1. The Skilled Crafts Sector FICCI Global Skills Summit 2011 Heike Hoeher-Crohn Frankfurt Rhein Main Chamber of Skilled Crafts

2. 8. The Skilled Crafts Sector

4. Organisation of the German Skilled Crafts Some facts and statistics* on the skilled craft sector 962.000 skilled crafts enterprises  27 % of all German businesses 4.8 million employees in the skilled crafts sector  12 % of the total labour force 491 billion EURO (incl. VAT) turn-over  8 % of total gross value added 483.000 apprentices  30 % of all apprentices  74 % of all skilled crafts businesses have less then 10 employees *according to ZDH published data

6. The German Confederation of Skilled Crafts German Confederation of Chambers of Skilled Crafts Federal Level Association of Skilled Crafts Confederations Economic Institutions and other Stakeholders 15 Regional Chamber Associations 54 Chamber of Skilled Crafts 300 Local Councils of Skilled Crafts 14 Federal State Skilled Crafts Representations Federal State Level District Level Local Level 5462 Guilds of Skilled Crafts 962.000 Businesses (all Annexes) with ca. 4,8 Mio. Employees 36 National Skilled Crafts Confederations 14 Regional Confederations of Federal State Guilds Associations 245 Federal State Guilds Associations Membership Surveillance of Legal Aspects

7. 9. Frankfurt Rhein-Main Chamber of Skilled Crafts

8. Frankfurt Rhein-Main Chamber of Skilled Crafts: Frankfurt Technical-Training-Centre Frankfurt Technical-Training-Centre Weiterstadt

11. Frankfurt Rhein-Main Chamber of Skilled Crafts

12. Handwerkskammer Rhein-Main Chamber of Skilled Crafts Rhine-Main 30.000 Members/Enterprises 165.000 Employees 11.000 Apprentices 150 Guilds of Skilled crafts Annual Turnover: 12,10 Billion EURO / 720 Billion Rupees 8 Local Councils of Skilled Crafts

13. Structure of the self-governing chamber: 30,000 COMPANIES in the Rhein-Main region 22 employees 44 employers GENERAL ASSEMBLY: 66 members BOARD President (entrepreneur) VP VP 15 members Director 200 staff Vocational Training committee Further Committees elect every 5 years elect every 5 years elect elect daily business administration of the chamber More information in english (download): http://www.hwk-rhein-main.de/de/6/uber-uns.html

15. International Projects of the Chamber of Skilled Crafts Rhine-Main Ethiopia Italy Vietnam Morrocco Turkey