Report on the 3/2015 board meeting on 16 December 2015 in Bonn

The integration of refugees in vocational education and training has been a main topic of board discussions. Chaired by Elke Hannack, the board also adopted four recommendations. In addition to a recommendation regarding the suitability of training centres, there was also a recommendation to place grades of full-time school-based training courses on an equal footing, a recommendation for a model certificate for advanced vocational education and training qualifications and a recommendation for a training qualification for people with disabilities in accordance with Section 66 of the Vocational Education and Training Act (BBiG) and the 42 of the Crafts and Trades Regulation Code (HwO) Specialist Practitioners in Industrial Mechanics. A further key topic covered at the meeting was the current situation regarding training places.