Annual surveys among CVET providers

In 2019, the survey focused on digitalisation. The wbmonitor was interested in the use of digital technology and media by CVET providers, with a particular focus on the teaching-learning process and the digital skills of teachers. BIBB and DIE also collected information on the CVET courses offered by these institutions to help shape and manage the digital transformation of the economy and society.

With the thematic focus 2020, wbmonitor examined the consequences of the pandemic from the first lockdown until the summer of 2020. The effects of the Corona pandemic have far-reaching consequences for the continuing education and training sector. Accordingly, in the wbmonitor survey conducted by BIBB and DIE in the summer of 2020, continuing education and training providers assessed their economic situation as significantly worse than in the previous year.

In 2021, wbmonitor focused on digital continuing education offers against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, which acted as an accelerator of change. Wbmonitor poses the question as to whether providers are planning a sustainable change in the ratio of face-to-face, blended learning, compared to purely online offerings, and how the conversion to digital formats will take place during the COVID-19 pandemic for different types of events. The Investment in digital infrastructure and its financing are also addressed.

Publication of the 2022 report. The report is based on data of 2021 and focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on CVET.

Against the backdrop of the accelerated digitalisation caused by the pandemic, the 2022 wbmonitor survey focused on the 'Changing continuing education market' and examined questions about the market situation of CVET providers as well as related strategies and innovations. The key findings are summarised in the BIBB Datenreport 2023 (Chapter B2.1, p 321-339).

The focus of the wbmonitor 2023 survey was on the one hand on the current economic challenges facing further education providers, some of which were related to the energy crisis. On the other hand, it looked at continuing education programmes in the context of the ecological transformation of the economy and society. In addition, wbmonitor was interested in the providers' own sustainability measures.

As every year, the economic climate in the continuing education sector and basic structural data on providers were also surveyed. The results are based on the weighted and extrapolated data from 1 172 organisations.

The key findings of the wbmonitor 2023 survey and of the survey on economic climate in the CVET sector are summarised in the BIBB Datenreport 2024 (Chapter B2.1, p 321-335).