Stefan Martin Riesel

Finally now the German government wants to facilitate recognition of foreign diplomas


Now after I have achieved the recognition of my degree, as I already wrote in the post:

Finally, the recognition of my degree here in Germany.

Today came the news on Deutsche Welle that a year from now will be much easier to be recognized.

Below the reporagem kibada here.

German Minister of Education and Research, Annette Schavan, announced government's plan to facilitate the recognition of foreign diplomas, highlighting the economic importance of the project.

According to the German Minister of Education and Research, Annette Schavan, the professional qualifications of about 2.87 million people residing in Germany were obtained abroad. Of these, about 500 000 will benefit from the new project of the German government, which seeks to improve the process of recognition of foreign degrees and diplomas.

The new 13-point plan for assimilation of foreign degrees and diplomas corresponding levels in Germany was presented by Minister Schavan, along with the charge of the German government to issues of integration, Maria Böhmer, on Wednesday (09/12) in Berlin.

"We have huge problems finding skilled workers in the next 10 years," Schavan said, "unless our economy suffered a stagnation in the next decade - which nobody expects to happen." Everything we do is aimed at further growth, and therefore is more than time to take such steps, "he said.

Single process

The main measure of the new plan is the creation of a unique process of recognition - an agency in which citizens trained abroad may ask for an evaluation and recognition of its securities, taking also into account the accumulated experience. Currently, the disparity between standards of evaluation of the different German states further complicate this process.

Schavan wants the new rules took effect from 1 January 2011. The new bill approved by the cabinet of the German government this week was part of the treaty's governing coalition between conservatives and liberals.

The new rule provides that each foreigner is entitled to evaluate your qualifications for a maximum of six months. After this period, he should be informed if your diploma will be recognized in whole or in part in Germany.

Emergency economic

According to Maria Böhmer, the planned legislation fits mainly to foreigners who live no more than ten years ago in Germany. The responsible government said the bill signals a new culture of recognition of potential migrants.

The Germans also profit, added Böhmer, because they can absorb more people with professional qualifications. The Minister Schavan, in turn, considers it an economic necessity, given the increasing demand for qualified personnel and to the demographic development.

With caution, immigrant organizations welcomed the government's project. Hilmi Turan Kaya, a member of the Immigrant Council of Berlin and Brandenburg, considers it an answer to a longstanding concern.

But this is only a declaration of intent to be evaluated in this parliamentary period. Anyway, Turan welcomes the German government is finally taking steps to solve a problem that, among other things, led to the existence of a large number of taxi drivers overqualified.

Author: Ben Knight / Carlos Albuquerque

Review: Simone Lopes

Best ride in an ambulance in Munich than in Curitiba


This sure is never good to travel by ambulance, but today I could see the difference in a structure to another.
I remember when I hit the bike in Curitiba, I was half hours lying on the asphalt with the bent leg in mid-thigh (broken femur). SIAT In the ambulance I was walking around the cabin and the back door because the litter will not crash. Cajuru the hospital after a first analysis where the doctor concluded that I would have to be operated a few hours I was on a stretcher in the middle of a crowded hallway.
Today to take advantage of this short summer I hiked in the woods bikes with the family. In the middle of the ride passed out and fainted for a few minutes. When I woke up my wife was talking on the phone with the emergency, the ambulance took about 5 minutes to meet us in the woods, just as long as they have by LEI. In the ambulance did an EKG and some more tests. At the hospital there is not to compare the hospitals here has a very superior both in quantity and in the amount of personnel and modern equipment.
I did some more tests and did not return home because I asked but would have been more up tomorrow to repeat the tests, and this because of a low pressure.

Mother's Day


We still have a lot to see in Munich and close to home, so we went yesterday (mothers) to visit a lake (See Eggelburger) close to home (6 km) on a 9 km walk up Ebersberg, where we caught the Metro and went home.
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Trips closer to home