Role of the Enterprises and the Chamber Network regarding the Vocational

Education and Training in Germany

Workshop: “European Dialog – Chances and Challenges of VET”

Athens, 16th of November 2012

DIHK = umbrella organization of:

• 80 Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Germany (IHK)

• 120 Chambers of Commerce and Industry abroad (AHK) in over 80 countries on 5 continents

About us – The Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)

The AHK network

The IHK network

IHK – 80 Chambers in Germany

1 Aachen 2 Arnsberg 3 Aschaffenburg 4 Augsburg 5 Bayreuth 6 Berlin 7 Bielefeld 8 Bochum 9 Bonn 10 Braunschweig 11 Bremen 12 Bremerhaven 13 Chemnitz 14 Coburg 15 Cottbus 16 Darmstadt 17 Detmold 18 Dillenburg 19 Dortmund 20 Dresden

41 Kassel42 Kiel 43 Koblenz 44 Köln 45 Konstanz 46 Krefeld 47 Leipzig 48 Limburg a. d. Lahn 49 Ludwigshafen 50 Lübeck 51 Lüneburg 52 Magdeburg 53 Mainz 54 Mannheim 55 München 56 Münster 57 Neubrandenburg 58 Nürnberg 59 Offenbach a. Main 60 Oldenburg

21 Düsseldorf 22 Duisburg 23 Emden 24 Erfurt 25 Essen 26 Flensburg 27 Frankfurt a. Main 28 Frankfurt (Oder) 29 Freiburg i. Br. 30 Fulda 31 Gera 32 Giessen 33 Hagen 34 Halle 35 Hamburg 36 Hanau 37 Hannover 38 Heidenheim 39 Heilbronn 40 Karlsruhe

61 Osnabrück 62 Passau 63 Pforzheim 64 Potsdam 65 Regensburg 66 Reutlingen 67 Rostock 68 Saarbrücken 69 Schwerin 70 Siegen 71 Stade 72 Stuttgart 73 Suhl 74 Trier 75 Ulm 76 Villingen-Schwenningen 77 Weingarten 78 Wiesbaden 79 Würzburg 80 Wuppertal

German VET benefits

• for companies

- influence on content and organization

- low recruitment costs

- skilled workers supply assured for trainees

- employment market related training

- salary

- social skills included for the state

- lower costs for vocational training

- lowest rate of unemployment in Europe

a perfect public-private-partnership

Facts and figures

• German economy spends approx. € 23 billion to gross per year on vocational training

• average costs of a trainee in the dual system a year: € 15.300

• approx. 500.000 companies providing training

• State spends approx. € 3 billion for vocational schools

• about 1,5 Mio. trainees altogether - over 60 % of school leavers

• in responsibility of the Chambers of Industry and Commerce:

– work approx. 336.000 vocational training instructors

– work over 160.000 professional experts in the examination boards on a honorary basis

IHK Organization

IHK – German Chambers of Industry and Commerce

Basis IHK-act of 1956

Status Self administration of companies in democratic structures with members assembly, board, president and CEO

Responsibility IHK-region

Companies in industry, trade and services

Members 3.6 m companies are IHK members by law paying an annual fee

Mandate Business promotion

Role of the IHKs in VET

IHKs assure the quality in VET … assess, certify and develop ability of companies to train can withdraw the companies training permission examine the instructors and control the examiners promote the training coordinate the training interests of companies develop the training contents and the training system in

cooperation with stakeholders, such as Ministries, Employers’ associations, Trade unions and others

organize and coordinate the public examinations issue of public certificate

Managed by the Chambers of Industry and Commerce

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Enterprises

State

Youngsters

Parents

Unions

Strike

Schools

Society

Chamber

How does it work?

• integration-power of the Chambers balances and binds different interests

• Chambers guarantee VET standards and quality by organizing and certifying VET

• crucial prerequisite is:

• assures Chambers independency

• allows the self-administration of our modern economy

• perfect example of a working public-private-partnership

compulsory membershipcompulsory membership

Conclusion

• German dual training is an excellent system for qualifying skilled workers

• it leads to a win-win-situation for companies, government and young people, altogether

• it is a very complex and balanced system

• it works only because of the compulsory membership of enterprises in Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Thank you very much!

Questions?

Contracts of apprenticeship 2011

Farming2%

Free Professions

8%

Handcraft28%

Industry and

Commerce62%

Quelle: BIBB