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BACKGROUND<br />
training and experience represent a valuable<br />
competitive advantage.<br />
This is also the view of Hubert Gugel, responsible<br />
for training at Carl Zeiss AG in<br />
Oberkochen. His company regularly sends<br />
trainees to the Netherlands as part of a bilateral<br />
exchange programme. ‘We are an international<br />
company, so international awareness needs to<br />
start at the training stage. We learn from the<br />
Dutch and they learn from us,’ is his bottom<br />
line.<br />
Open markets, open borders and international<br />
networks now make it ever easier for<br />
companies to explore opportunities for training<br />
and education in countries both near and<br />
far. For those with an open mind, experience<br />
abroad can be an opportunity to learn from<br />
and with others, to further one’s personal development<br />
and expand one’s professional<br />
knowledge. ‘Our country alone has common<br />
borders with nine European neighbours<br />
and five different language areas, so<br />
work experience abroad really<br />
should be a normal part of ca-<br />
reer development,’ says Kuni Richter, former<br />
head of <strong>GIZ</strong>’s Division for International Mobility<br />
in Vocational Education and Training.<br />
IBS is committed to pursuing this goal in<br />
the years ahead and will continue to encourage<br />
school students, trainees, university students<br />
and young professionals to explore new horizons<br />
abroad.<br />
> CONTACT<br />
Jolanthe marx > jolanthe.marx @giz.de<br />
www.da-sein-ist-anders.de<br />
> THE IBS INfORMATION AND<br />
ADvISORY C<strong>EN</strong>TRE<br />
established in 1987, the IBS operates<br />
on behalf of the german Federal ministry<br />
of education and research (BmBF).<br />
It is one of the biggest providers of information<br />
on all matters relating to vocational<br />
training abroad and a mediator<br />
between all the major exchange organisations.<br />
over one million prospective applicants<br />
have used the services of the<br />
IBS, with over half of all requests coming<br />
from young professionals and a further<br />
third from students. Trainees account<br />
for one tenth of all requests.<br />
europe and North America are the most<br />
popular destinations, closely followed by<br />
Asia, Australia and New Zealand.<br />
www.giz.de/ibs<br />
44 akzente 04/2011
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