155 GRI Index and Assurance statement Engaged citizen Fair partner Responsible banker Human Capacity Report Sustainability management Overview Foreword collected in order to offer suitable gifts to older children as well. The success of this corporate volunteering campaign speaks for itself: About 500 Christmas packages were made up and 172 cinema coupons collected. About 50 busy helpers in the background helped put the gifts together and pack them. The employees of Caritas distributed the gifts in December to the needy children of asylum-seekers and people already entitled to asylum at the three locations of the Caritas asylum centers. In addition, under-age mothers and their children also received some of these gifts as part of the project “Sure Beginning” organized by the H. Stepic CEE Charity in Hungary. In October 2016, a large number of replies were received from colleagues who wanted to become involved in a new project, the “Deloitte/RBI Finance & Accounting School”. A financial education project was thus added to the corporate volunteering offering for recognized refugees. The goal of the project is to make it easier for refugees to find work through a standardized educational concept. In cooperation with the management consulting firm Deloitte, not only were suitable candidates with relevant training in accounting or business sought and selected in the autumn of 2016 but a goal-oriented training program was fine-tuned as well. By way of support, each participant was assigned their own “buddy”. Since 2 February 2017, the 15 refugees – 14 Syrians and one Iraqi – have visited the Business improvement institute (WIFI) Vienna three times a week to bring their German skills up to Matura (university entrance qualification) level before they learn German as a business language and the fundamentals of business administration. This is accompanied by two modules on accounting practices, which will be supplemented with technical presentations by RBI colleagues. Many colleagues have already declared their interest in being a presenter. The accounting practices exam to be held at WIFI in November 2017 completes the program. Starting in the 2016/17 school year, RBI AG is planning to cooperate with the social welfare work Diakonie Austria, which is responsible for running the Evangelisches Realgymnasium Donaustadt (ERG), which is operated at the lower level as a Vienna Middle School. The goal of this high school is to challenge young people as individuals and to train them to become self-aware, independent and socially committed persons who are capable of actively shaping the future. In the fourth grade, the students decide whether to embark on a vocational training course or remain in the university-preparatory secondary school (Gymnasium). This point in time seems particularly suitable for raising awareness of financial issues. Assisting teachers in the selected financial topics is envisioned. In three fourth grade classes, workshops on “Money and its function in the economy”, “The monetary economy”, “Overview of payment methods” and “Forms of savings/investments” were elaborated by the RBI employees in coordination with the teachers. In mid-March 2017, the colleagues were on duty with the pupils for the first time.
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