1. Vocational and Educational Training in Germany
δυική μάθηση και κατάρτιση
στη Γερμανία
Andreas Kehrbach
Counsellor, Head of the Labour, Health and Social Department, German Embassy in Athens, Greece

2. Overview 1. Dual VET in Germany: facts and figures
2. Benefits of Dual VET
3. Comprehensive legal framework
4. Current challenges for Dual VET
5. Five quality features of Dual VET
6. Dual VET in Greece
7. Co-operation partners in Greece
8. Integration of refugees and migrants

3. 1. Dual VET in Germany: facts and figures
Trainees
Ø 52.4% of the population enters Dual VET
5.1% of all employees are trainees
95% of Dual VET graduates employed
Ø training allowance: € 854 /month
Employers
Immediate hiring success: 68%
70% refinanced
Government
Shared expenses for VET system: employers (90 %), Federal States (10%)

4. 2. Benefits of Dual VET
Trainees
Employers
Government

5. 3. Comprehensive legal framework: Vocational training act
Company
Vocational schools

6. 4. Current challenges for Dual VET
Trainees
Employers
Government

7. 5. Five quality features of Dual VET
Cooperation of government, business community and social partners
Learning within the work process
Acceptance of national standards
Qualified VET staff
Institutionalized research and advice

8. 6. Dual VET in Greece
Mendi – DEKRA – 160 apprentices – 60 Companies cook or hotel business (until Oct. 2017)
VETnet – AHK – Athens with the Greek railway company 47 apprentices – technical vocational education (until Sep. 2018)
Unions4VET – with trade unions (since 2016)
Joint project “Graeducation” goal: improvement of the vocational education of environmental engineering (from Sept. 2017)

9. 7. Co-operation partners in Greece
Initial point: Agreement (MoU) 2012 & between Germany and Greece
German Partners:
Federal Institute for vocational training (BIBB)
feasibility study for power industry, building industry, Tourism and hotel industry, transport and logistic
AHK Athens
vocational education and acceptance procedure
DEKRA – project management MENDI
tourism

10. 8. Integration of refugees and migrants - Numbers
Arrival of asylum seekers in Germany
2015: 890,000
2016: 305,000
Refugees and Migrants in Germany 2017: about 1.6 Mio having arrived since 2015
Refugees and Migrants in Greece 2017: about 60,000
esp. Syrians may be eligible for EU relocation and family reunification

11. 9. Integration of refugees and migrants
Work and VET are the best keys to integration
Integration as a comprehensive process
Perspective to stay in Germany taken into account
Act on Integration (Integrationsgesetz, August, 6th, 2016)

12. 10. Integration: challenges and solutions
82 % younger than 35 years old
Politics, economy and civil society
Two-sided process
School integration of refugee children
Demographic change
Early qualification profile and support

13. 11. Integration programs by the Federal Labour Agency
KompAS
Perspectives for young / female refugees
Step by step into VET
KommiT German language training
Integration through qualification
ESF integration

14. Thank you for your attention! Ένα καλό και επιτυχημένο συνέδριο!
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