2010 Hermann Schmidt Prize - Call for submissions
Focus of the 2010 competition: Vocational education and training for environmental protection and sustainable development
The world conference held in Bonn in the spring of 2009 at the halfway mark in the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development took stock of the results of the work done to date and issued recommendations for action to anchor sustainable development in national education plans. BIBB ties into these findings and objectives with this year's Hermann Schmidt Prize.
In light of more stringent environmental standards and rising prices for energy and raw materials, sustainable management also pays in economic terms and leads to competitive advantages. This is true not only for industry but also for crafts, the skilled trades and the service sector. In this connection, vocational education and training - with its objective of teaching occupational competence - is called upon to make a contribution to environmental protection and sustainable development and thus toward boosting the overall quality and attractiveness of vocational training processes.
The 2010 Hermann Schmidt Prize will be awarded to companies and bodies in the vocational training field (such as vocational schools, vocational training providers, chambers) for campaigns and activities in the area of initial and continuing vocational training that successfully implement attractive training concepts and offerings involving environmental protection and sustainable development.
These campaigns should reach as many participants and players as possible, be highly innovative in their substance, exhibit intensive company participation and offer convincing prospects for the translation of their concepts and offerings into long-term activities and for their continued and progressive development.Examples of initiatives that are to be singled out for this award include initiatives that
- are geared to company or sector needs;
- target individual sectors and/or regions and are implemented correspondingly;
- revolve around collaboration that is conducted on a cross-trade basis and involves qualifications of relevance to the sustainability principle and/or environmental protection;
- cover collaborative activities and networking involving a variety of learning venues and incorporate various partners;
- are aimed at different target groups;
- carry out skill development for management and training personnel.
Prize monies of € 3,000, € 2,000 and € 1,000 and possibly special prizes will be awarded.
Application forms:
Application form in Microsoft Word format
If you would like to enter the competition, please fill out the application form completely (using additional pages for any explanations that may be necessary) and send it with all enclosures (and your legally binding signature) in duplicate to the following address by 23 July 2010:
Verein Innovative Berufsbildung e.V.
c/o Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung
Geschäftsstelle
Kerstin Schneider
Robert-Schuman-Platz 3
53175 Bonn
Germany
Please note: : Da auch beim diesjährigen Wettbewerb vorgesehen ist, Auszüge aus dafür geeigneten Einsendungen zu veröffentlichen, bitten wir Sie Ihrem Fragebogen eine elektronische Fassung beizufügen (falls vorhanden, auch Logo und Internetadresse der Initiative). Fotos und Grafiken sollten hinsichtlich ihrer technischen Qualität für eine Veröffentlichung geeignet sein.
Application forms can also be sent to you by mail. They can be requested from the above address or by telephone: +49 (0)228 / 107-2823, fax: +49 (0)228 / 107-2981 or e-mail: schneider@bibb.de.
The award ceremony for the Hermann Schmidt Prize will be held on 27 October 2010 at the conference sponsored by the W. Bertelsmann Verlag publishing house in Bielefeld.
The award ceremony for the Hermann Schmidt Prize will be held on 27 October 2010 at the conference sponsored by the W. Bertelsmann Verlag publishing house in Bielefeld.
Information regarding the Innovative Berufsbildung e.V. association and past prize-winners
