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Dear BIBB News Subscriber, For Christmas we would like to send you our very best wishes for a happy and peace-filled holiday! The area of vocational training with an international dimension was particularly influenced during the past year by labour market developments in Europe, the increased internationalisation of the dual vocational training system, and decisions regarding the German Qualifications Framework and the recognition of foreign vocational qualifications in Germany. The editorial staff of the BIBB News newsletter hopes that it has provided you interesting, up-to-date information concerning these and other topics. In the event that you have any requests or suggestions regarding particular topics or matters, please let us know. We look forward to hearing from you and receiving your feedback! We wish you all the best for the New Year! Your BIBB News editor, |
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Around 2.9 million people living in Germany have migrant backgrounds and acquired their highest vocational qualification in another country. Often, however, they are unable to find employment matching their qualification. Germany's new law to improve the assessment and recognition of professional qualifications acquired abroad aims to contribute to better and more uniform regulation. The articles in this special focus set out the background, describe the initial experience of applying the new law, and point out perspectives for further development. |
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Recognition of foreign professional qualifications - the Federal Government's new Recognition Act Dorothea Fohrbeck The Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Professional Qualifications Act ("Recognition Act"), which entered into force on 1 April 2012, introduces a standardized national procedure and criteria for the assessment of foreign professional qualifications - at least for professions that are regulated by Federal law. It improves the opportunities for people who gained their qualifications abroad to work in their trained profession. The Act also makes Germany a more attractive workplace for international skilled staff. Read more Recognition of foreign professional qualifications - the Federal Government's new Recognition Act |
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Ways through the jungle of competences Claudia Moravek People who are trying to obtain recognition of a foreign qualification so that they can work in Germany require a great deal of information about the legal bases of the various possible recognition procedures, and about the German vocational education and training system and labour market. Only then can they work out whether a procedure is worthwhile and where they can apply for an equivalency review. The article points out the challenges faced by individuals on the way to applying successfully for recognition of their occupational qualifications, and what information and advisory provision is available to support them. Read more Ways through the jungle of competences |
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Promoting diversity in the workplace and making such diversity visible - the example of an employee survey on migrant background Jessica Erbe; Gerburg Benneker It is useful for both private sector companies and public sector institutions to address the issue of the diversity of their staff. An initial step in this direction is for companies to ascertain where they actually stand. The present paper illustrates the specific approach adopted by BIBB as an example. The Institute recently polled its employees on their own migrant background. Read more Promoting diversity in the workplace and making such diversity visible |
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Connecting lines between the DQR and the Recognition Act Georg Hanf The debate surrounding the German Qualifications Framework (DQR), took place in autumn of 2011. The German Qualifications Framework has its origins in the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) and pursues objectives and purposes which are not merely national. Germany subjected itself to the European process in order to improve the comprehensibility and comparability of qualifications of the different countries within the respective other countries and thus foster the mobility of citizens. The DQR debate coincided with preparations for the "Law to improve the assessment and recognition of vocational education and training qualifications acquired abroad" (BQFG). Although the two processes took place completely independently of one another, the correlations are obvious. It is precisely these correlations that the present article will attempt to make clear. Read more Connecting lines between the DQR and the Recognition Act |
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Commentary- The same entitlement for everyone! Reinhold Weiß, Prof. Dr., Deputy President and Head of Research at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), Bonn Germany's Recognition Act has now taken force: the competent bodies for vocational training have put the necessary structures in place and people with qualifications gained in other countries can find information online about requirements, contact addresses and recognition procedures. It is a subject of major interest, not least on the evidence of the hits counted on relevant Internet sites. For instance, the new online portal "Recognition in Germany" hosted by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training logged some 100,000 visitors within the first few weeks of its launch, and almost a million page views. A gratifying number of them came from outside Germany. Nevertheless, it will still take some time before this interest translates into specific applications and recognition procedures. Read more The same entitlement for everyone! |
