"Breaking down digital barriers and empowering women to meet the demands of everyday digital life"

State Secretary Hechler presents a grant of approximately €50,000 to BWHW for digital skills training for women with a migration background. Wiesbaden/Gießen | Supporting women with a migration background in using digital media safely and independently: This is the goal of the "Digital Basic Education for Women with a Migration Background" project by the Hessian Business Education Association (BWHW), for which...(...)

Youth cooks BO-plus 2026

Wiesbaden | Cooking together. Discovering together. Shaping the future together. Combining cooking, teamwork, and career orientation – that was the focus of "Youth Cooks" on September 2nd and 23rd, 2026, as part of BO-plus. Over two action-packed days, young people were able to plan, cook, and be creative together, while simultaneously gaining exciting insights into the world of training and work. It was about much more than just cooking...(...)

Successful retraining completions in summer 2026

Wetzlar | Successful summer at BWHW: A total of five trainees successfully completed their retraining programs in the summer of 2026. The graduates qualified in the professions of industrial clerk, office management clerk, and technical product designer. Throughout the entire retraining period, the trainees were supported by the training center...(...)

From Wiesbaden to Alsace: Gaining international experience through integrated business

Wiesbaden | Thu Trang Dinh, an apprentice baker from Backhaus Schröer in Wiesbaden, spent four weeks gaining practical experience at the renowned Patisserie Rebert in Wissembourg, France. There, the aspiring baker gained exciting insights into the confectionery trade and learned new pastry techniques. For Thu Trang Dinh, originally from Vietnam and completing her apprenticeship in Germany, this was...(...)

PUSCH is taking off – with strong topics and big plans!

Groß-Gerau | Arriving, getting started, and looking to the future: The new PUSCH class has begun – and the first few weeks have already shown that the students can expect a diverse school year with many new experiences, encounters, and shared adventures. Right at the start, the class welcomed the Consumer Advice Center. Under the theme "Starting Out in Life," the students explored...(...)

A summer festival in ViA – completely different than planned, but simply great!

Dillenburg | This year's summer festival for the ViA program was intended to be a barbecue in a relaxed setting, a chance to reminisce about the end of summer. When the day arrived, it quickly became clear that due to the ongoing drought, we couldn't light a fire. Plans were quickly changed – the sausages were moved to the BWHW kitchen, where the participants also prepared delicious salads. Especially...(...)

A day full of discoveries: experiencing sustainability in practice

Fulda/Rhön | Sustainability is about understanding why. The participants of the "Berufsorientierung plus" (Career Orientation Plus) program experienced this firsthand on Sustainability Day. A varied project day took the group from the Wasserkuppe mountain, through a jointly prepared lunch, to a swap shop and a visit to L14zwo. In the morning, they traveled by bus towards Hilders and the Wasserkuppe. In the Rhön Biosphere Reserve, the young people first received...(...)

10 years of “Economy Integrated” – a strong project

The "Economy Integrates" project celebrated its tenth anniversary with a festive event at the Justus Liebig House in Darmstadt. Representatives from politics, business, education, and administration, as well as current and former participants, looked back together on a decade of successful integration work. As a state initiative of the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport, Housing and Rural Areas...(...)

Sustainability to participate in: BWHW at the action day in the Wetzlar city library

Wetzlar | How can sustainability be achieved in everyday life? This question was the focus of the "Climate, Environment, Sustainability" action day, to which the city of Wetzlar invited the public to the city library. The event was very well received and attracted numerous visitors – especially families with children – to the library. The Hessian Business Education Association (BWHW) was also represented with its own stand and...(...)

UNDERGROUND!

Dillenburg | Participants in the SOUL Ü25 course, together with participants from the ViA coaching program, took advantage of an offer from KulturTicket Lahn-Dill e. V. This non-profit organization distributes donated tickets for cultural and sporting events to people with low incomes in the Lahn-Dill district, thus enabling them to participate in the region's cultural and sporting life. This offer is made possible by numerous...(...)