Arranging for knowledge transfer in the German government

Faced with an ageing workforce, the government is looking to formalise inter-generational skills transfers. With the “Jedes Alter zählt” (every age counts) initiative, it has laid down a set of standardised and structured recommendations (documentation, interviews, procedures) which are slated to be applied during the eighteen months preceding an employee’s retirement in order to capitalise on all his/her experience.