Ochotnicze Hufce Pracy – Komenda Wojewódzka w Gdańsku

Voluntary Labour Corps - Regional Headquarter in Gdansk

• The Voluntary Labour Corps (OHP) is a state organization, the key functions of which include: actions intended to support the system of education through social, occupational, and economic activation of young people; actions that are supposed to improve vocational qualifications of people or to retrain them; backing any initiatives intended to counteract unemployment and to nurture youths in the process of work performance, including employment process organization and organization of international co-operation between young people around the world.

• Actions taken by OHP are addressed to three groups of young people aged 15-25 years: (1) young people who are neglected and whose life opportunities are remarkably reduced; (2) post-grammar school graduates (or senior post-grammar school students), people who have successfully graduated from higher schools - youths, who are educated already and possessing certain vocational qualifications, skills and abilities, yet affected by unemployment problem; (3) post-grammar school students and higher school students who are willing to work in their spare time and they want to do it through OHP acting as an intermediary, gain vocational experience, and at the same time, improve their financial standing.

• The tasks described above are carried out to effect by the Central Headquarters of OHP and by 16 Regional Headquarters of OHP subordinated to the central one together with 49 Youth Education and Job Centres, and 9 Education and Nurture Centres