Last update date 22 August 2024
They are shaping structural change in Germany's lignite regions: In mid-June 2024, three VET clusters started work in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg.
The gradual phase-out of coal-fired power generation in Germany is due to be completed by 2038. How are you tackling the huge challenges involved?
One answer is to create career prospects for young people locally. The basis for this is future-oriented vocational training. With the VET clusters funding programme in the lignite regions, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is showing what modern vocational training can look like. It is supporting sector-specific associations of companies and other players in vocational education and training to modernise and jointly promote their training provision.
The Zukunftsmacher aim to modernise training in occupations in the metal and electrical industries and in the construction sector that are particularly relevant to structural change. In particular, new training approaches using artificial intelligence, virtual reality and gamification are to be strengthened.
TAB_MINT aims to promote and increase the attractiveness of vocational training in the three fields of mechatronics - mechanics, information technology and electrical engineering - in a way that is tailored to the target group and thus addresses occupations that play a key role in the future-oriented fields of technology.
Lausitz-Cares responds to the increasing demand for care of elderly people in their own homes: The cluster integrates the use of technical assistance systems and telemedicine applications into the training of care professionals. Nursing staff become multipliers and can support older people in the use of digital services.
VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH as the project management agency supports the VET clusters through networking opportunities, conferences, public relations, scientific support as well as qualification and further training offerscarried out by the German Economic Institute in Cologne.