Vocational education and training cooperation from a single source

International cooperation on vocational education and training has intensified and diversified over the past few years. A variety of policy areas are involved: apart from education policy issues, matters of development and foreign policy come into play, as do economic and labour market policy considerations. A “Round Table” was established in October 2013 as part of the Federal Government’s common strategy for international cooperation “One-stop International Cooperation in Vocational Training“, and the German 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 vocational training cooperation can be developed and showcased coherently. The statements by the Ministers of State and State Secretaries at the Federal ministries describe how this will happen.