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Workshops for vocational training staff in Costa Rica – Qualification of in-company training staff
In 2025, GOVET launched a series of qualification courses for in-vocational training staff in Costa Rica. The focus is on role clarification, action-oriented didactics, communication, motivation, conflict management, interculturality and inclusion – tailored to the practical conditions of dual vocational training in Costa Rica.
Experts' dialogue with Costa Rican trainers
The virtual exchange with Costa Rican apprenticeship trainers was a successful start to a multipart continuing education series. How should I behave as a trainer? What role conflicts might arise? How can these be resolved? These and other questions were the main focus of the webinar.
Exchange programme strengthens dual training in the hospitality sector: trainers from Costa Rica visit Germany
As part of the German-Costa Rican cooperation in vocational education and training, Enrique Mejía Céspedes from the Instituto Nacional de Aprendizaje (INA) visited Germany in July to exchange ideas with training staff in the hospitality sector.
Focus on inclusive vocational training – webinar with partner country Costa Rica
How can people with disabilities be integrated into everyday working life and vocational training? What legal framework do vocational training laws provide? INA and GOVET discussed these issues together in a webinar.
Diversity in Costa Rica: An opportunity for vocational training
Costa Rica is considered a pioneer in Latin America when it comes to inclusion and diversity. Social participation and equal opportunities are central elements of Costa Rican society, and this is also mirrored in the country's vocational education system. What can Germany learn from Costa Rica?