Partnering in Business with Germany
Partnership programme
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Global support for small and medium-sized enterprises
Partnering in Business with Germany is a global programme of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and designed to promote foreign trade and investment. It seeks to help SMEs from developing and emerging countries forge successful business ties with German SMEs. Each year, around 1,000 managers from around the world are prepared to enter the German market and brought into contact with German companies that themselves are interested in entering new markets abroad. The programme leads to the establishment of long-term business partnerships and a global network of internationally active SMEs.
Partnering in Business with Germany cuts across all sectors. However, there is a growing focus on decarbonisation and climate action.
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17 partner countries – 17 markets. Learn more about our 17 partner countries.
1.400
German companies participate in the programme every year. Two thirds of these German companies are SMEs.
17.000
selected managers from abroad have been prepared for business with Germany under the programme since 1998. They form a global network of internationally active SMEs.
The special thing about the Programme is that the expertise of German SMEs gets taken straight across to developing and emerging markets, and that this leads to useful business contacts – to the advantage of both sides, because both sides learn from it. It’s a prime example of cooperation.
Forward-looking promotion of foreign trade and investment for a global network of competitive SMEs ready to take on the challenges of tomorrow.
25 years of support for cross-border business cooperation
Partnering in Business with Germany is the link between Germany and companies from 17 countries. Discover partner countries.
Building trust twenty thousand times: Dr Rajkumar Yadav and the power of face-to-face meetings
Partnering in Business with Germany welcomes its 20,000th participant at the Hannover Trade Fair. The experience he has gained when meeting German business representatives provides insights into the programme.
Technology partners in high demand: CCI Stuttgart Region hosts talks with Vietnamese firms
Managers from Vietnam met with companies from the Stuttgart region to engage in talks about specific opportunities for cooperation, sign agreements on confidentiality and forge new partnerships in the fields of circular economy and environmental technology.
Networking event in Chişinău: face-to-face encounters and AI strengthen German-Moldovan business relations
The future of Moldovan-German business cooperation builds on the combination of technological innovation and personal contacts. The Partnering in Business with Germany programme makes an indispensable contribution to this – as a catalyst for knowledge transfer, networking and economic integration.
