS cooperates in this area with VIMOB e.V. and partner organisations in various European countries, and currently with organisations in Vicenza/Italy and Barcelona/Spain. An important part of the transnational activities are contacts between experts on subjects relating to the employment market, with the emphasis on integrating people with handicaps into the jobs market. QPS is also taking part in EU-partnerships (Leonardo and Grundtvig).