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Peter De Cuyper

Peter De Cuyper
  • Project Manager at KU Leuven

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Introduction
Peter De Cuyper is research manager at the Research Institute for Work and Society (HIVA) at the university of Leuven and responsible for the migration & integration research unit at HIVA. His main research domains are labour market integration of migrants, migrant integration policies and (migrant) mentoring.
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KU Leuven
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  • Project Manager

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Publications (58)
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Despite numerous labour market interventions to address the large unemployment gap, migrants struggle to find work in their host societies. In an effort to address this, an alternative and innovative intervention is ‘mentoring to work’. This paper attempts to create a sense of conceptual clarity on mentoring to work by delineating a clear definitio...
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Across Europe, immigrants struggle to find a good position on the labour market. They face substantial difficulties finding employment, and, particularly, getting a job corresponding to their level of qualifications. In Flanders (Belgium), as well as in various other European countries and regions, mentoring is increasingly put forward as a strateg...
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Social mentoring for adult migrant newcomers is a new and emerging type of mentoring that has particularly gained in popularity in the wake of the European ‘refugee crisis.’ It is known by a multitude of names including ‘buddy programs’, ‘parrainage’, ‘mentoring’, ‘patenschaften’… As a new and barely studied field, good practices of social mentori...
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To improve the social participation of newcomer immigrants, social mentoring programs for newcomers have gained in popularity. This paper attempts to bring some clarity to the practice of social mentoring for newcomers by focusing on an important step in the mentoring process: matching. Through insights from practice, this research provides an over...
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The topic of social assistance for migrant newcomers often sparks heated public debate and remains a prominent concern on the policy agenda. Society has experienced a growing level of diversity. This reality gives rise to new demands and changing profiles of individuals who benefit from welfare services. Welfare institutions, which are responsible...
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Social mentoring for adult newcomers is a new and emerging type of mentoring that has particularly gained in popularity in the wake of the European ‘refugee crisis.’ They are known by a multitude of names including ‘buddy programs’, ‘parrainage’, ‘mentoring’, ‘patenschaften.’… A meta-analysis of mentoring programs showed that mentoring programs ar...
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An instrument that is increasingly being used to integrate people of foreign origin into the labor market is "mentoring-to-work" in which a newcomer (mentee) and a volunteer with knowledge of the local labor market (mentor) are paired ("matched") so that the latter can help the mentee on the road to employment. It is a relatively new concept that i...
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Een instrument dat steeds meer opgang maakt om personen van buitenlandse herkomst op de arbeidsmarkt te integreren is ‘mentoring-naar-werk’ waarbij een nieuwkomer (mentee) en een vrijwilliger met kennis van de lokale arbeidsmarkt (mentor) aan elkaar worden gekoppeld (‘gematcht’), zodat deze laatste de mentee op weg kan helpen naar tewerkstelling. H...
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Belgium has one of the largest employment gaps in Europe in terms of people of foreign origin. Traditional labour market programmes do not always work well towards their labour market integra¬tion. To this end, there seems to be a need for new methods and programmes. A programme on the rise in this context is ‘mentoring to work’, in which a recent...
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Faced with a large inflow of immigrants, and the many challenges that come with it, effective integration policies are of fundamental importance, both for the immigrants as well as for the receiving society. Across Europe, policy goals are set forward in terms of integration, and a multitude of policy initiatives are taken. However, it often remain...
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Faced with a large inflow of immigrants, and the many challenges that come with it, effective integration policies are of fundamental importance, both for the immigrants as well as for the receiving society. Across Europe, policy goals are set forward in terms of integration, and a multitude of policy initiatives are taken. However, it often remain...
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Faced with a large inflow of immigrants, and the many challenges that come with it, effective integration policies are of fundamental importance, both for the immigrants as well as for the receiving society. Across Europe, policy goals are set forward in terms of integration, and a multitude of policy initiatives are taken. However, it often remain...
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Faced with a large inflow of immigrants, and the many challenges that come with it, effective integration policies are of fundamental importance, both for the immigrants as well as for the receiving society. Across Europe, policy goals are set forward in terms of integration, and a multitude of policy initiatives are taken. However, it often remain...
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Faced with a large inflow of immigrants, and the many challenges that come with it, effective integration policies are of fundamental importance, both for the immigrants as well as for the receiving society. Across Europe, policy goals are set forward in terms of integration, and a multitude of policy initiatives are taken. However, it often remain...
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De tewerkstellingskloof tussen personen van buitenlandse herkomst enerzijds en de ‘autochtone’ bevolking anderzijds is bijzonder hoog in België. Dit gaat ook op voor hooggeschoolde migranten. Een oorzaak hiervan ligt in de moeizame transfer van hun menselijk kapitaal naar het land van bestemming. Een oplossing die vaak naar voor wordt geschoven in...
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De tewerkstellingskloof tussen personen van buitenlandse herkomst enerzijds en de ‘autochtone’ bevolking anderzijds is bijzonder hoog in België. Hoewel er heel wat beleidsinitiatieven worden genomen, zowel op vlak van inburgering als op vlak van arbeidsmarktbeleid, lijken beleidsinspanningen in Vlaanderen zich slechts beperkt te vertalen in positie...
