Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB)

Jobs for Future

Die Jobs for Future ist eine jährliche Messe rund um die Themen Arbeit, Aus- und Weiterbildung, die in Mannheim seit dem Jahr 2001 und in Villingen-Schwenningen seit dem Jahr 2003 veranstaltet wird.

25.02. - 27.02.2010 | Mannheim
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Personalökonomisches Kolloquium

01. - 03. März 2010 | Trier
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DGfE conference Education in Democracy

15-17 March 2010 | Mainz
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didacta 2010 - The Education Trade Fair

didacta - The Education Trade Fair is the largest trade fair for teachers in all fields of education in Europe and the most important continuing education event for the sector. Some 800 exhibitors from 15 countries will present their products and services from the segments: pre-school education, primary and secondary school, universities, vocational training, qualification, continuing education, and guidance services.

15 - 20 arch 2010 | Cologne
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Certified IT Training for MINT Occupations - Conference at Didacta 2010

Joint conference held by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), the Dienstleistungsgesellschaft für Informatik (DLGI) information technology company and the Didacta association

Today, PC-literacy and information and communication technology (ICT) proficiency have joined reading, writing and arithmetic as the fourth skill that is indispensable to a basic education. Although young people have no problems using mobile phones or personal computers, few of them have a command of basic ICT skills that are required in IT-aided work environments in the business world. As the Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft economic research institute now also predicts, neglected skills in mathematics, information technology, the natural sciences and technology/engineering (MINT) will lead to a significant shortage of skilled labour in these segments. The consequences and possible solutions arising from this situation will be presented and discussed during the conference by representatives from industry and the political sector. A certificate that was developed in transatlantic co-operation will also be presented for the first time at the conference. The IT-TECH certificate is an excellent example for a collaborative strategy which, combined with joint efforts on the part of schools, enterprises, industry and the political sector, can ensure that urgently-needed IT fundamentals can be taught on a comprehensive, targeted basis.

16 March 2010 | Cologne
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Registration (in German)
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AG BFN Forum: Challenges facing instruction personnel in the initial and continuing vocational training field - Research findings and training concepts

The AG BFN vocational education and training research network conducts workshops and conferences on an irregular basis and a forum every two years on current issues in vocational training research. Information material and lecture notes will be posted on this website.

Organisers: Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) and the State Institute for School Quality and Education Research (ISB)

27-28 April 2010 | Bonn, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training
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BIBB/IAB Workshop on the Task-based Approach

The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) are pleased to announce that they will be conducting an international workshop on the task-based approach.
The deadline for submitting abstracts is 1 February 2010. Further information regarding this event can be accessed via the Call for Papers link.

17 - 18 May 2010 | Nuremberg
Call for Papers

40 Years of Research - Consultation - Shaping the Future

The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training will celebrate its 40th anniversary this year. To mark this anniversary, we are hosting a festive get-together in Bonn under the motto "40 Years of BIBB: 40 Years of Research - Consultation - Shaping the Future". The festivities will start at 2 p.m. on 27 May 2010.
We are expecting a wealth of guests from the political sector, trade, industry and civil society as well as from day-to-day VET practice and the VET research field. The preliminary programme for the "BIBB Turns 40" festivities can be accessed via the following link.
We would be very pleased if you could arrange to attend BIBB's anniversary celebration. Please use the online form to register.

27 May 2010 | Bonn, BIBB
Online registration (in German)

European Conference on Educational Research: Education and Cultural Change

Education and cultural change Cultural change has emerged as an important issue in most European countries due to increased migration. With regard to education in Europe, culture is often perceived as referring mostly to ethnicity, religion and language, though cultural diversity also refers to race, gender, class, age, ability and sexual orientation. Changes in the cultural contexts where education takes place have raised new questions both in educational practice and research. Thinking of students in terms of traditional categories of race, class and gender declines in usefulness; instead the intersection of categories as well as consideration of local and global contexts needs to be taken into account. In addition, alongside formal schooling, other domains of activity such as youth and popular cultures, extra-curricular activities, as well as social, environmental and religious movement are vital in understanding cultural changes and their significance to education. The theme brings to the forefront the view that educational institutions need to take cultural contexts into consideration in their policies and activities. It emphasizes how cultural changes impact the way children, adolescents and adults are educated in both formal and informal education.

2010 08 25 - 28 | Helsinki

DEQA-VET kick-off symposium

On the path to a national strategy for implementing the European Quality Assurance Reference Framework for Vocational Education and Training.

From ENQA-VET to EQAVET
With the EQARF, the European Union has given the Member States a "toolbox" with ten indicators and a systematic quality assurance process. These indicators were designed to make it possible to provide information on the status of quality assurance in vocational education and training in EU Member States. The practicability of the EQARF indicators is to be tested in the Member States. If necessary, the indicators are to be modified by the year 2013. The implementation of the European reference framework is being supported by the European Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training (EQAVET) network whose members include representatives of the EU Member States, the National Reference Points for Quality Assurance and the European social partners.

Establishment of a network for quality assurance in vocational education and training
The aim of the symposium is to inform participants on the current status of the use of quality assurance methods in Germany and to discuss the added value connected with the use of the European reference framework. At the same time, the symposium will foster the communication process of all VET stakeholders and, in doing so, make a contribution toward establishing and strengthening confidence between stakeholders and between Member States.
The one-day symposium is set up for a maximum of 100 participants. It is being organised by the German Reference Point for Quality Assurance (DEQA-VET) in cooperation with the Education for Europe 0 National Agency at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (working language: German).

22 September 2010 | Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Bonn

Zukunft Personal

The European HRM expo and convention Zukunft Personal will showcase products and services in the areas personnel software, e-learning, personnel guidance, continuing education, and training. The Bildungscontrolling education controlling congress will be held parallel to Zukunft Personal.

12 - 14 October 2010 | Cologne
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