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Award for Partnering in Business with Germany in Ukraine
In December 2025, the Partnering in Business with Germany programme received an award at the Ukrainian Employers Annual Meeting in the category “Support Ukraine – Support Ukrainian Business”. The award expresses the appreciation for the programme’s special commitment when it comes to supporting Ukrainian companies and promoting sustainable business cooperation with German small and medium-sized enterprises.
A new life for waste oil – how German technology and Indian passion are boosting the circular economy
A cooperation project between Lena Neumann from the German company Avista Oil and Sahil Bhargava from the Indian lubricant supplier IFP Petro is helping to drive forward the circular economy in both countries. Against the backdrop of growing industrialisation, an increasing need for energy, and global supply chains, the circular economy is becoming ever more important as an economic model.
Partnering in Business with Germany at MEDICA 2025: high level of participation and strong international interest
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) presented the Partnering in Business with Germany programme at MEDICA in Düsseldorf from 17 to 20 November 2025. At the stand, visitors had the opportunity to inform themselves about the programme’s scope and objectives for structured business initiation with currently 22 partner countries.
Visit of Parliamentary State Secretary Stefan Rouenhoff to Vietnam: meeting with programme alumni
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and Member of the German Bundestag Stefan Rouenhoff visited Vietnam together with a business delegation from 16 to 19 November 2025. The third session of the German-Vietnamese Joint Economic Committee, which took place in Hanoi on 17 November 2025, was one of the highlights of the visit.
Fresh impetus for cooperation: delegations from Central Asia and Latin America at AGRITECHNICA
International delegations from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Colombia visited AGRITECHNICA – the world’s leading trade fair for agricultural technology – in Hanover from 11 to 13 November 2025 in the context of the Partnering in Business with Germany programme.
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Partnering in Business with Germany at Drinctec 2025
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy presented its Partnering in Business with Germany Programme at Drinctec in Munich from 15 to 19 September 2025. Visitors were able to obtain first-hand information about the programme at the exhibition stand.
Under a new name at the Foreign Trade Days
During the Foreign Trade Days, which took place from 11-13 October at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) and to which numerous German entrepreneurs were invited, the Manager Training Programme was presented for the first time under a new name: Partnering in Business with Germany.
Smart Farming and Sustainable Food Processing
Vietnamese executives learned about climate and environmentally friendly cultivation and processing methods from Germany during visits to German companies as part of the Manager Training Programme – and made promising business contacts in the process.
Innovation through Tradition
Shasenem Garlyyeva is a businesswoman through and through. With her two firms, she promotes business relations between Turkmenistan and Germany and contributes to bringing the cultures of the two countries closer together. She brings handmade home textiles made of camel hair into German living rooms. And in her own bakery, she will soon be delighting her fellow citizens with genuine German “Baumkuchen” layer cakes.
Wine and friends make a great blend
Ezanne and Lesego got to know each other during the Virtual Manager Training Programme in 2020. Then they met each other in real life and became friends. At one of their get-togethers, they hit on the idea of creating their own wine range. And that was the beginning of “Khai Wines”. Khai means “rise up”, and the brand represents the passion the two entrepreneurs have for their home country South Africa.
“Buna enteta” – Let’s Have a Coffee!
Coffee is Ethiopia’s national beverage. Sara Yirga also loves the brew made from roasted beans. Her company produces fair trade coffee and supports smallholder farmers. Since completing the Manager Training Programme, she has also been exporting her special beans abroad. The passionate entrepreneur is also involved in advanced training for coffee experts.
Setting an Example for Vocational Training
Ramy Soudan is the managing director of Riyada. In an interview, he talks about modernising his company after completing the Manager Training Programme. He has recently started in-house training for dairy technologists and is driving the development of the profession which is still new in Egypt. His training programme is modelled on Germany’s vocational training system.
Georgian Lemonade for the German Market
Export Manager Malkhaz Chakaberia wanted to find out how popular his lemonade “made in Georgia” was in Germany. The sobering result: the soft drink is too sweet for German taste buds. The enlightening result: he can sell it nevertheless because he has found a niche market for it.
Coffee, Culture and a Skills Upgrade
The first 21 participants from new MP partner country Ethiopia arrived in Germany in November 2019. During the introductory workshop in Addis Ababa, the group had expressed great interest in expanding their intercultural skills and showed enthusiasm for modern technology. It also quickly became clear that the Ethiopian and German cultures are linked by one thing in particular: coffee
