Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB)

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Developing strategies, blueprints, processes and criteria for quality assurance
  • Quality of vocational training instruction and learning processes (incl. quality of e-learning)
  • Quality of vocational training offerings and providers (checks, certification) 
  • Accreditation procedure for certifying facilities
• Ensuring quality assurance by training and professionalising instruction personnel
  • Analysing job structures and professionalisation paths of instruction personnel 
  • Analysing vocational training offerings, concepts and technologies (in national and international contexts) 
  • Analysing changes in vocational training practice that are of relevance to the requirements placed on instruction personnel; vocational guidance 
  • Providing assistance for trainers by developing, testing and providing methodological-didactic concepts and aids (such as information products, learning platforms, etc), training for instruction personnel
• Fostering distance learning 
  • Monitoring and analysing developments in the distance learning field
  • Informing parties interested in distance learning and advising distance learning providers 
  • Development projects to improve vocational distance instruction (tasks pursuant to Section 90, para 3, number 4 of the Vocational Training Act)
• Assessing vocational distance learning programmes pursuant to Sections 12 f, 15 and 19 of the Distance Learning Protection Act
• DEQA-VET - National Reference Point for Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training
  • Monitors national and international trends in the area of quality assurance and quality development (Section 1.3 is responsible for international matters). 
  • Provides information about national activities being pursued in connection with quality assurance and quality development, in charge of developing and maintaining a documentation and information system.
  • Communicates with the circles in Germany that are affected by the activities of the European quality assurance network ENQA-VET, promotes awareness of the advantages of quality assurance and quality development in vocational education and training. 
  • National point of contact for matters involving quality assurance and quality development in vocational education and training and for collaboration with European institutions and bodies in other countries (Section 1.3 is responsible for international matters).
    

Links

• Further information on distance learning at the BIBB Knowledge Map
• Further information on quality management, quality assurance and quality development 
• ELDOC - BIBB's E-Learning Continuing Vocational Training Database 
• foraus.de - BIBB Forum for Instructors  
• Instructor Assistance portal
  

Head of section:

Horst Mirbach

tel.: +49 (0)228 107 - 1532
fax: +49 (0)228 107 - 2962

Contact

Representative:

Johannes-Wilhelm Schmitz

tel.: +49 (0)228 107 - 1528
fax: +49 (0)228 107 - 2984

Contact

Last modified on: February 12, 2009