News about VET from Germany

The opening ceremony of the AHK Academy in Taicang took place on 7 August 2024. In the initial phase, the academy will offer short-term training in VDE electrical safety, MPS and pneumatics/electropneumatics as well as AEVO and examiner training,

In this interview, Constanze Küsel, Head of International Projects at the Koblenz Chamber of Skilled Crafts (HWK Koblenz), presents the East Africa Vocational Training Partnership. This is a regional project of German development assistance that co-operates with partners in Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda.

The Egyptian-German College for Technology in Assiut (ITEC Assiut) offers students and trainees with different qualifications, modern, needs-oriented training courses in three specialisations: Mechanics, Electrics and IT. Special attention is paid to the areas of quality management, teacher training and further training as well as the advancement of women.

Reshoring will fail without a skilled workforce pipeline.

Three young people from India talk about how they made the move to Germany – and what they particularly like about living and working here.

The energy transition, electric mobility and smart homes: millions of skilled craftspeople in Germany are working every day to shape a sustainable future.

Germany, Ukraine and over 50 international organisations, states and companies launched a multi-stakeholder initiative at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) today to train and upskill Ukrainians for the recovery and reconstruction of their country.

Engineer Justin Wahyo is actively committed to establishing dual vocational training in Indonesia.

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.