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Vocational education and training

Vocational education and training is the key to personal development, social participation, employability, and capacity to compete.

Friedrich Hubert Esser, President of BIBB, in front of a lift in the BIBB building in Bonn
Wednesday, 9 April 2025

A powerful and honest signal of equivalence is needed!

Germany is facing a constant increase in entrants to higher education study accompanied by a significant fall in the numbers of training contracts being concluded. Therefore a powerful signal in the form of political acknowledgement of the equivalence of vocational and academic education is needed.

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Friedrich Hubert Esser, President of  the BIBB, in front of a lift in the BIBB building in Bonn
Wednesday, 26 February 2025

We should seize the opportunity to reach 1.3 million young people!

BIBB President Friedrich Hubert Esser was awarded the Georg Schulhoff Prize in November 2023. In his acceptance speech, Professor Esser emphasised that education for democratic citizenship is an important aspect of holistic VET in the face of declining trust in democratic institutions.

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Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Profile of an occupation – custom tailor

Custom tailoring combines creative dexterity, traditional techniques and modern manufacturing. Custom tailors create haute couture and theatre costumes for private clients and stage performances. This occupational profile provides training figures for this profession.

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Wednesday, 11 December 2024

European feedback on the topic 'Quality assurance and qualification of in-company training personnel'

DEQA-VET carried out an EQAVET peer review on this topic in summer 2024. This feedback report summarises the impressions and recommendations of the eight European peers from the EQAVET network.

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