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[ President’s Programme ]
Internships for German managers
At a meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tomsk, the Russian government announced they will continue the so called President’s Programme.
Under the patronage of the Russian president, the German-Russian advanced training programme for managers, which started in 1998, will be extended to 2012, as Andrei Sharonov, Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister of the Russian Federation, announced at a briefing during the inter-governmental consultations between the two countries in Tomsk, Siberia, at the end of April.
Furthermore, this year for the first time, representatives of German companies may participate in the programme. “We are inviting 50 German managers to complete internships in Russian companies”, said Sharonov during a meeting with programme graduates, who had been invited by Putin and Merkel to attend the meeting prior to the official bilateral talks.
Putin acknowledged that the advanced training programme for managers is an “important contribution to the development of cooperation between Russia and Germany.” He thanked Chancellor Angela Merkel for all that has been done in this area.
The German Chancellor pointed out that the programme is part of a lively German-Russian cooperation. “In our experience, cooperation between countries is always very strong if it is tied to practical experiences, particularly with young people,” stressed Merkel. Nothing beats getting to know other people, so efforts in this area need to be intensified and expanded, she said.
The President’s Programme for young Russian managers has been an integral part of German-Russian relations since 1998. The advanced training programme for managers is intended to help prepare Russian companies for the world market. To date, 35,000 young Russian managers have completed their advanced training as part of the programme, which is supported by leading industrialised nations and the European Union. Over 2,700 of them have completed advanced practical training in German companies.
The German contribution to the programme is financed by the German Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), German industry and a number of German states and educational institutions. InWEnt coordinates the German contribution to the programme on behalf of the BMWi.
Ute Lange
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