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A recent analysis on the labour market activation of immigrants in Flanders revealed that second-generation jobseekers with a non-EU background have a significant lower exit rate from unemployment than native jobseekers (Vandermeerschen, De Cuyper, De Blander & Groenez, 2017). Despite being born in Belgium, their profile as a jobseeker appears to b...
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Approximately one in five people of the potential labour force in Flanders has a foreign origin (Djait, 2015). The labour market integration of this specific group does not always go smoothly, with high unemployment levels as a result. While individual barriers in terms of labour market integration have been researched extensively, there is relativ...
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Across Europe, immigrants struggle to find a good position on the labour market. They face large difficulties finding employment, and particularly getting a job corresponding to their level of qualifications. In Flanders (Belgium), as well as in various other European countries, mentoring is increasingly put forward as a strategy to overcome immigr...
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More than 10 years after the introduction of immigrant integration policies in Western Europe, policy debates have shifted from conceptual issues (What is integration? When is an immigrant integrated into a society?) to the effectiveness of integration policies (Do integration policies help immigrants to find jobs, learn a language or access servic...
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Bijna één op vijf personen van de potentiële beroepsbevolking in Vlaanderen heeft een buitenlandse herkomst. De arbeidsmarktintegratie van deze doelgroep loopt echter niet altijd van een leien dakje: er is sprake van een lage werkzaamheidsgraad en een hoge werkloosheid bij personen van buitenlandse herkomst. In het kader van VIONA gingen we daarom...
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Vlaanderen ontvangt jaarlijks tussen de 30.000 en 40.000 nieuwkomers. Ondanks de grote instroom van nieuwkomers en het feit dat hun integratie op de arbeidsmarkt een belangrijke beleidsdoelstelling is, ontbreekt zicht op hun arbeidsmarktpositie. Er is geen zicht op hoeveel nieuwkomers aan het werk zijn, hoe hun tewerkstelling evolueert doorheen de...
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De cursussen Nt2 vormen in Vlaanderen een van de drie basispijlers van het inburgeringsbeleid, naast de cursussen maatschappelijke oriëntatie en loopbaanoriëntatie. Behalen inburgeraars op een redelijke termijn hun niveau van basistaalvaardigheid? In welke mate vormen de basiscursussen een opstap naar vervolgopleidingen? Wat bepaalt of een cursist...
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De beleidsnota Inburgering & Integratie 2014-2019 sprak de intentie uit de participatie van personen van buitenlandse herkomst bij het lokale en Vlaamse beleid te maximaliseren. In opdracht van het Agentschap Binnenlands Bestuur ging HIVA-KULeuven na hoe die beleidsparticipatie vandaag wordt georganiseerd en wat succesvolle methodieken en implement...
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In this paper, we aim to develop a conceptualization and delimitation of social enterprises in Flanders, which will be the starting point for a monitor of the social economy in Flanders. We aim for this monitor to represent reality, that is to be in line with the international academic research while also being informed by policy visions and valida...
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This working paper is structured as follows. The first introductory section reviews the main historical roots that have led to the emergence of a diversity of models related to social enterprise and the social economy in Belgium. Next, the second section sketches the main features of these models in terms of legal forms, types of social missions ad...
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This report provides an overview of the roots, concept, legal evolution, numbers and eco- system of social enterprise in Belgium and the challenges it faces. In the first section, a number of roots and drivers are described that have paved the way for the current understanding and landscape of social enterprise in Belgium. These roots include the a...
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Het POP: een effectief instrument in het arbeidsmarktbeleid? Een kwalitatieve analyse van de uitvoeringspraktijk en effecten van POPs in drie cases
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Het persoonlijk ontwikkelingsplan (POP) is een instrument dat in het Vlaamse arbeidsmarktbeleid naar voor wordt geschoven om de inzetbaarheid van (potentiële) werknemers op de arbeidsmarkt te verhogen. Het gebruik van POPs zou moeten bijdragen tot positieve evoluties in talentontwikkeling, een betere inzetbaarheid van individuen, vlotte arbeidsmark...
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Verloop in de socioculturele sector Kenmerken en determinanten in kaart gebracht
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Tijdens de economische crisis van 2009-2010 werd in Vlaanderen massaal gebruik gemaakt van het stelsel van de tijdelijke economische werkloosheid. Naar aanleiding van deze crisis werd begin 2009 door de Vlaamse Regering beslist om aan werknemers die tijdelijk economisch werkloos werden de mogelijkheid te bieden om gratis een opleiding bij VDAB te v...
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Naar een hogere opleidingsdeelname tijdens periodes van inactiviteit Drempels en kritische succesfactoren voor opleidingsdeelname tijdens tijdelijke werkloosheid in kaart gebracht
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Werkervaring is al vele jaren een belangrijk instrument voor de integratie van langdurig werkzoekenden op de arbeidsmarkt. Deze maatregel kreeg tot voor kort vorm in het Werkervaringsplan-plus of WEP+. Op 1 januari 2009 trad een nieuw kader voor werkervaring in werking, waarmee een einde kwam aan meer dan tien jaar WEP+. Het nieuwe werkervaringspro...
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Werkervaring is een instrument binnen het Vlaamse arbeidsmarktbeleid dat voor langdurig werkzoekenden een brug wil slaan tussen werkloosheid en reguliere tewerkstelling. Dit gebeurt door het aanbieden van werkervaring in combinatie met opleiding en begeleiding op en naast de werkvloer. Tot 1 januari 2009 kreeg deze maatregel vorm in het Werkervarin...
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De trajectbegeleiding van werklozen in Vlaanderen: de kloof tussen beleid en uitvoering onderzocht

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