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.

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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Executive training

Public Sector Innovation

Thursday, 16.03.2023 | 11:00 am – Saturday, 18.03.2023 | 4:00 pm (CET)

Gain a grounded understanding of the key characteristics and tools of public sector innovation strategies, their underlying assumptions about bureaucracy, politics and organisational change and the challenges in designing, implementing and evaluating innovation.
This seminar is offered as part of the Executive MPA programme and in the open enrolment programme.

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Executive training

Social innovation and entrepreneurship

Thursday, 23.02.2023 | 11:00 am – Saturday, 25.02.2023 | 4:00 pm (CET)

In this course, we will review current debates and new practices in the field of social innovation to evaluate whether and how innovation is the holy grail of progress and development. The course will also address social innovation as a relevant topic for the private, social and public sector.
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. 

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Executive training

Sustainability

Monday, 20.02.2023 | 11:00 am – Wednesday, 22.02.2023 | 4:00 pm (CET)

This class introduces and explores the concept of sustainability and its social, economic and environmental dimensions. Climate change will serve as the core case study linking all three elements. 
This seminar is offered as part of the Executive MPA programme and in the open enrolment programme.

Online event

Executive training

Budgeting and priority-setting in government

Thursday, 16.02.2023 | 11:00 am – Saturday, 18.02.2023 | 4:00 pm (CET)

This course considers a core set of financial management topics. While the focus is on public management, we will discuss some themes that originate in the private sector and that governments apply to their budgets.
This seminar is offered as part of the Executive MPA programme and in the open enrolment programme.

On-site event

Executive training

European Union Governance

Monday, 06.02.2023 | 11:00 am – Wednesday, 08.02.2023 | 4:00 pm (CET)

This course aims to unpack the 'web' of EU governance in three ways: to introduce participants to the essential foundations of EU governance; to illustrate the operation of EU governance through key policy areas; and to discuss EU’s future direction and legitimacy.
This seminar is offered as part of the Executive MPA programme and in the open enrolment programme.

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Executive training

Scenario-building and foresight

Thursday, 02.02.2023 | 11:00 am – Friday, 03.02.2023 | 4:00 pm (CET)

This course provides executives and decision makers with methods and tools to make better decisions in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world (VUCA), as decision making in a VUCA world can quickly become a costly and risky endeavour – especially in the realm of foreign and security affairs.
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. 

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Executive training

Smart decisions in government and business

Monday, 30.01.2023 | 11:00 am – Wednesday, 01.02.2023 | 4:00 pm (CET)

This course covers the most important decision areas for managers in the private and public sectors: Deciding on a future strategy for their organisation; allocating resources in different units or policy areas; making trade-offs between financial, economic, ecological and social objectives; transparently selecting contractors and partners.
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. 

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Executive training

Designing, Leading and Growing Organisations

Thursday, 26.01.2023 | 11:00 am – Saturday, 28.01.2023 | 4:00 pm (CET)

This course is about building and managing different types of organisations dealing with public issues, such as public sector organisations, social enterprises or non-profits. 
This seminar is offered as part of the Executive MPA programme and in the open enrolment programme.

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Executive training

Political communication

Thursday, 08.12.2022 | 11:00 am – Friday, 09.12.2022 | 4:00 pm (CET)

Combining strategic reflection with practical experience and training, this course enables students to understand and handle the interplay or interdependencies between media, politics and citizenry. 
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. 

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