South African Study Visit to Northern Germany: Spotlight on innovation in TVET teaching and learning
What are the quality requirements for VET staff? What support would they need to fulfil them? And which stakeholders should have a say when it comes to the revision of teaching and learning practices? A South African delegation visited Bremen and Hamburg on these topics in a GOVET study tour.
Data as key to TVET: Delegation from Ghana visiting GOVET and BIBB
How well does a VET system work? Data and their analysis provide the answers. The topic of data reporting was the focus of a visit by a delegation from Ghana. In April 2025, GOVET received a high-level delegation for a one-week exchange.
VET Chain-courses: Sustainability along the supply chain
VET Chain is an interactive tool that sensitises national and international VET stakeholders to the topic of sustainability in VET. The next workshop takes place on June 26 and the next Train-the-trainer-course is scheduled for July 3 and 4 at BIBB in Bonn.
Part-time training: a way to combine an apprenticeship with family?
Training and family – how does that balance work? Samira Friedrich is a future office manager at BIBB and is in her first year of training at GOVET. In an interview on the GOVET YouTube channel, she talks about her day-to-day training, the topic of part-time training and her professional future.
Can Germany's dual VET system strengthen Northern Virginia's clean energy workforce?
How can Northern Virginia develop the skilled workforce needed for its clean energy transition? In a guest article on the GOVET website, the International City/County Management Association explores how Germany’s dual VET system can offer solutions for Northern Virginia’s clean energy transition.
Transatlantic webinar on practice-oriented training
On 19 November, leading experts from Germany and the USA convened for a webinar to discuss future-looking approaches in vocational education and training. The focus was on topics such as lifelong learning, sustainability, and the deployment of AI in training.
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".
A Comparative Analysis of Vocational Educational Reforms in Germany and China
How do vocational training systems react to developments such as the fourth industrial revolution and socio-economic transformation? Jia Li, a master's student at the TUM, is comparing the reform approaches of China and Germany. In an interview with GOVET, she talks about her research.
The first Africa Skills Week brought together decision-makers from Africa and at multilateral level in Ghana to address common challenges in vocational education and training. The foundations were also successfully laid for a joint, continental vocational education and training strategy.
Costa Rica aims to convince more educational institutions and companies of dual vocational training
How can Costa Rica attract more companies to participate in dual training? This question was at the center of a study trip. Eleven representatives from companies, private, and public educational institutions from Costa Rica learned about the dual training system. What insights did they gain?
“Without companies, there's no vocational training in the dual system!”
The title of this article has become a guiding principle for dual VET in Costa Rica and a core topic in the bilateral cooperation. It has led to a joint series of events in Costa Rica specifically aimed at informing companies about dual VET. GOVET was also in attendance.
GOVET presentations provide information on various aspects of vocational training in Germany. They are available in several different languages. Now, the existing presentations have been updated and two new presentations were added to the product range.
Singapore: Transformation in Vocational Education and Training
Education and training in the transformation process is also of great importance to PISA champion Singapore. Mechanisms of qualification for the upcoming challenges also occupy the city state's trade unions and business community - a delegation gathered inspiration during a study trip.
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