INCAE

The INCAE is a private, non-profit, higher-education, multi-national institution dedicated to teaching and research in the field of administration and the economy – training and educating, from a global perspective, individuals capable of successfully taking on top management positions in Latin America.

The INCAE was founded in 1964 through an initiative by the business community and Central American governments; from that time to the present it has received advice from Harvard University’s School of Business.

The INCAE currently has three key activities:

• Master’s programs in essential areas for Latin American development


• Executive training programs and seminars


• Research projects favoring competitiveness in the region. The INCAE has an applied approach that combines best practices and world’s knowledge frontiers with the Latin American reality and setting.

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CLACDS at the INCAE

The Centro Latinoamericano para la Competitividad y Desarrollo Sostenible (CLACDS – the Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development) is an academic entity established to assist Latin American governments and private sectors in achieving sustainable economic growth and thereby improve quality of life for all the region’s inhabitants. Its purpose is to serve as a facilitator and catalyst so that the region’s national and institutional leaders could promote changes for achieving the goals of greater competitiveness and sustainable development.

The INCAE has placed strong emphasis on natural resource and environmental management. Since 1991, the Institute has graduated more than 150 men and women with master’s degrees in business administration with an emphasis in natural resources and sustainable development. More information

INWENT

InWent – Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung GMBH (Capacity Building International) is synonymous to human resources and organizational development in international aid. Individuals' abilities to shape their own future and mark the change processes are built through education and the exchange programs and dialog InWent offers. InWent's work is anchored in developmental, economic, and educational policies. The InWent shareholders are the German government, the federal German state, and private sector entities. Other clients are mostly the European Union and multi-lateral bodies.

InWent works for people to begin shaping the sustainable development in their countries, economies, and civil societies of political dialog, practical training, and inter-cultural learning experiences.

Business fields
Thanks to its experience and special competencies in international aid, InWent has focused its area of competence on eight inter-disciplinary business fields.

• Governance and reform processes


• Peace and security


• Social development


• The environment and natural resources


• Sustainable business development


• Foreign trade and international relations


• Regional development and urbanization


• Educational development

With some 900 workers in 35 locations inside and outside Germany, InWent hires more than 35,000 participants each year. More information