1. Home
  2. Institute
  3. Projects
  4. Kompetenzzentrum Fachkräftesicherung

Kompetenzzentrum Fachkräftesicherung

The Research Unit on Securing Skilled Labour helps small and medium-sized enterprises to meet their demand for skilled labour. 

Content element with id 5992
Content element with id 1269

The project is sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and jointly realised by the German Economic Institute (IW).

On the website SMEs can find information about the development of the German economy’s need for skilled workers and the currently available possibilities for recruiting skilled labour. There are already skills shortages in many occupations requiring a university degree, and workers with vocational qualifications are also in increasingly short supply. Demographic change will make the competition for well-qualified workers even fiercer. The Research Unit on Securing Skilled Labour alerts small and medium-sized companies to this danger and outlines the action they need to take. The project aims to motivate companies to tackle the challenge of securing skilled staff by adopting the appropriate long-term HR policies. The Research Unit’s website presents tried and tested instruments and strategies with which firms can find, bind and train skilled workers. The information has been specially prepared for SMEs and the project’s staff also attend events for this target group to provide information and answer questions.

To the website of the Kompetenzzentrums Fachkräftesicherung

Content element with id 1270
View profile
Dirk Werner

Dirk Werner

Head of Vocational Education and Training Research Unit

Tel: +49 221 4981-712 Dirk Werner @DKW_follow
View profile
Regina Flake

Dr. Regina Flake

Senior Economist for Education and Training, Skilled Manpower Assurance and International Vocational Training Research and Team Leader KOFA

Tel: +49 221 4981-840
View profile
Melanie Behrendt

Melanie Behrendt

Team Leader Human Resources and Communication at the Kompetenzzentrum Fachkräftesicherung and Network Q 4.0

Tel: +49 221 4981-702
View profile
Annette Dietz

Annette Dietz

Senior Consultant for Human Resources Work

Tel: +49 221 4981-796
View profile
Anika Jansen

Dr. Anika Jansen

Economist für Fachkräftesicherung

Tel: +49 221 4981-681
Felicitas Kleinoth

Felicitas Kleinoth

Project Manager for Digital and Print in the Competence Centre for Securing Skilled Workers

Tel: +49 221 4981-861
View profile
Sabine Köhne-Finster

Sabine Köhne-Finster

Team Leader at the Competence Center for Skilled Workforce Assurance (KOFA)

Tel: +49 221 4981-862 Sabine Köhne-Finster
View profile
Judith Lehr

Judith Lehr

Consultant for personnel issues at the Competence Center for Skilled Workforce Development

Tel: +49 221 4981-855
View profile
Lydia Malin

Dr. Lydia Malin

Researcher for Supply of skill needs

Tel: +49 221 4981-850 Lydia Malin
View profile
Sarah Pierenkemper

Sarah Pierenkemper

Senior Economist for Supply of skill needs

Tel: +49 221 4981-884 Sarah Pierenkemper
View profile
Anna Schopen

Anna Schopen

Researcher for Supply of skill needs

Tel: +49 221 4981-832
View profile
Miriam Schöpp

Miriam Schöpp

Researcher for the Project Kompetenzzentrum Fachkräftesicherung (KOFA)

Tel: +49 221 4981-545
View profile
Fabian Semsarha

Fabian Semsarha

Consultant for skilled labor and personnel issues at the Center of Competence for Skilled Labor (KOFA)

Tel: +49 30 27877-137 Fabian Semsarha
View profile
Sibylle Stippler

Sibylle Stippler

Head of Vocational Education and Training Research Unit

Tel: +49 221 4981‑865 Sibylle Stippler @SibylleStippler
View profile
Jurek Tiedemann

Jurek Tiedemann

Economist in the Competence Center for Securing Skilled Labor (KOFA) project

Tel: +49 221 4981-419
Content element with id 8880 Content element with id 9713