Establishment Efforts

The plan demands a strong welfare society that gives everyone language skills and practical opportunities to work and live on the same secure terms as others, and it wants to see massive investment in transition support so that more can take the new green jobs. Discrimination in the labour market must be stopped. The counter-proposal's targeted initiatives for newly arrived people's establishment, linked to workplaces, unions and the green transition, therefore follow from the plan.

• language and work for newly arriveddecisive»som ger alla språkkunskaper och praktiska möjligheter att arbeta« (party programme ↗)“that gives everyone language skills and practical opportunities to work”
• same secure conditions»och leva på samma trygga villkor som andra.« (party programme ↗)“and live on the same secure conditions as others.”
• transition support for green jobs»Deras yrkeskompetens behövs också i den gröna omställningen, men för att kunna hantera de nya gröna jobben behövs massiva satsningar på omställningsstöd, kompetensutveckling och utbildning i vad hållbar samhällsutveckling innebär.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Their professional skills are also needed in the green transition, but to be able to handle the new green jobs massive investment in transition support, skills development and education in what sustainable social development means is needed.”
• stop discrimination in working life»Diskrimineringen och rasismen på arbetsmarknaden måste stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Discrimination and racism in the labour market must be stopped.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto states that everyone who can work shall work regardless of where one was born and that Swedish, labour market initiatives and studies are central, and that it shall be possible to learn a profession in parallel with Swedish studies. The counter-proposal's targeted initiatives - early workplace contacts, Swedish during parental leave and jobs in the green transition - are precisely such measures the plan calls for.

• language and initiatives in integrationdecisive»Att lära sig god svenska, delta i arbetsmarknadsinsatser och studier är centralt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Learning good Swedish, participating in labour market initiatives and studies is central.”
• profession in parallel with Swedish»Att kunna lära sig ett yrke parallellt med studier i svenska är ytterligare ett sätt att öka chansen att få jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Being able to learn a profession in parallel with studies in Swedish is yet another way to increase the chance of getting work.”
• initiatives for foreign-born women»Fler insatser krävs för att utlandsfödda kvinnor ska komma i arbete« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More initiatives are needed for foreign-born women to come into work”
• active labour market policy»En aktiv arbetsmarknadspolitik för fler jobb är särskilt viktig i ekonomiskt oroliga tider.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“An active labour market policy for more jobs is particularly important in economically troubled times.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan wants to extend the establishment program to at least four years and combine Swedish language instruction with practice and vocational training, which is exactly the kind of targeted initiative the counter-proposal seeks. The plan also requires high-quality Swedish instruction for everyone who needs it and that foreign education and work experience can be quickly recognized, which responds to the requirement to remove profession-specific barriers. Connecting newly arrived people to jobs in the green transition is consistent with the plan's view of the transition as a job engine.

• extended establishmentdecisive»förlänga etableringsprogrammet för nyanlända till minst fyra år för att skapa bättre förutsättningar för etablering, så att fler kommer i arbete snabbare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“extend the establishment program for newly arrived to at least four years to create better conditions for establishment, so more get into work faster.”
• Swedish language instruction with practice and vocational training»stärk utrikesfödda kvinnors etablering genom SFI kombinerad med praktik och yrkesutbildning och jämställda insatser från arbetsförmedlingen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen foreign-born women's establishment through Swedish language instruction combined with practice and vocational training and equal initiatives from the employment service.”
• validation of experience»Tidigare erfarenheter, vare sig det är utländsk utbildning, arbetslivserfarenhet eller språkkunskaper, ska också kunna tillgodoräknas i Sverige.« (party programme ↗)“Previous experience, whether foreign education, work experience or language skills, should also be able to be recognized in Sweden.”
• green transition as a job source»En viktig del av framtiden för svenskt näringsliv ligger i den gröna omställningen« (party programme ↗)“An important part of the future for Swedish business lies in the green transition”

The plan's integration commitment is an intensive year with intensive language studies, practical work, efficient matching and employment, including the possibility of learning Swedish at work. The counter-proposal's targeted measures — workplaces that early on receive newly arrived immigrants, language learning during parental leave and measures against profession-specific obstacles — are concretizations of precisely that commitment. The plan particularly highlights the opportunity for foreign-born women to work and learn Swedish.

• intensive year for establishmentdecisive»Skapa ett intensivår för snabbare integration.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create an intensive year for faster integration.”
• high expectations in establishment»Integrationsinsatser ska präglas av hårt arbete och höga förväntningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Integration initiatives shall be characterized by hard work and high expectations.”
• foreign-born women's establishment»Fler utrikes födda kvinnor måste få en chans att jobba, lära sig svenska och till fullo komma in i det svenska samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More foreign-born women must get a chance to work, learn Swedish and fully come into Swedish society.”
• better matching»Matchningen måste förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Matching must be improved.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The election manifesto wants to offer more flexible forms for Swedish teaching, explicitly in combination with open preschool, which is the same thing as the counter-proposal's demand to be able to learn Swedish during parental leave. The plan also demands good opportunities to validate formal and informal qualifications and that immigrants' competence is better utilized, which responds to capturing profession-specific obstacles. Targeted establishment measures thus lie in the plan's line.

