National award
The National Best Honor is an annual event of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry , at which the best nationwide graduates of dual training in industry, trade and services are awarded cups and certificates. A total of around 1,000 guests take part - in addition to the award winners, parents and relatives, representatives from training companies and vocational schools , members of the Bundestag as well as presidents and chief executives of the chambers of industry and commerce .
Origin and background
The event took place for the first time on December 11, 2006 in Hangar 2 of the former Tempelhof Airport in Berlin . The laudation was given by Chancellor Angela Merkel , who emphasized the importance of dual training with the words: "Training is a trademark of the Federal Republic of Germany". With the event, the DIHK wants to underline the importance of dual training and the outstanding performance of trainees and training companies.
Laudators
- 2006: Chancellor Angela Merkel
- 2007: Annette Schavan , Federal Minister for Education and Research , German politician ( CDU )
- 2008: Olaf Scholz , at that time Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs , German SPD politician
- 2009: Horst Köhler , the ninth Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2010: Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen , Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs and German CDU politician
- 2011: Philipp Rösler , Federal Minister for Economics and Technology , Federal Chairman of the FDP and German Vice Chancellor .
- 2012: Kristina Schröder , Federal Minister for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth and German CDU politician
- 2013: Günther Oettinger , EU Commissioner for Energy and German CDU politician
- 2014: Sigmar Gabriel , Deputy Chancellor , Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy in the Merkel III cabinet and German SPD politician
- 2015: Heiko Maas , Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection and German politician of the SPD
- 2016: Manuela Schwesig , Federal Minister for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth and German SPD politician
- 2017: Günther Oettinger , EU Commissioner for Budget and Personnel and German CDU politician
- 2018: Frank-Walter Steinmeier , twelfth Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2019: Anja Karliczek , Federal Minister for Education and Research
Selection process
Every year more than 300,000 trainees take their final exams at a chamber of industry and commerce . From these graduates, the best nationwide is determined for each IHK training occupation. The overall grade achieved in the final examination is decisive. Around 200 to 230 participants are selected each year. Trainees regularly achieve the maximum number of 100 points.
Venue
From 2007 to 2009 the event took place in the Berlin Palais at the radio tower on the exhibition grounds in Berlin . In 2010 she moved to the more centrally located Maritim Hotel Berlin. Since 2011, the award ceremony has also been broadcast as a live stream and is available on the DIHK website. The German TV presenter and actress Barbara Schöneberger has been moderating the film since 2006 . In 2016, Ruth Moschner took over the moderation as an exception .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Event information from Feldhaus-Verlag regarding the best honors , accessed on July 14, 2011.
- ↑ Press and Information Office of the Federal Government: 212 “Super Trainees” awarded ( memento from December 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on regierung-online.de from December 14, 2006, accessed on July 14, 2011.
- ↑ a b Germany's top trainees in 2010 ceremoniously honored . DIHK. Archived from the original on March 23, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
- ↑ Press release of the IHK Gera: National best honors in IHK professions ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the IHK Ostthüringen zu Gera from December 13, 2007, accessed on July 14, 2011.
- ↑ Event Note on the BiBB Examiner Portal December 15, 2009 , accessed on July 14, 2011th
- ↑ Event Note on the BiBB Examiner Portal December 7, 2009 , accessed on July 14, 2011th
- ↑ Event Note on the BiBB Examiner Portal of 13 December 2010 , accessed on July 14, 2011th
- ↑ DIHK: 6th National Best Honor on foraus.de ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 24, 2011.
- ↑ LifePR: National Best Honor: Germany Top Apprentices 2008 Solemnly Honored ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on lifepr.de from December 15, 2008, accessed on July 14, 2011.
- ↑ [1] , DIHK website.
Web links
- National award. Retrieved December 14, 2014 .