Annual research programme
The amended Vocational Training Act stipulates that BIBB conduct its research on the basis of an annual research programme. This became a requirement for the first time in 2006. In contrast to the medium-term research programme which covers a broad range of relevant research questions and projects, the annual research programme must focus on key research topics, not least because of limited resources.
The annual research programme is characterised by five overlapping research priorities which interface with areas in which policy decisions are made. At the same time, they also represent gaps in current research. These research priorities have many thematic links with one another:
- The vocational training market and the employment system,
- Modernisation of and quality assurance in vocational education and training,
- Lifelong learning, permeability and equivalence of educational pathways,
- Vocational education and training for specific target groups,
- Internationality of vocational education and training.
2009 Annual Research Programme (in German)
2008 Annual Research Programme (in German)
2007 Annual Research Programme (in German)
2006 Annual Research Programme (in German)
