Facts and Figures
- 30 languages
- currently 481 members
- founded on 4 July 2003
- VKD is a division of BDÜ, the German Federal Association of Interpreters and Translators.
VKD is active in the following policy areas:
- Providing a forum for an exchange of information on professional topics
- Consulting services for clients
- Public relations
- Networking
- Quality assurance through the admissions process
- Professional development through seminars and workshops
- Mentoring (formal and informal)
- Representing the interests of conference interpreters within BDÜ
- Cooperation with other national and international associations
- General representation of the interests of the conference interpreting profession at large
