Export of German vocational training services and products to India
iMOVE is an information and co-operation platform at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) set up by the Federal Ministry of Education. It supports and assists German providers of initial and continuing vocational education and training in their international activities and is committed to the fair recruitment of skilled labour from third countries.
On behalf of iMOVE, sequa operates a contact centre in India that markets "Training - Made in Germany" locally and acts as a contact point with a comprehensive network of actors to facilitate German-Indian cooperation in vocational education and training. iMOVE India thus helps to bring together the supply of and demand for German vocational education and training services on the Indian market.
The export of vocational education and training supported by iMOVE helps to modernise the Indian vocational education and training sector through projects run by private German providers, making the training on offer more practical and thus aligning it with the needs of the economy.
iMOVE also maintains a contact point in China.
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Since 2017, migration and mobility of skilled Indian workers to Germany have become a major area of collaboration between Indian and German TVET institutions. iMOVE has received numerous requests from Indian institutions and recruitment agencies to help mobilize young Indians by aligning their qualifications with German industry standards through bridge courses, language training, and placement support.
From 2019 onwards, iMOVE provided migration consultations to over 70 organizations across health care, hospitality, mechatronics, logistics, and construction sectors. Partners included Tech Mahindra Foundation/ New Delhi, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) / New Delhi, Sri Ramaswamy Memorial (SRM) University / Kattankulathur, Deutsche Bahn / Frankfurt, Hapag Lloyd / Hamburg, and other recruitment and training agencies, reflecting the growing scale of collaboration.
iMOVE also facilitated study visits for Indian organizations such as NSDC International, and Skill for Progress (SKIP, a consortium of 220 Member TVET Institutions in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka), and organized among others roundtables in 2025 to connect recruitment agencies and language institutions. A key outcome was NSDC International signing multiple MoUs with German health care agencies, including SM Care Solutions GmbH/ Konstanz, to mobilize 3,500 health workers. SKIP consortium members also secured placements for 15 train and 10 truck drivers in Germany.
Overall, iMOVE has played a central role in building India-Germany mobility pathways. Strengthening language proficiency, employer accountability, and post-migration support will be key to sustaining this growing partnership.