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Felix Wenzelmann, Heike Lemmermann According to the 2012 Data Report of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) around one in five training contracts in the German dual system of vocational education and training (VET) is dissolved before the end of the contractually agreed duration of training. Initially it seems as if the total investment by all parties concerned up to the point of dissolution has been wasted. But a majority of young people go on to conclude a new training contract, in which case the investment is not entirely wasted from the perspective of the economy as a whole. The article sets out calculations which enable the costs of these prematurely dissolved training contracts (referred to in abbreviated form as dissolved contracts) to be quantified for the first time. Read more Companies' costs from dissolved training contracts |
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BIBB strengthens vocational education and training co-operation with South America The intensification of co-operation in the field of vocational education and training was one of the main goals of the South America journey made by BIBB President Professor Dr Friedrich Hubert Esser to Chile, Colombia and Brazil from 29 September to 5 October as a member of a government delegation headed by the Federal Minister of Education, Professor Dr Annette Schavan. In each country, the discussion centred on mutual experiences in organising and financing vocational education and training. Read more Co-operation with South America |
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Peru's National Industrial Training Service visits BIBB The director of Peru's National Industrial Training Service (Servicio Nacional de Adiestramiento en Trabajo Industrial, SENATI), Mr Jorge A Rivera, visited BIBB on an information-gathering trip on 4 December 2012 and was welcomed by project managers from the International Cooperation and Advisory Services section. The purpose of his visit was to establish initial contacts with BIBB and gather detailed information about the factors that play a role in the success of Germany's 'dual' vocational training system. Read more Peru's National Industrial Training Service visits BIBB |
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Development of a Data Report on vocational education and training in Colombia During a meeting held on 3 October 2012 on the occasion of a visit to Colombia by BIBB President Prof. Dr. Friedrich Hubert Esser and Minister of Education Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan, the Colombian Ministries of Education and Labour formally acceded to the existing cooperation agreement between BIBB and SENA which has been in place since April 2011. The overall term of the newly concluded agreement is four years. Read more Cooperation with Colombia |
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International Vocational Education and Training Conference in Hanoi BIBB President Esser stressed the importance of scientific research and valid data for planning, implementing and evaluating vocational education and training systems at an international vocational education and training conference in Hanoi (10-11 October 2012). He called the first Vietnamese Vocational Education and Training Report, which was developed with the BIBB in an advisory capacity and was now presented by the National Institute for Vocational Training (NIB) in Hanoi, an important milestone and the foundation for continuing development of German-Vietnamese cooperation in vocational education. Read more International VET Conference in Hanoi |
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International seminar on 15 years KRIVET The international seminar convened to mark KRIVET's (the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training) fifteenth anniversary was dedicated to the issue of youth unemployment. A concern that emerged from the Korean hosts' welcome speeches was that education and employment systems may be drifting apart, leading to a growing mismatch which could act as a major brake on Korea's economic growth and future development. Read more International seminar on 15 years KRIVET |
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German-Indian Working Group on Vocational Education and Training The Working Group addressed at its fifth meeting the progress made on the basis of the roadmap adopted at the last meeting held in Munich in October 2011 and agreed on concrete projects. The Indian partners emphasized several times the quality resulting from their collaboration with Germany. This is a departure from the previous "numbers game" of wanting to provide vocational training for some 500 Indians by the year 2022. Read more German-Indian Working Group |
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Vocational training analyses in Europe
Read more To the ETF Yearbook 2012 (BIBB article on page 121) |
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EFA Global Monitoring Report 2012: Youth and skills - Putting education to work
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Germany and Spain intensify cooperation in the vocational training field Germany and Spain will jointly launch several pilot projects in the vocational training field in the coming year. The work of these projects will revolve around the subjects "Training of vocational training personnel", "Development of standards for vocational training and examinations" and "Improving cooperation between learning venues" as foreseen by an action plan which a German-Spanish task force on vocational training adopted at its first meeting in Madrid. Acting on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) serves as the lead agency for the German members of the task force. Read more More information on Spanish-German cooperation in vocational education |
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Dual vocational training system offers enormous potential for international cooperation The German vocational training system with its hands-on 'dual' learning in enterprises and vocational school enjoys an excellent reputation internationally and is in increasing demand. In light of this growing international interest, the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have now strengthened their tried-and-tested collaboration in the international vocational training advisory services field through a cooperation agreement. Read more Dual vocational training system offers enormous potential for international cooperation |
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