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For travelers – Skills4Abroad

The relocation process begins with mental preparation. Our job is to ensure that you are fully prepared for your assignment abroad before you even board the plane and are also there for you afterwards.

Skills4Abroad at GIZ’s Academy in Bonn

Campus Kottenforst is located in lush green surroundings on the outskirts of Bonn. You will be learning, living and relaxing side by side with other international cooperation professionals, sharing your thoughts on your future role, and preparing for the challenges that lie ahead in the country of assignment.

In its current and earlier forms, GIZ’s Academy for International Cooperation (AIZ) has been running trainings preparing staff for assignments abroad for over 60 years on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). From 2026, business travellers and those working remotely will also be able to benefit from AIZ’s tried-and-tested programme.

Our training is designed to prepare experts and managers for the specific challenges they will face as well as to support them during their work in international cooperation. That includes learning how to stay safe, how to act in a diversity-sensitive and participatory way, and how to communicate clearly and confidently in the local language. 

Sharing and networking with colleagues – both within and outside your own organisation and specialist field – is a major feature of our courses. Our participants come from a around 40 German development cooperation organisations, so you will be meeting people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experience.

You can find our programme catalogue and and overview of the dates on offer in the Downloads.

Skills4Abroad in the booking platform

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On the booking platform learning.giz, you will find all courses sorted by topic or target group.

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Topics for Skills4Abroad

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Personal safety and (mental) health

With our training portfolio in the thematic area »Personal safety & (mental) health« you will strengthen your safety awareness, learn how to protect yourself and others from sexualised violence and sharpen your awareness of dealing with mental pressure, stress, and trauma.

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Language and communication

Language skills are the key to understanding. Our services support you in communicating confidently in a foreign language, making it easier to build mutual trust and master complex situations.

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Stefan Kachelriess-Matthess

Management and consulting

Good management and successful consulting mean managing processes in the existing context in such a way that they have a lasting effect. With our services, you will learn how to effectively support your partners.

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Sebastian Feldmann

Abroad as a family

The compatibility of foreign assignments with partnerships or family life is very important to us. We provide you and your accompanying family members with optimal preparation and support during your stay abroad.

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Sharon Kassahun

Individual learning focus

You want to explore a topic in greater depth or work efficiently on a topic you have chosen yourself. We support you in your self-learning process.

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Online Campus – Digital learning at Skills4Abroad

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Where does digital learning at Skills4Abroad take place? On the Online Campus you will find all the learning materials for your booked training course and can also make use of a wide range of self-study opportunities.

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Terms and conditions of participation

Informations about BMZ funded participation

The Skills4Abroad program is aimed at specialists and managers working in German international cooperation and their accompanying partners.

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Information about Fee-based participation

The majority of our offerings are also open to individuals who are working abroad or with foreign countries for shorter periods of time. The prerequisite is that there are free places in the training program that are not taken up by those leaving the country.

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MIA – Media and Information Center of the Academy

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Our media and services support you in your individual learning process—whether online or in person, on a specific training course or a topic of your choice.

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Questions and answers about Skills4Abroad

Relocating to a partner country is an everyday occurrence in the field of international cooperation. Many colleagues choose to travel abroad with their partner and family.

The experts who undertake these assignments are using their specialist expertise and abilities in a highly responsible role. Skills4Abroad allows them to strengthen and develop their existing skills.

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Downloads: Programme catalogue and schedule overview

Information materials about the Skills4Abroad program.

  • Programme Catalogue 2026
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  • Schedule overview 2026
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