New Quality of Work Initiative
INQA Innovation Spaces
To retain and expand quality of work in Germany, it is necessary to design digitalization actively and use the potential of technological change. To do this, the German Federal Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS) supports the setting up of in-house innovation spaces under the institutional umbrella of the INQA. A principle-based instrument of learning together through practice-oriented-, step-by-step-, and participatory procedures, accompanied and evaluated by scientific institutions.
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Innovation Spaces
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- BMAS
Listenelement 1
The German Federal Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs is (legally) responsible for a number of policy fields: From labor market policy, labor law and occupational safety, pensions and social security areas to the participation of disabled people in society and the topic of “Social Europe and International”. Among other things, the BMAS supports measures for the innovative shaping of working world 4.0, technological- and business change processes brought about by the digital transition of the working world, and for connecting with social innovations. The New Quality of Work Initiative (INQA), established by the German Federal Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS, has been doing this since 2002.
- BAuA
Listenelement 2
The German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), with headquarters in Dortmund, is an authority within the business area of the German Federal Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs. It is a pool of skills and a knowledge service provider in health and safety at work, and assists businesses, policy, social partners, the public, and not least of all, business practice, with advice and practical help.
- GsUB
Listenelement 3
The Gesellschaft für soziale Unternehmensberatung mbH supports the BMAS and INQA in implementing the "Businesses and Administration Fit for the Future in the Digital Age " directive. This support focusses on the testing of new forms of work with the digital transition in the background by setting up innovation spaces at work.