First exchange with Minister Klement: Focus on skilled trades

First meeting, clear signals: During the exchange with Brandenburg's new Minister of Economic Affairs, Martina Klement, the skilled trades brought key concerns such as reducing bureaucracy, securing skilled workers and business succession to the table – and apparently met with open ears.

For the first meeting with Brandenburg's new Minister of Economic Affairs Martina Klement (CSU) the presidents and managing directors of the three chambers of crafts of the state of Brandenburg A special location was chosen: the idyllic Märkische Gildehaus in Caputh, situated on the shores of Lake Schwielowsee. Behind closed doors, but with a magnificent view of the lake, leading figures in the trades and the minister debated for two hours the most important issues facing the trades.

In the subsequent press conference, Minister Klement indicated that she had already addressed key demands of the skilled trades: "Reducing bureaucracy is particularly important to me."We want to reduce the documentation requirements for funding programs in the future. We must also ensure simplifications, especially where the state is the client."

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Demands of the skilled trades to politicians

Corina Reifenstein, President is Chamber of Crafts CottbusIn light of the rapidly rising costs in the construction sector, he appealed to the minister to introduce a price adjustment clause, at least for a limited period, which would allow contractors to pass on price increases that arise between the awarding of a contract and the completion of projects to their clients. The minister took this proposal back from Caputh for consideration. Wolf-Harald Krüger, President is Chamber of Crafts Frankfurt (Oder)He pointed out that around 55 percent of all businesses will face a change of ownership in the next ten years: "This requires qualified management personnel. The skilled trades have been fighting for years for equal status between vocational and academic training." Minister Klement said: "We want to Further develop the master craftsman start-up bonus and reinstate the master craftsman bonus "Introduce it. We will determine the exact amount in the next two-year budget."

Robert Wüst, President is Chamber of Crafts Potsdam, said the Topic: Securing skilled workers To: "Providing funding for inter-company apprentice training is a major challenge every year because the money has to be applied for anew annually. This is a considerable burden for businesses. We need a more consistent funding model." Minister Klement also expressed understanding for this demand: "We want to make this as unbureaucratic as possible." When asked which demands from the skilled trades the minister had rejected in the initial meeting, Wolf-Harald Krüger replied diplomatically and with a twinkle in his eye: "We, as representatives of the skilled trades, made realistic demands and didn't want to overwhelm the minister."

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