Application to participate in an. Advanced Training for specialists and executive staff. in Rhineland-Palatinate

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1 Application to participate in an Advanced Training for specialists and executive staff in Rhineland-Palatinate ICUnet.AG welcomes your interest in our advanced training programme. ICUnet.AG has been entrusted to conduct this programme on behalf of the Ministry for Economic Affairs, Climate Protection, Energy and Spatial Planning Rhineland-Palatinate. You already have information about the objectives and contents of a programme and now wish to submit an application. Please be sure to read these documents carefully. They provide all relevant information you require to complete a successful application. I General information The Ministry for Economic Affairs, Climate Protection, Energy and Spatial Planning Rhineland- Palatinate (below: the Ministry) supports international co-operation and trade of its economy to tackle the challenges of globalization, foster networks abroad and enable knowledge exchange to work together for sustainable growth and a deeper economic integration. This Advanced Training is in line with the overall programme of the Ministry Wir öffnen Märkte and thus focusses on the same regions, which have been identified as special focal points of the Ministries commitment. Inviting specialists and executive staff to this Advanced Training will facilitate a number of mutual assets: knowledge transfer about state of the art managing tools and working knowledge via the three week group seminar and the seven week individual training networks and mutual understanding about working and living cultures in Rhineland- Palatinate and the home country of the participants Business opportunities for future collaboration and trade between companies in Rhineland- Palatinate and the home countries of the participants Establishment of contacts for economic co-operation Acquisition of international and intercultural management skills Promoting innovative ideas and concepts like renewables and energy efficiency The Ministry entrusted the ICUnet.AG with the implementation of the programme, being responsible for the selection of the participants, the execution of the training as well as all financial and logistical matters. ICunet.AG is an international consultancy with a worldwide network providing a wide range of services around the internationalisation of business and campaigns. The services range from seminars, events, community building, networking, business trips, surveys, intercultural qualification, personnel assessment, relocation and immigration. 1

2 Dear applicant You are planning to take on an active role in this process. We would like to make sure that you are aware of the implications of this important decision. This training is a contribution to your personal capacity and network building. At the same time your participation should benefit your employer or company as well as the participating companies and institutions in Rhineland-Palatinate, to profit from the exchange and the networks established. Your personal advanced training wishes can only be considered within this framework. Our advanced training measures primarily aim to enhance your qualifications as a specialist or executive staff member within the company, organisation or institution sending you and where you have a specific function or have been entrusted with a certain area of responsibility. Upon completing the measure, you will be awarded a certificate by the Ministry for Economic Affairs, Climate Protection, Energy and Spatial Planning Rhineland-Palatinate and ICUnet.AG. We require precise information about your workplace and tasks if the advanced training is to be successful for you and your company/organisation/institution. Dear employer Like your employee, you are a very important stakeholder in this advanced training and we wish to support you and your company s undertakings through the advanced training of your employee. You will need to grant special leave of absence to your employee for the duration of the advanced training enabling him/her to increase his/her management skills, build up solid networks with the economy in Rhineland-Palatinate, identify business opportunities for your company and become a professional in international co-operation especially with the focus on Germany. Please portray your company s current situation regarding collaboration and trade with Rhineland- Palatinate and Germany, the business opportunities you see towards co-operation with Rhineland- Palatinate and indicate how in your view your company s undertakings could be promoted through the envisaged advanced training. (Appendix to Part 2) The precise professional statement of yourself and the applicant will be decisive for his/her inclusion in the professional advancement measure. The advanced training measure is open to both male and female specialist and executive staff. 2

3 II Conditions for Participation 1. Qualification The applicant must meet the professional, personal and linguistic requirements of the Advanced Training. The main criteria are: Specialist or executive staff., who already hold managerial responsibility: o in companies o in Institutions o as entrepreneur At least three years of experience in middle management Very good English and/or German language skills High motivation and potential Interest in innovative technologies and processes Between 25 and 35 years old 2. Selection of the candidates The professional, personal and linguistic aptitude will be assessed by a selection process. This process will be conducted in five steps: 1. A short-list of applicants will be selected based on the handed in written applications. 2. The short-listed applicants will be invited to fill in the online Test of Intercultural Sensitivity (TIS). 3. Based on the written application and the TIS eligible candidates will be invited to a telephone assessment interview with our local experts from the home country. 4. ICUnet.AG will finally decide on the admission to the advanced training and the awarding of the scholarship based on the results of the written application, the TIS and the interview. 5. Applicants and their employers will be informed of the decision by ICUnet.AG. The scholarship contract will take effect as soon as the applicants have signed the admission and the Conditions for Participation and ICUnet.AG has received these documents. 3. Language proficiency German language proficiency is highly recommended so that the participants can benefit from their stay in Rhineland-Palatinate as much as possible. Good proficiency in German enables extensive contact with Germans and insight into another culture in both a professional context particularly during the practical placements in German companies and institutions and an everyday social context. Applicants lacking adequate language competence in German are strongly invited to participate in a preparatory German course in their home country. Costs for this language course are not covered by the scholarship. 3

