Folgende Leitlinien sollten das wirtschaftspolitische Handeln bestimmen

Improving career orientation in collaboration with general education schools and guiding young people towards targeted vocational training

For comparability and transparency regarding achievements and school qualifications of their applicants, companies are calling for mandatory educational standards, nationally agreed and implemented across Germany. Furthermore, there should be more initiatives to pique interest in STEM careers...

Strengthen and further improve dual training

The Federal Government as well as economic and social partners should ensure that demand-oriented professions continue to exist and are revised on a regular and quick basis. Entrepreneurship and professional self-employment topics should be embedded in selected training regulations. The IHKs...

Ensure High-Quality Examinations, Expand Re-Qualification

The dual education system must continue concluding with occupational-specific and nationwide standardized examinations to ensure meaningful results comparable for businesses across Germany. Legal hurdles for flexible deployment of voluntary examiners in the Vocational Training Act should be...

Promote European-wide and international mobility in vocational education and make it more accessible to SMEs

Foreign languages and intercultural skills are becoming increasingly important due to the internationalisation of many companies. Moreover, learning mobility makes a valuable contribution to the personal development of young people. Practical learning and work experience abroad, for example...

Preserving Diversity in Advanced Training, Intensify Counselling

Companies and individuals in Germany benefit from the variety of vocational advanced training offers. Be it the one-day seminar, advanced training programmes funded by employment agencies, or higher vocational training regulated by the Vocational Training Act with certifications issued by the...

Increasing Participation in Continuing Education

Continuing education should become even more commonplace in the future—for businesses, employees, and job seekers, including those with low qualifications, older individuals, or working mothers. To sustainably improve individual employment opportunities and ensure companies always have access...

Consider Corporate Needs and Requirements

The German Chamber of Commerce and Industry emphasizes the importance of addressing corporate and SME-specific needs in vocational training to ease workforce integration. Flexible, workplace-oriented programs should target skills such as basic mathematics, digital literacy, or industry-specific...

Strengthening the "Higher Vocational Education" brand

Higher vocational education should establish itself – also on a European level – as a viable alternative equivalent to university education. Legal foundations for national qualification frameworks would help raise awareness and strengthen their position.

Designing digital education spaces

The digital transformation must also succeed in education—in the interest of companies and future professionals. Creating the necessary basic infrastructure requires substantial public responsibility, such as harmonized data exchange standards, credentials, wallets, and statistics. Business...

Qualify academic professionals practically, secure employability

The integration of practical phases into studies and inclusion of practitioners in teaching should be emphasized. The German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) critically examines regulations related to internships. See the position paper: Praxisnahe Hochschulbildung für die Fachkräfte von...