KiZ

Founded in 1991, KiZ is a non-profit association based in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany working on employment & skills, children & youth, education +2 more.

KiZ e.V. is a non-profit association in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany, that promotes the career and life prospects of children, young people and young adults, particularly those from disadvantaged or multicultural backgrounds. Founded in 1991, it runs a youth centre in the Bohnau house with an open youth meeting point, individual counselling and coaching, and the GO!ES Jugendbüro. Its best-known offer is the Berufsvorbereitungsseminar (BVS), a career preparation seminar for Werkrealschule pupils that uses the Planspiel Betrieb simulation and is accredited under AZAV for vocational orientation measures under SGB III. The organisation also runs school-based offers in the all-day school of the Raunerschule, Tage der Orientierung for school classes, the Kirchheimer Mädchentag and Jungentag, and the annual Kirchheimer Berufsinfomesse, which it originated in 1996. It works with schools, the Jobcenter, the Agentur für Arbeit and the town of Kirchheim, and is funded by public bodies, foundations, donations and membership fees.