Around 50 training providers attended a round table on 16 February 2017 to find out about the export of education and training to Iran.
The Iranian Technical and Vocational Training Organization (TVTO) expressed significant interest in cooperating with German partners. The iMOVE Iran market study emphasized the huge potential for Iranian-German cooperation in vocational education and training.
Export of education and training to Iran
iMOVE and the Didacta Association—Association of the German Education Industry—organised the "Export of Education and Training to Iran" Round Table in Stuttgart, Germany, as part of the didacta education trade fair.
Ulrich Meinecke of iMOVE and Reinhard Koslitz of the Didacta Association opened the round table.
Dr. Sabine Donauer of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) welcomed both the German education industry representatives and, in particular, extended a warm welcome to the guests from Iran. The deputy head of the TVTO, Dr. Hamid-Reza Sabetnejad, and Governor of the TVTO in the Province of Azerbaijan, Yaghoub Namayandeh, took part in the round table.
Ulrich Meinecke of iMOVE and Reinhard Koslitz of the Didacta Association opened the round table.
Dr. Sabine Donauer of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) welcomed both the German education industry representatives and, in particular, extended a warm welcome to the guests from Iran. The deputy head of the TVTO, Dr. Hamid-Reza Sabetnejad, and Governor of the TVTO in the Province of Azerbaijan, Yaghoub Namayandeh, took part in the round table.
Training and continuing education in Iran
Dr. Sabetnejad presented the system of vocational training and continuing education in Iran and explained the role of the TVTO in the Iranian education and training landscape. He emphasized the TVTO's interest in meeting the qualification requirements of foreign businesses in Iran. In this respect, he explicitly stressed the TVTO's willingness to identify industry requirements together with German partners and to meet these requirements in jointly operated training institutions.
Dr. Sabetnejad explained that the day before, the TVTO and Festo, the German training provider, had signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a Festo academy in Karaj, a city with a population of 1.6 million west of Tehran. The aim is to create the academy on the site of the Instructor Training Center (ITC), which is run by the TVTO. Dr. Sabetnejad expressed the wish that other German businesses should follow this example.
In addition to direct cooperation with the German education industry, the TVTO is also seeking to cooperate with the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) in structural areas.
Training market in Iran: iMOVE market study and reports from practice
At the round table, Dr. Helge Körner, DrKoernerConsult, presented the results of an iMOVE Iran market study, which will soon be published in German, and that analyses the Iranian education and training market with respect to the activity of German providers.
Bernd Mahrin, Institute of Vocational Education and Work Studies at the TU Berlin (Technical University of Berlin), Volker Falch, Educational Association of the Bavarian Economy (BBW), Rüdiger Focks, Carl Duisberg Centres (CDC), and Jörg Harings, DMG MORI Academy GmbH, reported on their experiences with education and training cooperation in Iran.
Bernd Mahrin spoke about training concepts for energy-efficient construction and Volker Falch referred to training for the financial services sectors. Rüdiger Focks provided information about management qualification programmes in Germany while Jörg Harings outlined the initial steps taken in DMG Mori in support of German-Iranian VET projects.
Dr. Hamid-Reza Sabetnejad was impressed by the large number of German education and training companies present and confirmed once again the interest in extended cooperation with German partners.
Bernd Mahrin, Institute of Vocational Education and Work Studies at the TU Berlin (Technical University of Berlin), Volker Falch, Educational Association of the Bavarian Economy (BBW), Rüdiger Focks, Carl Duisberg Centres (CDC), and Jörg Harings, DMG MORI Academy GmbH, reported on their experiences with education and training cooperation in Iran.
Bernd Mahrin spoke about training concepts for energy-efficient construction and Volker Falch referred to training for the financial services sectors. Rüdiger Focks provided information about management qualification programmes in Germany while Jörg Harings outlined the initial steps taken in DMG Mori in support of German-Iranian VET projects.
Dr. Hamid-Reza Sabetnejad was impressed by the large number of German education and training companies present and confirmed once again the interest in extended cooperation with German partners.
Technical and Vocational Training Organization (TVTO)
