On 25 April 2014, interns of UNESCO-UNEVOC welcomed four interns from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to the UNESCO-UNEVOC premises. The visitors are currently undertaking an internship in the field of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) at the GIZ in Bonn and Eschborn, Germany. They visited the Centre to learn more about its work in general, the cooperation with GIZ and the Centre’s role as a clearinghouse for TVET. The visit started with a short introduction of all participants, which was followed by a presentation held by the UNESCO-UNEVOC interns. The presentation focused on UNESCO-UNEVOC’s mission, the UNEVOC Network and the online resources. The GIZ interns were especially interested in how the UNEVOC Network works and in the reports of the World TVET Database, a feature they found very useful.

After the presentation, the visitors had the opportunity to ask question about the organization and internship prospects.

In return, on 28 April 2014, the interns of UNESCO-UNEVOC paid the GIZ office a visit in Bonn and were warmly welcomed by Mr. Stefan Hummelsheim from the GIZ premises in Bonn who, together with the two interns, held a presentation on the GIZ’s working fields as well as some GIZ TVET key indicators worldwide, which included number of TVET students, teachers, graduates finding a job, etc.. After the presentation, the interns discussed the global partnerships as well as the role of Germany as a major donor in TVET.