Vocational education and training cooperation from a single source

International cooperation on vocational education and training (VET) has intensified and diversified over the past few years. A variety of policy areas are involved: alongside education policy issues, matters of development and foreign policy come into play, as do economic and labour market policy considerations. As part of the German government’s common strategy for international cooperation in vocational education and training from a single source, in October 2013 a »Round Table« was established and the Central Office for International Vocational Education and Training Cooperation (GOVET) was brought into being. GOVET will pool expertise across departments and organisational entities so that German activities in international VET cooperation can be developed and showcased coherently. How this will happen is made clear in the statements by the Minister of Education and by State Secretaries from the federal government ministries.