Peter Thiele

Peter Thiele is Deputy Director for VET policy at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). He represents Germany in several international, European and national VET strategy and programme committees, and heads the BMBF Division for Vocational Continuing Training Policy, covering basic policy issues, skills strategy, innovation, and digitalisation in VET and several innovation programmes. He was responsible for VET policy in Apprenticeship and initial VET in the dual system for many years. He also headed the division for European cooperation in Education and Training in the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Mr Thiele has extensive experience in national and international cooperation in VET. His responsibilities cover policy strategies like the National Skills Strategy and the Alliance for VET in Germany and their respective decision making and advisory bodies. He is also a qualified lawyer specializing in public law.