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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