Education connects - craftsmanship, technology and humanity in action

In 2025, GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) and Praeparatio e.V. initiated a joint training program for Ukrainian specialists in the field of orthopaedic footwear technology. The training took place at the Unbroken Center in Lviv - one of Ukraine's leading rehabilitation centers that helps patients regain mobility and independence after injuries. This project showed [...]

International shaft course successfully completed!

The production of uppers for custom-made orthopaedic shoes is actually one of the core skills of an orthopaedic shoemaker. However, there are fewer and fewer opportunities in companies to learn this aspect of the profession. The Praeparatio e.V. association has now closed this gap with an international upper course that took place at the Landshut training center in August. The participants of the international dobby course [...]

Web-based training starts in mid-2025

Praeparatio provides tutorials on the topics of socket and last construction as well as anatomy. New specialist books help to impart knowledge. From the footprint to the last Basics of socket construction Understanding feet anatomically and therapeutically Step by step, how to make a shoe out of it Dealing with the topics of socket and last construction, anatomy [...].