Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training

The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) is recognised as a centre of excellence for vocational research and for the progressive development of VET in Germany.

BIBB works to identify future challenges in VET, stimulate innovation in national and international vocational systems and develop new, practice-oriented solutions for VET and CVET.

BIBB was founded in 1970 on the basis of the Vocational Training Act (Berufsbildungsgesetz, BBiG) as a federal government institution for policy, research and practice VET.

BIBB works jointly with VET experts on the drafting of new training regulation.