Human Resources committee  Thank you very much. It was our pleasure to talk to you today. We would very much like to see the study when it is concluded, and what effects it will have. We would be very happy to be kept in the loop because we would like to learn from you as well. Thank you.

Human Resources committee  It has not really been a problem for us. A lot of the problems solve themselves, really. For example, the variety of different languages in Europe leads to a situation in which only people with a certain qualification and with a high degree of interest really go into other coun

Human Resources committee  We have to say quite clearly that we're talking about the end of the training, the qualification that they have after undergoing training to guarantee that this qualification is the same on a Europe-wide level. If I understood you correctly, you were asking about the qualificatio

Human Resources committee  It's very hard to do in reality. What is more likely going to happen is somebody will first of all do vocational training, work in a company, and then afterwards go to university to add on studies. It doesn't happen at the same time.

Human Resources committee  A Spanish school leaving degree gives you the right to start training in Germany. The Spanish schools are just as good as the German schools.

Human Resources committee  That would be the chambers of commerce and industry, the organizations that the individual companies are organized in within their industry, the industry associations and the chambers of commerce and industry.

Human Resources committee  No, it's not a task that the government has to fulfill. You would have to ask the industry organizations for that. I think we do have a German-Canadian chamber of industry and commerce, and they would be able to help you with that kind of information. That's the way to go: approa

Human Resources committee  We do not have the latest numbers available. We can't give you a concrete answer. I'm sure we do have a certain number of dropouts, which then is represented in the unemployment rate. We'll have to send you those numbers in a few days' time because the recent numbers just came

Human Resources committee  Yes, we have a similar problem in Germany. We know it very well. It's sort of a labour market, and it depends on supply and demand. Right now we have a situation in which many spots are not being filled especially in small companies. The majority of companies in Germany are also

Human Resources committee  I would like to add that Germany is part of Europe. Right now efforts are being made to bring in young people from other countries in Europe to Germany, to interest them in an apprenticeship in Germany. A certain number of young people from Spain do not have many prospects in the

Human Resources committee  Maybe I can give you a comparison to academic education. It used to be a fact that in the past there were fewer female students, but right now more than 50% of the students in the universities in Germany are female, and the same also goes for vocational training. It's a natural

Human Resources committee  The financial side is not much of a problem. As Ms. Verfürth already said, apprentices earn money right from the start. They are paid like regular workers. They get less money, of course. It's a modest wage. You can typically not live on it 100%. But a typical situation is that t

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  I don't think we can give you a serious answer to that question. It happens by itself. We don't really do anything. We don't interfere or guide it.

Human Resources committee  Well, that is quite a problem actually. In the past decades, the separation between an academic education and a non-academic education started really early, probably too early. That is why we have to do quite a bit these days to make sure that both tracks are more permeable, so t