Download - EU-China Managers Exchange and Training Programme

METP at a Glance:
An exciting Opportunity for Business and
Career Development in Europe and China
The EU-China Managers Exchange and Training
Programme (METP), launched in July 2006, is a fiveyear
intergovernmental cooperation project between
the European Union and the Government of the People's
Republic of China in the field of international trade. Located
in the dynamic context of continuously developing relations
between the EU and China, the programme aims to enhance
business expertise by developing European and Chinese human
resources. METP's main purpose is to organise training and
financially support internships for 450 Chinese and European
managers.
METP is implemented by the China Council for the
Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) in close consultation
with the Ministry of Commerce on the Chinese side and the
Delegation of the European Union to China and Mongolia on
the European side. Over five years the total funding for METP is
23,000,000 euros.
METP Training is structured in five intakes: METP 1 started
in August 2007, METP 2 in March 2008, METP 3 started in
October 2008, METP 4 in May 2009 and METP 5 is scheduled to
begin in May 2010. METP covers all tuition fees for participants,
provides a generous living allowance and travel subsidies.
Each of the five intakes starts with a joint two-week
intercultural training for all selected Chinese and European
managers in China. Following the intercultural training Chinese
managers receive seven-weeks of tailor-made management
training at three leading European business schools (ESCP
European School of Management, Manchester Metropolitan
University Business School and Solvay Business School at
Université Libre de Bruxelles). After their training METP
supports Chinese managers to take up internships of between
seven and twenty one weeks with enterprises and organizations
in the European Union.
Following their intercultural training European managers
begin an intensive, full-time seven-month Business Chinese
language training at the University of International Business and
Economics in Beijing; this is complemented by seminars and
workshops on cultural and business issues. Afterwards they are
also assisted to take up internships lasting at least twelve weeks
with a company or organisation in China.
E u r o p e a n a n d C h i n e s e participants of
METP may join the EU-China M a n a g e r s
Association (EUCMA), an alumni
a s s o c i a t i o n
originally set up for the JMTP
( E U - C h i n a
Junior Managers Training
Programme).
EUCMA offers its members
f u r t h e r
assistance and a wide variety
of additional
networking opportunities and
promotional
e v e n t s t o c o n t i n u e t h e
development
of useful business contacts after
the training.
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