One in five persons living in Germany are from a migrant background, and more than half of this group hold German citizenship. For the young generation, cultural diversity is part of the daily reality of school, training and work. Migrants are also strongly represented in the group of entrepreneurs. Twenty percent of persons setting up a company in Germany have foreign roots. Since 2015, hundreds of thousands of people have also fled to Germany to seek protection from war, violence and intimidation. This will form the background for debate within the forum on the challenges and opportunities of integration into vocational education and training. The latest status of research and successful initiatives and projects will be presented. With regard to practice, the main emphasis will be on the question of which instruments can be used by local governments, companies and schools, i.e. across the educational system as a whole, in order to improve and support integration.
| 2:45 pm | Introduction and moderation
Katharina Kanschat, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) |
| 3:00 pm | Migration awareness as a core professional competence
Professor Aladin El-Mafaalani, Ministry of Children, Family, Refugees and Integration (MKFFI) of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 3:45 pm | Refugees en route to vocational education and training – success factors and support requirements
Stephanie Matthes, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) |
| 4:30 pm | Break |
| 5:00 pm | Vocational orientation of young refugees as a cooperation task in the local network
Professor Sybille Stöbe-Blossey, Institute for Work, Skills and Training (IAQ), University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 5:45 pm | Involvement of companies in the integration of refugees – challenges and success factors
Dirk Werner, German Economic Institute, Cologne (IW) |
| 6:30 pm | End of the forum |
| 8:30 am | Introduction and moderation
Anne Görgen-Engels, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) |
| 8:45 am | GoodVET: Indicators of Good VET practice for refugees
Dr. Junmin Li, University of Cologne |
| 9:30 am | VET and Migration: How does the recognition of vocational qualifications contribute to the concept of skilled migration? A look overseas.
Dr. Christiane Eberhardt, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) |
| 10:15 am | Break |
| 10:30 am | Shaping integration at a regional level – Coordinating Agency for Training and Migration (KAUSA) in the Hanover Region
Yvonne Salewski, pro regio e.V. |
| 11:15 am | Final debate
General policy conditions and measures for improving the integration of migrants and refugees into vocational education and training Dr. Uta Dauke, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Communitiy (BMI) Elke Hannack, German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) Dr. Kristin Körner, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Integration of the State of Saxony-Anhalt Udo Michallik, Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs in the Federal Republic of Germany (KMK) Holger Schwannecke, German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH) Moderation: Professor Friedrich Hubert Esser, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) |
| 12:15 pm | End of the forum |
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