Editing Ver.di (section)

=== Educational services ===
[[File:Wmde praesidiumsklausur wannsee 23.06.2012 13-11-34.jpg|thumbnail|Verdi educational center "Clara Sahlberg", Berlin-Wannsee]]

Verdi runs a number of educational centres throughout Germany, all of which aim to support the exchange of experiences and expertise between its members. These services are particularly, but not exclusively, aimed at active works councils. The educational centres are also used as venues for job-related and general further education programmes on a wide variety of different topics.<ref>{{cite web|language=de|website=verdi.de|url=https://bildungsportal.verdi.de/upload/bildungsverstaendnis_lang.pdf|title=Zum Bildungsverständnis der Vereinten Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft|date=May 4, 2005|access-date=January 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224110820/https://bildungsportal.verdi.de/upload/bildungsverstaendnis_lang.pdf|archive-date=February 24, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Verdi currently runs educational centres in [[Berlin]], [[Bielefeld]], [[Brannenburg]], [[Gladenbach]], [[Mosbach]], [[Naumburg, Hesse|Naumburg]] (Hesse), [[Saalfeld]], [[Undeloh]] and [[Walsrode]].<ref>{{cite web|language=de|url=https://bildungsportal.verdi.de/freie_seite.php3?si=50bc518dce588&lang=1&view=&hauptkategorie=bildungsstaetten|title=Die Bildungszentren|publisher=ver.di Bundesverwaltung|access-date=February 24, 2016}}</ref> It closed its site in Hörste at the end of 2015 and the building is now being used as a home for refugees.<ref>{{cite news|language=de|author=Dirk-Ulrich Brüggemann, Patrick Bockwinkel|title=Verein: Ins Gewerkschaftshaus kommen Flüchtlinge|newspaper=Neue Westfälische|date=October 27, 2015|pages=4}}</ref>

Alongside the educational centres specified above, there are also a number of independent ver.di educational institutes that were taken over from the former German Union of Salaried Employees (DAG) in several federal states.

; ver.di Bildung + Beratung Gemeinnützige GmbH
ver.di Bildung + Beratung, known as ver.di b+b for short, is Verdi's educational institution that operates throughout Germany. It is responsible for running seminars for statutory special interest groups, namely [[works council]], staff council and [[Works council#Youth and trainees council|Youth and Trainees Council]] (JAV) members, as well as members of representative bodies for disabled employees and employee representation committees. ver.di b+b has been examined and certified by the independent institute for "Learner-Oriented Quality Testing in Further Education and Training" (Lernerorientierte Qualitätstestierung in der Weiterbildung).

ver.di b+b also works as a book publishing house and publishes guidebooks, work guides and legal commentaries.

The company's head office is based in the German city of Düsseldorf. ver.di b+b is represented in 25 locations throughout Germany.

Its subsidiary "Rat.geber GmbH" advises boards and committees and runs the public bookshop at Verdi's administrative headquarters in Berlin.