Democratic competence as an employability skill

Civic and vocational and business educationalists have been calling for political and democratic education to be integrated into VET for decades. The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs also stresses that helping to shape the world of work and society by taking on economic, ecological and individual responsibility is a learning objective. Nevertheless, deficits in implementation still exist in many instances. The aim of this article is to determine the relationship between employability skills and democratic competence in conceptual terms. Two practical examples are used to illustrate political, vocational and didactic and methodological points of access for the learning venues. The final reflective summary draws conceptual and educational policy conclusions and states recommendations.