Language training (both general and on-the job) is critical within programme design to ensure the social integration of refugees, as illustrated in Box 4.7. The programme includes funding of about EUR 1 million and provides internship opportunities, vocational skills training and German language courses. After a pilot phase, a permanent internships programme was consolidated in 2015 in Erlanger-Nuremberg in order to support workplace integration and orientation for qualified asylum seekers. The programme is designed to be reproduced in other Siemens offices in Munich and Berlin and is also intended to serve as a case study for other companies.