Events

Executive training in the heart of Berlin

Our seminars and skills trainings (two to four days each) introduce professionals to current practices in public management, leadership, and governance. Participants sharpen their skills and benefit from a forum for exchange at the interface of the public, private, and non-profit sectors. All credits are transferable to an Executive Certificate or the Executive MPA. Browse our current programme and register today.

Public event

STARLIGHT programme closing webinar

Thursday, 12.09.2024 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am (CET)

Join the STARLIGHT programme's closing webinar featuring a panel discussion on the power of strategic litigation for fundamental rights in the European Union.

Online event

Public event

STARLIGHT Year II launch webinar: The power of strategic litigation in the EU

Friday, 13.10.2023 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am (CET)

Are you a lawyer, passionate about protecting fundamental rights across Europe, and eager to develop your skills and knowledge to unlock the power of the Charter of Fundamental Rights? If so, STARLIGHT is for you.

Online event

Executive training

Workshop in Brussels

Tuesday, 20.06.2023 | 11:00 am – Friday, 23.06.2023 | 4:00 pm (CET)

This workshop is suited to those with prior knowledge of this field. It will provide participants with an in-depth overview of the 'European stage', its actors and the formal as well as informal processes of policymaking. 
This seminar is offered as part of the Executive MPA programme and in the open enrolment programme.

On-site event

Executive training

Digital governance

Thursday, 11.05.2023 | 11:00 am – Saturday, 13.05.2023 | 4:00 pm (CET)

This course examines the interplay between government, business, and the wider society in governing digitalisation. 
This seminar is offered as part of the Executive MPA programme and in the open enrolment programme and can be taken as part of the ETGN certificate programme. 

On-site event

Executive training

Inclusive organisations in the digital age

Monday, 08.05.2023 | 11:00 am – Wednesday, 10.05.2023 | 4:00 pm (CET)

The course seeks to explore issues related to the management of workforce diversity in organisations, with a particular focus on innovation-oriented organisations. 
This seminar is offered as part of the Executive MPA programme and in the open enrolment programme.

On-site event

Executive training

Good governance and anti-corruption

Thursday, 04.05.2023 | 11:00 am – Saturday, 06.05.2023 | 4:00 pm (CET)

This course aimes to cover: how to diagnose the prevalence of corruption; how to measure corruption across countries and time so to assess effectiveness of policy interventions; how to deconstruct corruption mechanisms; how to design a stakeholder analysis for corruption problems and emerge with a coalition of the willing.
This seminar is offered as part of the Executive MPA programme and in the open enrolment programme and can be taken as part of the ETGN certificate programme. 

On-site event

Executive training

Conflict prevention and crisis management 

Monday, 24.04.2023 – Wednesday, 26.04.2023

The seminar sheds light on the factors that shape international negotiations and analyses various diplomatic strategies to enable the peaceful (or, if necessary, forceful) ending of violent conflicts. Based on in-depth case studies, participants will learn how negotiators can deal with difficult counterparts, change the incentive structures of the actors involved, or devise face-saving measures that can pave the way for the first requirement of sustainable peace: a peace agreement.

 

On-site event

Executive training

Managing organisational change

Thursday, 20.04.2023 | 11:00 am – Saturday, 22.04.2023 | 4:00 pm (CET)

This course aims to prepare managers of (or in) public sector or service organisations for the leadership of organisational change processes by focusing on the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes needed to manage this strategically. 
This seminar is offered as part of the Executive MPA programme and in the open enrolment programme and can be taken as part of the ETGN certificate programme. 

On-site event

Executive training

Evaluation, monitoring and design of policies and programmes

Monday, 17.04.2023 – Wednesday, 19.04.2023

This project course introduces participants to the challenges that public and non-profit managers (and political leaders) face to improve effectiveness and impact of public policies and investment programs. It is designed to help you to think in a critical and creative manner about the challenges of designing, monitoring and evaluating policies.

 

On-site event

Executive training

Data Skills

Monday, 27.03.2023 | 11:00 am – Tuesday, 28.03.2023 | 4:00 pm (CET)

This course introduces students to a core set of skills and methods needed for generating, reading, analysing and communicating data and provides them with the ability to apply them to their own projects.
This seminar is offered as part of the Executive MPA programme and in the open enrolment programme.

On-site event

Executive training

Data Science for Decision-Makers

Thursday, 23.03.2023 – Saturday, 25.03.2023

This course introduces decision makers to key data science techniques and technologies and equips them with a set of skills to embed data science effectively in every facet of their organisation. 

On-site event

Executive training

When to trust the numbers: Informed data consumption

Monday, 20.03.2023 | 11:00 am – Wednesday, 22.03.2023 | 4:00 pm (CET)

This course trains participants in recognising the proper use and abuse of basic methods and design in quantitative research. It also briefly introduces participants to new developments and methods in the social sciences as well as their promise and drawbacks.
This seminar is offered as part of the Executive MPA programme and in the open enrolment programme.

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