The German as well as the international internet portal of iMOVE have undergone a comprehensive modernization process and are now accessible in a brand new design.
Over time it has become a lovely tradition. At the end of the year, Angela Merkel invites the German national skills team to Berlin. At the reception, the head of the government praised the WorldSkills participants as "excellent ambassadors for training in Germany".
SAP and UNICEF have announced a new global partnership. The aim of the partnership is to jointly develop training offers and to make these available to provide young people in disadvantaged regions with life skills and job skills. The goal is to prepare them for the jobs of the future and for active participation in the life of the community.
The new director of the Institute for Employment Research is fairly relaxed about the economic difficulties. Over the long term, says Bernd Fitzenberger, it's important that sufficient immigrants come to Germany.