The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is inviting organisations to nominate senior manager(s)/official(s) for Government sponsored training programme in Germany, for all sectors.

This is the part of the ongoing Indo-German Manager Training Programme (IGMTP), which is sponsored by Government of Germany and Supported by DIPP, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt of India and GIZ.

On 9th September 2008 a Joint Declaration was signed between Ministry of Commerce & Industry Government of India and Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany, where they expressed their common aspiration to foster economic cooperation between the two countries by implementing a bilateral training programme for Indian Executives and Managers. Under this initiative already, 12 delegations of more than 250 Senior Manager/ SME Owners and Entrepreneurs have been taken to Germany.

The aim of the training programme is to expose Indian industry to make them fit for bilateral trade and business with German companies.

The following objectives were achieved

First hand experience of doing business with Germany
Improved competitiveness of the enterprises participating in the project
Enhanced administrative, social, intercultural and professional competencies of Indian managers Enhanced foreign economic potential of Indian enterprises by establishing contacts with German enterprises, and
Raised attractiveness of the selected enterprises to foreign investors.

Through:
In-house training
Factory visits
Participation in exhibitions. seminars, meetings, etc, and
Networking sessions.

The IGMTP advanced training course is for following groups of middle and senior level managers will focus on practical training and how to do business with Germany:

International batch candidates for health care, energy efficiency and waste management
20 general batch candidates (all sector’s are eligible).

Highlights of Training in India

Relevant discussions to facilitate German leg of training programme
Focus on macro and micro economic factors, foreign trade, cross-cultural communication, etc
Leveraging IT, negotiation skills, costing and project management, and
Most importantly experience sharing with previous batches.

This programme promotes business orientation, competitiveness and the international exposure of companies. Duration of the programme will be about one month in Germany. There is if course some fee. The last date to apply is October 14, 2016.

Kindly contact Mr Harvinder Kumar (igmtp@ficci.com, 011-23487283) for further details.