Acronyms and abbreviations

AEB

Adult education budget

AI

Artificial intelligence

ALMPs

Active labour market policies

BA

Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit)

BAMF

Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge)

BBB

Berlin guidance on education and profession network (Berliner Beratung zu Bildung und Beruf)

BDA

Confederation of German Employers' Associations (Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände)

BiZeitG

Berlin educational leave law (Berliner Bildungszeitgesetz)

BMAS

German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales)

BMBF

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)

CET

Continuing education and training

DCMS

UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

DIE

German Institute for Adult Education (Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung)

ERDF

European Regional Development Fund

ESCO

European skills, competences, qualifications and occupations taxonomy

ESF

European Social Fund

EU-LFS

European Labour Force Survey

GBZ

Centre for Basic Education (Grund-Bildungs-Zentrum)

GDP

Gross domestic product

GLA

Greater London Authority

GOTJ

Guided on-the-job training

IAB

Institute for Employment Research (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung)

ICT

Information and communication technology

IHK

Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Industrie- und Handelskammer)

ISCED

International standard classification of education

ISCO

International standard classification of occupations

ISIC

Industrial classification of all economic activities

IVET

Initial vocational education and training

LBBiE

Lifelong vocational guidance for adults in employment (Lebensbegleitende Berufsberatung im Erwerbsleben).

LDSP

Lancashire Digital Skills Partnership

LEP

Lancashire Enterprise Partnership’s skills and employment hub

LPBB

Berlin Agency for Civic Education (Landeszentrale für Politische Bildung Berlin)

MoBiBe

Mobile guidance on education and employment for refugees (Mobile Beratung zu Bildung und Beruf für geflüchtete Menschen)

NACE

Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community

NEET

Youth not in employment, education, or training

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

NSW

Non-standard work

NUTS

Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics

NWS

National skills strategy (Nationale Weiterbildungsstrategie)

O*NET

Occupational information network

PES

Public employment services

PIAAC

Programme for the international assessment of adult competencies

SBS

Structural business statistics

SenBJF

Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family (Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Familie)

SenGPG

Senate Department for Health, Care and Equality (Senatsverwaltung für Gesundheit, Pflege und Gleichstellung)

SenIAS

Senate Department for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs (Senatsverwaltung für Integration, Arbeit und Soziales)

SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises

VHS

Adult education centres (Volkshochschulen)

WDB

CET database Berlin (Berliner Weiterbildungsdatenbank)