The recognition of foreign professional qualifications supports the integration of foreign skilled workers into the German labour market and secures Germany's skills base. Many companies, hospitals and care facilities have already come to depend on foreign skilled labour and this trend is set to intensify. The Federal Government therefore introduced the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Professional Qualifications Act, which took effect in 2012 and governs the recognition of foreign professional qualifications that come under federal responsibility. The 2023 Report on the Recognition Act is based on a monitoring exercise as well as official statistics and 11 years of experience with the Recognition Act and it also takes a look ahead to challenges and important devolpments.

The Position Paper Fusion Research represents the BMBF’s view on one of the key technological issues of the future. It addresses the requirements defined by the Expert Commission on Inertial Fusion for successful further development of fusion and describes current and future funding activities.

The Joint Guidelines of the Federal Government and the Länder on Open Access are an expression of the joint political commitment of the Federal Government and the Länder to firmly establish Open Access in the German science system.