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Vocational education and training in a global context

Logo of the event : The impact of digital transformations in dual training on 3 June 2025
Monday, 16 June 2025

Digital VET Tools from Germany and Brazil

On June 3, 2025, the virtual expert forum “The Impact of Digital Transformation on Dual VET” took place – organized by the Alliance for Dual Vocational Education and Training in Latin America and the Caribbean. More than 200 participants attended the event.

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Wednesday, 4 June 2025

eLearning Africa

From 7 to 9 May 2025, over 1,500 participants from more than 80 countries gathered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for the 18th edition of eLearning Africa. Preceding the trade fair congress, iMOVE spent three days visiting key players in vocational education and training with German training providers.

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Monday, 2 June 2025

International Call For Edtech Start-ups

Apply now: Together with its partner SENAI, BIBB invites to an international call for start-ups. The programme promotes the technical development and market launch of digital innovations for VET in Brazil. Funding is provided by SENAI, while BIBB supports the start-ups with jury and expert advice.

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Wednesday, 21 May 2025

The GOVET annual report 2024 is now available!

GOVET looks back on the year 2024. In a retrospective, the annual report highlights success stories, challenges, and topics from GOVET's advisory work as a One-Stop Shop for the iBBZ, at Round Table meetings, and in cooperation with the BMBF.

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Delegation from Malaysia with BIBB employees
Thursday, 15 May 2025

Delegation from Malaysia visits BIBB

At the beginning of May, a high-ranking delegation from the Malaysian government visited BIBB to learn about and exchange information on data management and the strategic use of data for VET.

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Wednesday, 7 May 2025

European transparency instruments

How can transparency be achieved for the shaping of a European Education Area? The aims of this issue are to consider the different instruments and to highlight their relevance for VET at a national and European level.

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Monday, 5 May 2025

Skilled labour migration from India

On 24 March 2025, iMOVE had the pleasure of hosting a delegation from the National Skill Development Corporation International from India, marking the occasion with two dynamic round table discussions.

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Group photo of high-ranking representatives at the Asia Education Forum
Tuesday, 29 April 2025

Education Forum Asia: Education as an ongoing process

Around 100 participants gained valuable insights into current trends and developments in vocational education and training in Germany and Asia at the Education Forum Asia on 28 March 2025. iMOVE organized the event together with OAV - German Asia-Pacific Business Association in Hamburg.

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Monday, 28 April 2025

New presidency (SENAC)

The Brazilian VET institute SENAC takes over the presidency of the Alliance for Dual Education in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Group photo of high-ranking representatives at the Asia Education Forum
Thursday, 17 April 2025

German-Asian Forum begins in Hamburg

The German-Asian Forum aimed at connecting decision makers from the Asian training sector with German providers of initial and continuing VET and with German companies needing skilled workers in and from Asia. International partnerships are intended to strengthen skilled worker recruitment.

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Monday, 14 April 2025

German dual vocational training: successful blueprint in Rwanda

The "Youth Skilling and Employment Initiative Rwanda" of the Bildungswerk der Baden-Württembergischen Wirtschaft e. V. (BIWE) trains young Rwandans in areas such as sales, customer service, welding and plumbing and places them in companies.

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Monday, 10 March 2025

Women in industrial professions in Brazil

Interview on the occasion of International Women's Day: How are women represented in typically male professions in Brazil? Do they need special support? Felipe Morgado reports on the work of the BIBB partner institution SENAI.

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Friday, 7 February 2025

The perspective of apprentices in the monitoring of vocational education and training policy

Providing valuable input for education policy decisions, monitoring is essential for evidence-based VET policy. But how is the perspective of trainees captured? This article shows how the perspectives of trainees are systematically captured through surveys in Denmark, Switzerland and Germany.

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Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Virtual Book Launch Sustainability in Vocational Education and Training – National and International Experiences

What role does sustainability play in international VET cooperation? In December, GOVET published a publication on this topic in December 2024, which was developed in collaboration with 22 authors from eleven countries. GOVET is organising a virtual book launch for 29 January 2025.

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Participants of the 3rd German-African Forum on Vocational Training and Education.
Wednesday, 20 November 2024

3rd German-African Forum on Vocational Training and Education

Under the motto "Boosting future skills and partnerships for sustainable growth", decision-makers from education, business and politics, including the education ministers from Benin, Madagascar and Nigeria, met in Berlin on 2 October 2024 for the "3rd German-African Forum on VET".

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Logo with the words: "Framing a global TVET agenda, BILT Bridging Event at the Africa Skilss Week"
Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Africa Skills Week: Global cooperation for excellent vocational education and training

The BILT Bridging Event in Ghana offered a platform for political exchange in the context of the African Union’s Africa Skills Week. In Accra, discussions were held with African and international VET stakeholders: What could a global agenda for excellent vocational education and training look like?

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The German VET system

The English BIBB website offers a new section that provides an overview of the German vocational education and training system.

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VET Glossary

The glossary is a source for terms and definitions which are used in the field of vocational education and training. Emphasis is placed on its usage in the context of the German dual system.

look up terms in the VET Glossary