4 Depending on the language skills of the applicants and the final selection, ICUnet.AG will decide if the programme language will be German or as an exception English. 4. Scholarship services 4.1 Services during the preparatory phase ICUnet.AG offers if necessary- support during the visa-application process. 4.2 Services during the training phase in Germany ICUnet.AG will meet the costs during the training phase in Rhineland-Palatinate: - for the advanced training, for travel associated with the advanced training, - for accommodation, - for the scholarship as a contribution to living expenses, - for insurance (see 4.3). 4.3 Insurance Throughout their stay in Rhineland-Palatinate, participants are insured against acute illness, accident and personal liability; claims held against third parties shall be ceded. 4.4 Premature termination of the advanced training The Advanced Training is financed by public funds of the German Federal Land of Rhineland- Palatinate. ICUnet.AG has the right to terminate the advanced training programme for important reasons: a. failure to achieve the programme goals; b. due to ill health of the participant; c. violation of laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. 4.5 Claim for return of scholarship If participants prematurely end the advanced training for personal reasons, ICUnet.AG may claim for return of the scholarship. The scholarship is granted as a lump sum of Euro. The financial benefits provided by the Government secure the scholarship holders a reasonable maintenance. They are not, however, sufficient to support other persons. For this reason, dependents may not be brought to Germany as well. The maintenance of families in the home country must be secured for the period of the advanced training. 5. Services of the employer or sending institutions 5.1 International travel expenses are expected to be met by the employers in the partner countries or sending institutions as a contribution towards the advanced training. 4

5 5.2 As a contribution towards the advanced training, the employer will grant leave for the duration of the advanced training and may safeguard that the employer will be able to meet his financial obligations (family, rent etc.) in his home country, e.g. continuing paying the salary. 5.3 The employer or sending institution will support upon return of his employee the establishment of sustainable business-contacts and help develop collaborative ideas with companies and institutions in Rhineland-Palatinate. 6. The participants duties Participants in the Advanced Training shall make the most of the advanced training offer in the sense of the agreed goals. They shall contribute to a good working atmosphere within the course group, as well as towards ICUnet.AG and their partners. 6.1 Obligation of active participation The Advanced Training course is divided into two phases: - the three week group seminar - the seven week individual training Participants in the Advanced Training course are obliged to actively participate in all modules and events of the whole course. The information in the course description shall apply. Detailed contents and the exact procedure of the training will be communicated in due time. During the training in Rhineland-Palatinate, the following standard national procedures apply: if the participants are absent for more than three calendar days, they must present a medical certificate no later than the third day. Temporary interruption of the advanced training for personal reasons must be requested in advance and then approved by ICUnet.AG. Participants are not legally entitled to holidays during the advanced training. 6.2 Financial obligations Participants undertake not to accept other scholarships for the duration of the advanced training, nor to enter any form of employment, part or full time. Throughout the seminar and individual training the candidates should be at their disposal and should be dedicated to the advanced training programme. If the programme is prematurely terminated by participants for personal reasons, or if they do not return home after completion of the advanced training, the scholarship may be claimed back. Prior to their departure, participants are required to settle all outstanding financial obligations. 6.3 Physical aptitude The applicant affirms that he/she has the physical aptitude to successfully complete the Advanced Training. 5

6 If an infection is detected or a participant is unfit to attend the advanced training for other reasons, they are obliged to immediately return to their country of origin. 6.4 Obligation to return home Participants commit themselves to return to their country of origin immediately upon completion or termination of the advanced training programme. 6.5 Privacy policy Participants give their consent to having their individual data stored, evaluated and forwarded to third parties insofar as this is necessary for the advanced training and the follow-up programme. For the duration of the advanced training, participants authorize ICUnet.AG to contact third parties (e.g. training institutions, authorities, schools, companies) for pertinent information. In case of health problems that might affect the successful completion of the advanced training, they release doctors and hospitals from their duty to maintain confidentiality. 6.6 Evaluation The participants shall make constructive contributions to the regular evaluations of the advanced training programme. 6

7 III Information on the application procedure You have information on the aims and contents of the advanced training measure and agree with them. Now you need to prepare the application documents. The following checklist offers an overview: 1 Application part 1 To be filled out by applicant 2 Appendix to Part 1 Please specify your position in the company in this appendix. 3 Application part 2 To be filled out by employer 4 Appendix to Part 2 Please write an approximately one-page analysis on specific business opportunities and collaboration possibilities your company as such and you in particular identify towards Rhineland-Palatinate and how this advanced Training will help you. Your analysis constitutes the most important part of the application for us. 5 Diplomas A copy of diplomas or certificates with the highest professional qualification and/or university degree 1 6 Curriculum vitae Please enclose as well a curriculum vitae in English or German Please fill in the application forms with a computer, typewriter or in block letters and forward them signed in hardcopy to: or -as well signed and scanned- to ICUnet.AG Communities & Netzwerkbildung Barbarastr Köln Germany wir.oeffnen.maerkte@icunet.ag ICUnet.AG will decide on the applications for a scholarship. The decision will be communicated to you and your employer. In the case of a positive decision, you will receive a letter of invitation for the requested advanced training. The invitation will encompass an advanced training schedule and Conditions for Participation. The scholarship contract will only take effect after we have received the signed acceptance of the conditions and the planned advanced training programme. Naturally, you will also be informed if we are unable to include you in the programme. 1 If diplomas/certificates are not written in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese or German, a translation in one of these languages is required. 7

