Inwent - Capacity Building International, Germany, stands for the development of human resources and organizations within the framework of international cooperation. Our range of services target technical and managing staff and decision makers from business, politics, administration and civil society as well as educators and trainers worldwide. We qualify people to pass on their knowledge to others and effect long term structural changes. Thus, internationally available knowledge and information is made available to developing and transitional countries. Every year, our programs reach around 50,000 people.
Inwent’s main financial contributor is the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ). On behalf of the Ministry and in cooperation with the German business community, Inwent makes an important contribution to fair and sustainable development worldwide. Our international clients include the European Union, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, and the United Nations.

Business Fields

With its experience and competencies, Inwent is well established in ten business fields. These fields feature an interdisciplinary approach:

• Good governance and reform processes
• Peace and security
• Social development
• Environment and natural resources
• Sustainable business
• Foreign trade and international relations
• International vocational education
• Development education
• International management competency in change processes
• Management of international education

Methods and Instruments

Inwent’s programme apply a variety of capacity building instruments. We offer job-specific and practice-oriented continuing education and training programs, dialogue events and online courses on our Global Campus 21® e-learning platform. Our active alumni network allows participants to continue dialogue both with each other and with Inwent. Our capacity building is designed to increase the participants’ scope for action. We offer instruction on interdisciplinary management techniques and impart international and intercultural know-how. In addition, we provide the opportunity to discuss potential solutions to international problems in an informal setting.
Inwent advises the German business community on its commitment to developing and transition countries. We promote public private partnership projects that unify economic, social and ecological objectives. Furthermore, we prepare international cooperation experts for a stay abroad. We offer young people from Germany the chance to gather work experience worldwide via exchange programmes and help them find scholarships.
In order to reach the common objectives in a more effective way, Inwent collaborates closely with the other German development organizations, including KfW Entwicklungsbank – Financial Cooperation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) – Technical Cooperation, the German Development Service (DED) and the Center for international Migration and Development (CIM).

Inwent on location

Inwent’s main headquarters are in Bonn. We have 14 regional centres throughout the Federal Republic of Germany, making us accessible in every region. We are represented by offices in Dar es Salaam, Hanoi, Jakarta, Cairo, Kiev, Lima, Managua, Manila, Moscow, New Delhi, Peking, Pretoria and São Paulo, primarily in partnership with other German development cooperation organizations.