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European Conference of the Regions Barcelona 2009 Promotion of Mobility in VET

European Conference of the Regions Barcelona 2009 Promotion of Mobility in VET. Impressions of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Federal Republic of Germany. Population: 82.543.000 Size: 356.974 km² 16 Federal States (Bundesländer ). State of Baden-Wuerttemberg.

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European Conference of the Regions Barcelona 2009 Promotion of Mobility in VET

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  1. European Conference of the RegionsBarcelona 2009Promotion of Mobility in VET

  2. Impressions of Baden-Wuerttemberg

  3. Federal Republic of Germany • Population: 82.543.000 • Size: 356.974 km² • 16 Federal States (Bundesländer)

  4. State of Baden-Wuerttemberg Population: 10.736.000 Size: 35.725 km² No natural resources

  5. Economy in BW • Employees: 3.7 Mio. • Unemployment rate: BW 5.0% ( D: 8.6%) • more than 125,000 crafts enterprises • more than 8,400 industrial enterprises • About 40% of all enterprises participate in the training in the Dual System

  6. Main industries in BW 22% 20% 12% 7% 6% 5% BW holds a percentage of 4.3 % of the world‘s total engineering market, as compared to nations like Great Britain (3.1 %) or France (4.0 %) 28%

  7. Mobility in Europe Mobility among students in the tertiary sector has increased enormously in recent years Mobility in VET still too low

  8. Measures to improve mobility New “Vocational Training Act” of Germany (April 1, 2005) • §2 states that up to 25% of vocational training can be accomplished abroad • strong wish of political side to improve mobility in the field of VET

  9. Facts from Baden-Württemberg Leonardo mobility projects 2008 • 27 projects • 594 participants • funding about € 1.6 Mio Comenius projects • 74 projects mainly in general education field • funding about € 1.3 Mio. Funding by own BW programmes in VET • About 100 school partnerships • Involving about 2.000 students • Funding: a total of € 150.000

  10. Students in Vocational Education in BW • about 377.000 students in vocational schools • about 3.000 students participate each year in international projects less than 1 % of students are involved in mobility measures What can be done ?

  11. Foundation of “Academy of Vocational Education” (ABB)

  12. Central Idea of the ABB One region and three Academies in France (Region of Alsace, Academie de Strasbourg, Academie de Dijon, Academie de Lyon) and Federal State of BW established the “Akademie der beruflichen Bildung”

  13. Main fields of activity Advancement of partnerships between colleges Foundation of a French-German vocational school Advancement of technical language Common in-service training measures

  14. Practical work • Two contact seminars every year (one in France one in Germany) • development of training materials on a modular basis to be taught in partner schools • Common in-servicetraining measures • Common symposiums Persons involved in mobility

  15. State Academy for In-Service Training and Human Resources Development Official seat of this “virtual” academy

  16. Common in-service training measures

  17. Thank you for your attention! Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Hartmut Mattes Ministerialrat

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