• flexible Swedish teachingdecisive»erbjuda fler flexibla former för undervisning, exempelvis i kombination med öppna förskolan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“offer more flexible forms of teaching, for example in combination with open preschool”
• validation of qualifications»Det ska finnas goda möjligheter att validera formella och informella kvalifikationer, liksom att komplettera utbildningar.« (party programme ↗)“There shall be good opportunities to validate formal and informal qualifications, as well as to supplement education.”
• utilize immigrants' competence»Kompetensen hos dem som invandrat till vårt land måste tas tillvara på ett bättre sätt än idag, och det gäller även den interkulturella kompetensen.« (party programme ↗)“The competence of those who have immigrated to our country must be better utilized, and this also applies to intercultural competence.”
• lower barriers to the job market»Reformer som sänker trösklarna till arbets- och bostadsmarknaden stärker också möjligheten för nya invånare att skapa sig en framtid i Sverige.« (party programme ↗)“Reforms that lower barriers to the labor and housing markets also strengthen the opportunity for newcomers to create a future for themselves in Sweden.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The party programme requires that immigrants' studies in Swedish be individually adapted and combined with workplace practice to increase integration in the community, which is the core of the counter-proposal's targeted measures against workplace and occupation-specific obstacles. Jobs and language skills are identified as the keys to integration. The plan furthermore wants people's will and ability to support themselves to be utilized.

• individually adapted Swedish with workplace practicedecisive»Invandrare ska garanteras goda möjligheter till undervisning i svenska språket och om det svenska samhället. Studierna bör vara individanpassade och kombineras med praktik på arbetsplatser för att öka möjligheten till integration i samhällsgemenskapen.« (party programme ↗)“Immigrants shall be guaranteed good opportunities for instruction in the Swedish language and about the Swedish society. Studies should be individually adapted and combined with workplace practice to increase the opportunity for integration in the community.”
• jobs and language as keys»Jobb, kunskap i svenska språket och det civila samhället är viktiga nycklar till integration.« (party programme ↗)“Jobs, knowledge of the Swedish language and civil society are important keys to integration.”
• self-support shall be utilized»Människors vilja och förmåga till egenförsörjning ska tas tillvara.« (party programme ↗)“People's will and ability to support themselves shall be utilized.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan supplements its general requirements with targeted establishment measures: substantially lowered employment costs for those who employ newly arrived immigrants, 30,000 more internship places and more efficient Swedish for Immigrants (SFI). The counter-proposal's requirement for targeted efforts that connect newly arrived immigrants to workplaces and remove occupation-specific barriers points in that direction. The plan's baseline is, however, requirements and qualification, which is why support is weak.

• cheaper to employ newly arrived immigrantsdecisive»Kraftigt sänka anställningskostnaderna för den som anställer nyanlända och långtidsarbetslösa« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Substantially lower employment costs for those who employ newly arrived immigrants and long-term unemployed”
• more internship places»Bygga ut antalet praktikplatser med 30 000« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Expand the number of internship places by 30,000”
• more efficient language training»Moderaterna vill därför göra SFI effektivare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderates therefore want to make SFI more efficient.”
• requirements for employability»Genom att ställa krav på den som är ny i Sverige att göra sig anställningsbar tydliggörs att här räknar vi med att alla blir en del av samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“By placing requirements on those new to Sweden to make themselves employable, it is clarified that here we expect everyone to become part of society.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan points to establishment employment and similar labour market political constructions as ineffective and wants to abolish integration programmes that hide unemployment; instead, demand for real jobs should increase. More targeted establishment measures for newcomers are therefore incompatible with the plan, which also wants to stop positive discrimination of newcomers in relation to jobs.

• real jobs before establishment measuresdecisive»Istället för ineffektiva arbetsmarknadspolitiska konstruktioner som nystartsjobb, etableringsanställningar och introduktionsjobb, bör politiken verka för att skapa en större efterfrågan på riktiga jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Instead of ineffective labour market political constructions such as new start jobs, establishment employment and introduction jobs, policy should work to create greater demand for real jobs.”
• abolished integration programmes»Avskaffa ineffektiva arbetsmarknads- och integrationsprogram som är skapade för att dölja arbetslöshet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Abolish ineffective labour market and integration programmes that are created to hide unemployment”
• no discrimination of newcomers»Stoppa den positiva särbehandlingen av nyanlända vad gäller jobb och lägenheter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop the positive discrimination of newcomers in relation to jobs and apartments”
• demand-based integration»Införa en kravbaserad integrationspolitik« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a demand-based integration policy”