Bøger af Jürgen Hogeforster

A rising need for energy-saving solutions and the use of renewable energies has become particularly urgent in some Baltic Sea countries, given a high proportion of old buildings in need of renovation. For instance, in Latvia, 99% of existing buildings were built with very poor energy efficiency standards before 1993. In order to reach the EU energy 2020 goals, according to the 'Build up skills'national reports, in some EU member states the percentage of skilled workers has to be raised by up to 50%. Partners from Estonia, Germany, Hungary and Poland teamed up, to tackle this issue and develop and implement a further training course for Energy Service Managers, based on the specific needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A compact course of 80 training hours has been designed as well as a comprehensive course of about 300 training hours. The background information, concept, curricula, including a train-the-trainer program, evaluation and experiences with this course is shared in this publication.

All countries around the Baltic Sea region face a great shortage of entrepreneurs and managers for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This substantially limits economic growth and innovation capacity. Due to demographic reasons population and thus working age population is expected to decline in almost all European countries in the near future, so that this shortage will even increase and have a strong impact on the SMEs, that must compete with major industries for the few well-qualified talents. To tackle this pressing issue, experts from Denmark, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Norway teamed up in an EU-funded project to develop a common vocational training titled 'Master Craftsman' that reflects the needs for SMEs, in particular from the craft sector. This publication contains all relevant information, from the concept and background to the actual curricula and example for examination regulations.

Ein Vorstandsmitglied einer Bank gerät in eine Demonstration. Eine junge Frau drückt ihm einen Stein in die Hand und fordert ihn auf: ¿Wenn du ohne Schuld bist, dann werfe diesen Stein auf mich.¿ Nachdem diese Szene im Fernsehen ausgestrahlt wird überschlagen sich die Ereignisse. Bereits wenige Tage später findet der Banker sich in Thailand wieder. Doch auch hier holt ihn seine Schuld ein. Einige Jahre verbringt er bei einem Mönch in einer einsamen Fel-senhöhle, bis er schließlich seinen eigenen Lebensweg erkennt und den Traum seiner Kindheit wieder findet: Er hat gelebt, denn er hat einmal selbstlos geliebt.Die mysteriösen Ereignisse in Thailand wiederholen sich beim Schreiben dieses Buches auf Kreta. Der Autor erfährt, wie schnell aus purer Phantasie bittere Wirklichkeit werden kann.