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As part of the Orienta4VET project, Vivian Harberts and Myrthe Reinsberg from the Institute of Technology and Education conducted a professional event to promote career orientation at the EuropaPunkt Bremen on October 23, 2024. The current results for strengthening vocational education and reducing training dropouts were presented, along with the project's interactive products.
As part of the FLAME project, Dr. Claudia Fenzl, Nils Weinowski and Lisa Meyne from the Institute of Technology and Education visited the Stellingen Fire and Rescue Station (F15) in May and June to get to know the day-to-day work as well as the structures and processes involved in emergency operations.
On 16th and 17th September 2024, the second SKILLS4JUSTICE project meeting took place in Bremen, Germany, at the Institute Technology and Education. At times, 35 members from a total of 11 partner countries took part in the hybrid meeting format.
This year's European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) took place from 27-30 August in Nicosia, Cyprus.
From July 22 to 27, 2024, the DEVISE4KE consortium convened in Homa Bay, Kenya, for a transnational partners meeting, coordinated by Vivian Harberts from the Institute of Technology and Education. This meeting primarily focused on the completion of the third work package, which centers on the implementation of photovoltaic installations in Vocational Education and Training (VET) schools.
As part of the AI conference of the National Agency at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (NABIBB) and the Bavarian Adult Education Association on the topic of "Understanding and shaping AI: European perspectives and concrete fields of application for adult education", Lisa Meyne, Dr. Ludger Deitmer and Frieda Klaus presented the Erasmus+ project AI Pioneers on the 2nd of July 2024 and held two workshops as part of the online event.
In late June, the first joint meeting for our new NaLoGO project (“Sustainability in logistics using the example of the design and organization of supply chains and e-mobility”) took place with our partners ma-co maritimes competenzcentrum GmbH and C. Steinweg (Süd-West Terminal) GmbH & Co. KG.
On 19 June 2024, the final conference of the project "SMALO - Smart Learning in Logistics" took place at the BLG Logistics Centre C3 Bremen, Germany. SMALO was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research over a period of three years.
The DIA-CVET project was the only example of good practice in the "Partnerschaften in der Berufsbildung" funding programme to be included in the NA's Annual Report 22/23 at BIBB.
"Leando Live", the annual event organized by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), kicked off on 18.06.2024 with the question "How can we empower trainers?". Eight arenas spread across the EUREF Campus in Berlin offered space for a lively exchange on topics relevant to training such as using artificial intelligence, promoting media skills and shaping cooperation between learning venues.
For the first time the Institute Technology and Education participated in the NORDYRK (Nordic research network on vocational education and training) conference with the theme "Evolving VET: Navigating traditions and transformation" at the University of Iceland on 02-05 June 2024.
During a visit by the Ethiopian Ambassador Fekadu Beyene Ayana and the Honorary Consul of Ethiopia to the University of Bremen, a joint project initiative between ITB, the Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences and the Federal Technical & Vocational Training Institute in Addis Ababa was presented.
