QUALIFICATION PROGRAMME
BINA – BILDUNG UND NACHQUALIFIZIERUNG (BINA – EDUCATION AND RETURN-TO-LEARN QUALIFICATION)
In Germany, people entering the job market have usually acquired an academic qualification or completed a vocational apprenticeship. Yet one in every ten employees in Hesse has not been formally trained, even though studies show that those with professional qualifications are more likely to remain actively employed. People who have never done an apprenticeship often work in precarious working conditions and are at greater risk of unemployment. This is what the BiNa programme seeks to change.
For whom?
Members of the workforce aged 18 and over who haven’t done an apprenticeship
Aim
Getting a vocational qualification as a mature student
Duration
Varies
Location
Rhine-Main region
A holistic approach to support
BiNa – Bildung und Nachqualifizierung supports unskilled and semi-skilled employees in acquiring a vocational qualification that is recognised by the state. The programme involves financially supporting a return-to-learn qualification scheme that leads to a vocational qualification as well as giving advice and accompanying the participants through their training.
Your path to a vocational qualification: It’s still possible!
Completing a vocational qualification means a great deal of security. BiNa works with you to develop an individual plan for your qualification and then offers support while you implement it!
BINA IN NUMBERS
Over 4 million
people without vocational qualifications
84 percent
successful first time around
60
places
8+X
vocational sectors
‘BiNa supports me step by step. I’m getting ever closer to my professional goal of becoming an office administrator.’
‘BiNa supports me step by step. I’m getting ever closer to my professional goal of becoming an office administrator.’
‘I wanted to take on more responsibility as a machine and plant operator. That wouldn’t be possible without a vocational qualification. Thanks to BiNa I was able to acquire one as a mature student and progress in my career – now I’m the shift supervisor.’
‘I’ve been working as an untrained cook for many years. BiNa has given me the opportunity to return to education and achieve my vocational qualification, which puts me in a good place for the future.’
PARTNERS
BiNa – Bildung und Nachqualifizierung is a project run by the Walter-Kolb-Stiftung, and initiated by the Crespo Foundation. We have been funding BiNa since 2022.
