Career Guidance for Low‑Qualified Workers in Germany

Acronyms and abbreviations

 

General acronyms and abbreviations
AES	Adult Education Survey
AI	Artificial Intelligence
CET	Continuing education and training
COVID‑19	Coronavirus disease 2019
BA	Federal Employment Agency
BAföG	Federal Training Assistance Act
BAMF	Federal Agency for Migration and Refugees
BBB	Educational Counselling and Career Guidance in Berlin
BBE	NRW’s Guidance for Career Development
BIBB	Federal Institute for Vocational Education
BMAS	Federal Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs
BMBF	Federal Ministry of Education and Research
BMWi	Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy
DGB	German Trade Union Federation
DIE	German Institute for Adult Education
DIW	German Institute for Economic Research
ERDF	European Regional Development Fund
ESF	European Social Fund
EU	European Union
EUR	Euro
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
IAB	German Institute for Employment Research
IHK	Chamber of Commerce and Industry
ILO	International Labour Organization
ISCED	International Standard Classification of Education
ISCO	International Standard Classification of Occupations
LBB	Lifelong Vocational Guidance
LBBiE	Lifelong Vocational Guidance in employment
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development
NWS	National Skills Strategy
MAGS	Ministry of Employment, Health and Social Affairs of the State of NRW
MKW	Ministry of Culture and Sience of the State of NRW
MoBiBe	Mobile counselling on education and careers for refugees in Berlin
MWAE	Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Energy of the State of Brandenburg
PES	Public Employment Services
PIAAC	Survey of Adult Skills
QCG	Skills Development Opportunities Act
SenIAS	Senate Department for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs of Berlin
SGB	Social Security Code
SMEs	Small and medium enterprises
VET	Vocational Education and Training
VHS	Adult Education Centres

Acronyms of the German federal states
BW	Baden-Württemberg
BY	Bavaria
BE	Berlin
BB	Brandenburg
HB	Bremen
HH	Hamburg
HE	Hesse
NI	Lower Saxony
MV	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
NW	North Rhine‑Westphalia
RP	Rhineland-Palatinate
SL	Saarland
SN	Saxony
ST	Saxony-Anhalt
SH	Schleswig-Holstein
TH	Thuringia