Beginning of the Training Programme "Strengthening Macroeconomic Policies" (MPS+)

For the third time, employees from different Chinese and Vietnamese state institutions visit the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim. They take part in an advanced training course in the field of macroeconomics, organised by ZEW on behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ).

This year, the group of Asian guests consists, among others, of employees at the State Bank of Vietnam, the Ministries of Finance of the different Chinese provinces, the Vietnamese Ministry of Finance, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and the China Development Bank. The training programme "Strengthening Macroeconomic Policies" (MPS+) is held in English. In cooperation with external experts, ZEW researchers impart further knowledge in the fields of fiscal and monetary policy, labour and international financial markets. Moreover, the programme focuses on trade theory and policy as well as on development strategies of China and Vietnam. A new addition to the programme are presentations by experts at ZEW, for example from the German Federal Court of Auditors, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and the European Central Bank (ECB). Furthermore, the programme includes field trips to the German Bundesbank, the KfW Bankengruppe and the Deutsche Börse. For the first time, a trip to the Federal Court of Justice will be organised.

The ZEW service department “Knowledge Transfer and Qualification Programmes” manages and supervises the training programme. Apart from custom-tailored qualification measures for firms and institutions, this department also offers open seminars.

For further information please contact

Claudia Pretsch, Phone +49/621/1235-247, E-mail pretsch@zew.de