Qualifizierungsinitiative Oberflächentechnik: Angebot,Bedarf, Netzwerke

The current project “Knowledge Transfer Surface Technology”, which is realised on behalf of the German federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) by the VDI Technology Center Duesseldorf, aims at the overcoming of innovation barriers non‐technical kind within the range of modern surface technology in particular with (small and medium‐sized) enterprises. Part of the project is a qualification initiative on surface technology. It concerns first to make the specialized educational offers more accessible, to determine the qualification need as well as conceive qualification networks and give appropriate suggestions. Results are transported and spread to interested persons by conferences, over an InterNet portal as well as by means of intensive public relations and a series of publications on knowledge transfer surface technology. In the sense of strategic alliances, numerous partners and institutes with relevant authority are included into the activities, assigned partial analyses as well as obtained for specialized meetings.