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Article Archive 2025

Tuesday, 5 August 2025

New Occupation Profiles at a glance

Explore 22 English-language occupation profiles now available on the BWP portal. These profiles provide in-depth insights into qualifications, tasks, and career opportunities for a range of professions. A valuable resource for everyone interested in Vocational Training in Research and Practice. 

find out more at the BWP portal
Myriam Schlupp-Winkler smiles at the camera, standing in front of a dark background in our BIBB building in Bonn.
Thursday, 24 July 2025

NEW to the team German-Israeli Programme: Myriam Schlupp-Winkler

New impulses for German-Israeli vocational training cooperation. The new Project Manager joined the team in January 2025. In her role, she is mainly responsible for coordinating the bilateral programme and for designing and implementing joint exchange formats.

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Thursday, 9 October 2025

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 focus of the webinar.

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Group picture with the participants of the TVET Data reporting workshop
Thursday, 2 October 2025

Stakeholder workshop on data reporting in Ghana

What data management systems are currently in place for vocational education and training in Ghana? Who collects and publishes data, and how is it used for evidence-based education policy? These and other questions were addressed by participants at the workshop on TVET data in Ghana.

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Participants of GOVET, BIBB and INA from Costa Rica discussing different challenges and solutions on inklusive  vocational education and training in a webinar.
Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Focus on inclusive vocational training – webinar with partner country Costa Rica

How can people with disabilities be integrated into everyday working life in vocational training? What legal framework do vocational training laws provide?

INA and GOVET exchanged views on these issues together in a webinar.

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A group of participants discusses the supply chain created as part of didacta 2025.
Thursday, 21 August 2025

Missed the VET Chain? – New sessions in autumn 2025

What happened so far...

Practical training on sustainability along supply chains – 200 participants attended. 

In the first few months of 2025, we at BIBB further developed the interactive advisory tool of the VET Chain.

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Two men in chef's uniforms and two women are standing on a staircase in front of a yellow hotel, smiling at the camera.
Tuesday, 22 July 2025

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.

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Aline at her work desk and she is smiling into the camera - in the background you can can see a glimpse of the editing process of our GOVET annual video 2024
Wednesday, 16 July 2025

New to the team German-Israeli Programme: Aline Moraes Amling

The new Communications Manager of the German-Israeli Programme at GOVET has many years of experience as a journalist. With her expertise, she also supports the entire GOVET team in the creation of videos and other digital content.

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Friday, 11 July 2025

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?

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Hirra is sitting on a blue chair in the library of the BIBB
Tuesday, 3 June 2025

New addition to the GOVET Team: Hirra Sonya Hafeez

Hirra Sonya Hafeez joined the GOVET team in April 2025. In her role as Communications Manager for online editorial and social media, she is now part of the International Vocational Training cooperation team.

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screenshot of the annual report on a tablet
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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Monday, 28 April 2025

New GOVET-presentation: "Career orientation in the German vocational education and training system: an overview

The new GOVET presentation provides information on the objectives, principles, players and measures of vocational guidance as part of the German vocational education and training system. The presentation is available for download in four different languages as PowerPoint or PDF. 

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Wednesday, 16 April 2025

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.

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Collage with photos from the study visit
Monday, 14 April 2025

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.

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Thursday, 13 March 2025

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.

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The SDGs as elements of the GOVET / BIBB VET Chain
Thursday, 20 February 2025

VET-Chain-courses: Sustainability along the supply chain

VET Chain is an interactive tool on the topic of sustainability in VET. The next open workshop will take place on 19 November 2025 in Berlin and on 14 January 2026 at the BIBB in Bonn. A train-the-trainer course will be on 4 December and 5 December 2025 in Bonn.

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Wednesday, 5 February 2025

New Call for Papers - Evidence-based VET policy through data reporting and data science in VET

From now until February 21, interested authors can submit articles for a publication on the topic of data reporting, data management and data science. The aim is to combine international perspectives and actively shape the global discourse.

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Thursday, 30 January 2025

New GOVET presentation: "Certification, accreditation and recognition in the German vocational education and training system"

Certification, accreditation and recognition are terms that come up again and again in international VET cooperation. The new GOVET presentation provides an introduction to this complex subject area and is suitable for information and advisory contexts.

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Photo with sustainability symbols and a Save the Date Button
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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