Georgia is the new partner country in the Manager Training Programme (MP) in 2016. The pilot group, with 18 executives from middle and upper management levels, came to Germany with high expectations. Continue reading
Partner countries
Belarus: high demand for German technology for renewable energies
How can Germany manage to make relatively expensive energy from renewable sources available to all? How profitable is renewable energy? Continue reading
Automation as the Key to New Markets
Abbada Company LLC operates mainly in the cultivation and processing of beans and fruit. Its founder, Kambar Maatkaziev, participated in the MP in 2015. Continue reading
“Fit for Business with Mexico” to start soon
The Manager Training Programme (MP) with Mexico is developing at a rapid pace. The Latin American country has only been a partner in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy’s (BMWi) programme for three years; it has not even been two years since the bilateral cooperation was sealed with a Memorandum of Understanding in Cologne. Continue reading
German company management: between tradition and modernity
In June 2016, 20 entrepreneurs from Uzbek SMEs completed four weeks of manager training on economic cooperation at the DMAN. Similar to their fellow citizens from the previous year, they were very interested in aspects of personnel management and thus also of company management. Continue reading
Unknown: marzipan in Central Asia
Kazakh executives like to give Kazakh chocolates to their German colleagues as gifts. In contrast, the German speciality of marzipan is largely unknown in Central Asia. The MP participants from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan therefore followed production of this delicacy with some amazement during a tour of Berlin-based Moll Marzipan GmbH. Continue reading
Innovative, Inspiring, International
The programme for the MP participants from Eastern Europe who completed their training in Kiel in March 2016 included not one but two international fair highlights. Continue reading
Entrepreneurs from Eastern Europe Active at Hannover Messe
Fifteen Ukrainian and three Moldovan MP participants – mostly directors and owners of SMEs – visited Celle in spring 2016 to explore Germany as a business location and to establish business contacts with as many German companies as possible. Two thirds of the Ukrainian managers came from the western part of the country. Continue reading
German-Indian Company Networking
As early as the second day of their stay, the Indian managers visited the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where they were introduced to the India Desk located there and to the Hamburg Business Development Corporation (HWF). Continue reading
Learning from the German market leader for pumps
The executives from Egypt already had a major highlight on their schedules on their fourth day in Germany – a visit to KSB AG in Frankenthal. With production sites on all five continents and more than 16,000 employees, KSB is one of the world’s largest pump and valve manufacturers. Continue reading




