TVET and Digitalization
Increasing digitalization is changing the world of work and placing new demands for skilled workers in trade and industry, in society, as well as for college-based and company-based teaching and training processes.
TVET and digitalization is associated with changes and challenges in work processes, developments towards Industry 4.0, and in teaching and learning supported by digital media.
To take these developments into account and support the adaptation processes, the TVET Academy offers selected training activities for different target groups.
Management of TVET Institutions
In TVET systems, the effective and targeted management of vocational training institutions is a key challenge. The responsible leadership and management staff is expected to have wide-ranging competencies in order to meet the increasingly sophisticated expectations towards vocational colleges and TVET institutions in general.
The TVET Academy provides support to the upper and middle level management as well as other decision makers at TVET institutions.
Cooperation with the Business Sector
To ensure that TVET is geared to the requirements of the labour market, a close cooperation between TVET institutions and companies as well as other industry-related organisations is of high importance.
Through targeted training measures the TVET Academy can support the strengthening and systematization of cooperation between all TVET stakeholders.
Qualification of TVET Teachers and In-company Trainers
We consider competent TVET personnel in colleges, companies and other TVET institutions as the core of the quality and performance of TVET systems.
As TVET Academy we foster the acquisition of competences that are aligned to the requirements of today’s and the future labour market and working environments.
Green TVET
Population growth, the increasing scarcity of raw materials and climate change have made energy and resource efficiency as well as the production of renewable energies to central fields of action for the 21st century. A qualified workforce with up-to-date “green skills” form the basis for sustainable development. As TVET Academy, we strengthen appropriate qualification of teachers, close cooperation with industry, and adapted structures for initial training and further education.
Labor market and employment promotion
Economic growth, infrastructure development and a growing young population offer great potential for sustainable economic growth in developing countries. Major investments have created a demand for local workers, but a lack of qualified local experts and (supplier) companies prevails. This means the population and companies are unable to fully benefit from employment and development opportunities. Since 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted investments and businesses in many developing countries. New innovative solutions are needed that boost the local economy, secure long-term demand for jobs and maintain existing jobs.
The TVET Academy offers courses on basic concepts of employment promotion and specific approaches surrounding labor market policy as well as trends and special features of labor markets in developing countries.