The function of evaluation research is to provide support for ongoing projects by acting in a cross-project manner to secure cooperation within individual projects, to advise participants, to collate solutions, to evaluate results and to identify opportunities to achieve broad practical implementation of individual aspects of the projects. Evaluation researchers work in conjunction with the members of the Advisory Council instigated for the purposes of the initiative and also cooperate closely with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training.
Scientific support and evaluation for the initiative will be conducted by a consortium comprising:
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU)
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Frommberger & Dipl.-Hdl. Anita Milolaza 
Department of Vocational Education and Human Resource Development
Chair of Research on Vocational Education and Training
Zschokkestr. 32
39104 Magdeburg
Germany
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Chair of Research on Vocational Education and Training of the OVGU
The Magdeburg team supports the projects of the interfaces II and IV.
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (FSU)
Prof. Dr. Holger Reinisch & Dipl.-Hdl. Christian Steib 
Department of Economics and Business Administration
Chair of Business and Economics Education
Carl-Zeiß-Str. 3
07743 Jena
Germany
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Chair of Business and Economics Education of the FSU
The Jena team supports the projects of the interfaces I and III.
FEderal Institute for vocational education and training (BIBB)
Dr. Egon Meerten & M.A. Christiane Koehlmann-Eckel
Section 3.3
Development Programmes / Pilot Projects
Robert-Schumann-Platz 3
53175 Bonn
Germany
Web: Federal Institute for Vocational Education
The DECVET pilot initiative is managed by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
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