On 2 June 2014, the team of UNESCO-UNEVOC was honoured to welcome Prof Maria Böhmer, German Minister of State in the Foreign Office, to the UNEVOC premises in Bonn, Germany. She was accompanied by Dr Brigit Ramscheid, Deputy Head of Office, Mr Andreas Meitzner, Ambassador, Deputy Director for Culture and Communication and Dr Thomas Prinz, Head of Division of Foreign Trade Promotion to its premises in Bonn, Germany. The delegation visited the Centre to get acquainted with the work of UNESCO-UNEVOC and define possible future lines of collaboration. The visit started with a welcoming speech by Mr Shyamal Majumdar, Head of UNESCO-UNEVOC, who thanked the delegation for visiting the Centre and expressed appreciation to the Federal Government of the Republic of Germany for its support to UNESCO-UNEVOC. In his address, he underlined the importance of establishing close cooperation with the Foreign Ministry to advance TVET agenda. Prof Maria Böhmer expressed her full support to UNESCO-UNEVOC for promoting TVET and skills development in the post-2015 agenda and urged to continue the close collaboration with BIBB in this regard.

The meeting was a good continuation for collaboration between UNESCO-UNEVOC and the Foreign Office.