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The ambitious financial expert, Valeriy Mayboroda, attended the Manager Training Programme (MP) 16 years ago. At that time, he was 25 years old and working for the Ukrainian National Bank. He was just starting his professional career, but he had a clear mission: He wanted to study the work done by development banks and then use the knowledge to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in Ukraine. Continue reading

A visit to a traditional company in the German knife industry, Felix Solingen, was on the programme for a group of Ukrainian executives, who completed their training in the spring of 2018 at the Carl Duisberg Center. Felix Solingen GmbH is one of the oldest knife manufacturers in the world. Continue reading

The majority of Germans have probably never heard of the small town of Tuttlingen with its not quite 35,000 inhabitants near the Black Forest. Nevertheless, almost 600 enterprises in the field of medical technology are located there, many of them world market leaders in their industries. Continue reading

Good feedback is an art, as the 22 Ukrainian executives came to realize on the final day of their MP training in Hamburg. But the recognition and appreciation that they do get is very important.

They were highly entrepreneurial in pursuing goals during the 2018 spring training. The MP sessions on various management subjects, the many visits to German companies and their discussions with people there, and not least their own international experience, were all a lot of help. Continue reading

In autumn 2017, the MP participants from Egypt, India, Mexico, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine und Uzbekistan with a focus on Energy Efficiency in Industrial Enterprises visited the company Herbert Waldmann GmbH & Co. KG in Villingen-Schwenningen. Continue reading

The German dual vocational training system in theory and practice: This was the focus of the visit to the Vocational School for Wood, Textiles and Colour (G6) and the furniture manufacturer likoo / Möbel in Form GmbH. Continue reading

Andrew Fialkovsky is managing director of a Ukrainian engineering firm specialised in the area of aircraft and airport construction. The severe economic crisis that recently hit his country has also affected his business. Due to limited economic relations with Russia, the medium-sized enterprise lost important customers. Continue reading

Viktoria Lubenez betreibt mit vier weiteren Familienmitgliedern die Firma L-Decor. Das Kiewer Bauunternehmen unterstützt Bauherren, Architekten und Privatleute bei Neu- oder Umbauten von Immobilien in der Ukraine. L-Decor kümmert sich von der Installation der Sanitäranlagen bis zur dekorativen Wandgestaltung um so manches, was nach dem Rohbau ansteht. Continue reading

The Vinnytsia Agroproyektbud farm in the Vinnytsia region of Ukraine mainly grows maize, winter wheat, winter rapeseed, soy and sunflowers. In 2016, the firm sent its top-level executive to the Manager Training Programme in Germany. Vasyl Matienko was looking for technologies to modernise production. Continue reading

Germany’s is one of the best health systems in the world. The German healthcare industry enjoys a high level of international recognition. An MP group from Ukraine came to see this for themselves in November 2017. The 18 participants work mainly as doctors in hospitals and medical institutions, and as healthcare sector executives. Continue reading