Organization
BIBB is organised into four departments with 16 sections and a Central Services department. Currently the Institute employs some 500 members of staff. Overall authority for BIBB rests with the Board and the President.
The President is the Institute's director and its public representative.
The Board provides a crosssection of expertise on all issues relevant to vocational education and training (VET) in Germany, and acts as the statutory advisory organ of the Federal Government. Delegates representing
- employers
- and employees,
- the federal states (Länder)
- and the Federal Government
work together on the Board, each group (or "bench") having equal voting parity. One representative each
from the Federal Employment Agency, the German local authorities' associations and the BIBB Research Council may also assist in the Board's decision-making in an advisory capacity.
The Board's tasks include adopting the annual research programme and the Institute's budget, making recommendations on the promotion and development of VET, and commenting on the draft of the Federal Government's Annual Report on Vocational Education
and Training (Section 92 BBiG).
The Research Council advises BIBB by means of opinions and recommendations concerning the research programme, the Institute's cooperation with higher education institutions and other research institutions, and the annual reports on the results of research by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (Section 94 BBiG). The Research Council was introduced with the last reform of the Vocational Training Act in 2005.
