50 Years IBZ Gimborn

The steps for quality-assurance that have been initiated tie in with
internally developed, clearly defined labour-dividing administrative
procedures and a sophisticated system for measuring results. By virtue
of the very manageable size of the institute and the close personal contacts
among conference participants and staff, a procedure – albeit almost
undocumented – had already evolved early on for identifying weak points
and making improvements. In the shape of a manual now on hand –
which will grow steadily more detailed – these processes are now being
consolidated and further developed.
by the ancient buildings are not enough to yield sufficient attraction over
the long term, all the more as they are paired with intermittent mobile
phone coverage and mediocre internet access. That is why guest rooms
that meet modern standards, a spacious, multi-functional conference
room, and improved leisure-time activities deserve special attention.
The guiding principle of “education and encounters” had already been
a force behind the founding. Assuredly, contents and working methods
regularly require adjustment. Here it must be ensured that Gimborn
continues to distinguish itself from sources of further police training on
the one hand, and from other private institutions for further education on
the other: offering an exchange of experiences that transcends all
boundaries among ranks, functions, and nationalities; establishing
correlations; and finding explanations for processes of social change.
2010s
Artur Winkelmann Room in the Castle’s Annex
The need to define more strongly the character of the Centre as a
conference hotel derives from the fact that the cuts in publicly funded
education must be compensated by occupation of the institution by
events of other sponsors. The idyllic locale and the atmosphere radiated
“education and encounters”