8 Part 1: Application to participate in an Advanced Training for Managers in Rhineland-Palatinate Part 1: To be filled in by the applicant 1 1 Family name(s) 2 : 2 First name(s) 3 : 3 Date of birth: Day: Month: Year: 4 Place and Country of birth: 5 Nationality (nationalities): 6 Gender: Female Male 7 Marital status: Number of children: 8 Religion: 9 Postal address Street / PO box: Area Code: Town: Country: Telephone: Fax: 10 Language proficiency 4 Mother tongue(s): Basic knowledge Advanced knowledge Able to speak / read / write fluently German English: Other: 11 German language course completed so far (please include certificates) From to Type and place of training Level achieved 12 Job-related stays abroad From to Country Purpose Funded by 1 Processing the application is only possible if the form is completed in full! Please carefully read points I to III of the information 2 Spelling must be the same as in passport. 3 Spelling must be the same as in passport. 4 German and English proficiency will be assessed during the interview. 8

9 13 Education (please enclose diplomas /certificates From to Name, place Field / main subject Qualification / diploma, certificate Vocational and technical school University Other qualifying courses 14 Employment Precise occupation or profession: Employment (please be particularly precise for the past five years) From to Employer /sector Position / job description / location 15 What are your main tasks in your current position? 16 For which tasks are you responsible? 9

10 17 With which special machines, technical equipment or facilities do you work on your job? 18 How many co-workers report directly to you? Number: 19 Direct superior Name: Function: Address: Telephone: Declaration by applicant: I hereby apply for a government scholarship of the Ministry for Economic Affairs, Climate Protection, Energy and Spatial Planning Rhineland-Palatinate. I confirm that answers to the questions above are truthful and complete. Where required, they are documented by certificates or diplomas. I confirm that I am not impaired in my ability to perform by illness or other infirmities. Furthermore, I confirm that my spouse s and children s financial and material support is guaranteed by continued remuneration through paid leave of absence or other sources. I undertake to complete the programme in which I have been invited to participate. I will not violate the programme s rules and regulations or the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. I declare that I will return to my home country immediately upon completion or termination of the advanced training programme. I accept the above Conditions for Participation Place Date Signature 10

11 Appendix to Part 1 We require precise information on your workplace and responsibilities to ensure that you and your company/organisation will benefit from the advanced training. We would like to ask you to provide information about your company and your position within. 1 Draw an organisational chart of your organisation or institution and mark your position as well as that of your direct superior or enclose a printed organisation chart with the appropriate markings. 2. Describe your department s function and your responsibilities. Name projects, services and if applicable your organisation s or institution s website. 11

12 Part 2: Employer s statement on the application Explanatory note: We would like to ask you for a statement on your employee s application. The quality of our programme depends on the information at our disposal. Please note that the applicant must be granted leave of absence for the duration of the advanced training programme. 1 Name of applicant 2 Current employer: (name of company/organisation) 3 Address of organisation/institution for correspondence Street / P.O. Box: Postal Code: City: Country: Telephone: Website: 4 Which responsibilities will the applicant be entrusted with upon completing the advanced training? 5 The programme participants will complete a individual training with a mentor in a company or institution in Rhineland-Palatinate within the framework of the advanced training. Existing contacts with German firms could prove to be useful to identify a suitable mentor. Do you have business relations or other contacts with firms or institutions in Rhineland- Palatinate or the Federal Republic of Germany? Name of mentor, company or institution City Type of contact (e.g. delivery of machines, technical co-operation) Contact details 6 Please answer the following questions: 1. Where do you see concrete business opportunities in relation to the internationalisation of your business with Rhineland Palatinate. 2. Where do you see the main challenges in collaboration or doing business with companies from Rhineland Palatinate? 12

13 7 Type of company/branch: 8 Which products or services does the organisation/institution offer? If available, please enclose a brochure or short description with the application. 9 Number of staff working for the company Taking into consideration my remarks, I herewith confirm the information given by the applicant. He/she will continue to be employed upon completing the advanced training programme. Name of superior: Position: Place Date Signature (superior) 13

14 Appendix to Part 2 Please write an approximately one-page analysis on specific business opportunities and collaboration possibilities your company as such and you in particular identify towards Rhineland-Palatinate and how this advanced Training will help you. Your analysis constitutes the most important part of the application for us. 14