Our continuing education programs provide up-to-date and practical knowledge in our focus areas. By contributing our expertise, we offer you optimal support to be successful in global competition.

• DAS Applied Diplomacy
• CAS Foreign Affairs and Applied Diplomacy
• WBK Diplomacy in the Digital Age
• WBK Diplomacy & Information Security
• WBK Business Skills Training - The Middle East

All continuing education courses at a glance

We advise companies, international organizations and institutions according to their needs and our extensive expertise and experience by providing customized consulting solutions. Our strength lies in solving practical business problems using scientific knowledge and research techniques. Working closely with the client, we design business models for the company and provide support in establishing a strong market position.

Our team also has a well-established business and academic network and close ties to international contacts.

Our current service and consulting activities focus on the following competence areas:

• Nearshoring solutions
  We have studied the nearshoring trend in more detail and developed an IT Nearshoring Index from it, which is updated annually. This company-specific and personalized nearshoring index is able to determine optimal nearshoring locations. This enables companies to be supported in their location evaluation by means of location risk assessments. Several IT companies have already made use of this service of a customized index.
• Applied Negotiation
  Our International Negotiation specialist Khaldoun Dia-Eddine regularly trains companies and their employees in negotiation techniques, including an established Swiss security company.
• Digital Diplomacy
  The CGC develops analyses on the success factors of the digital transformation and what these mean for digital foreign policy.
• Management of the office of the Swiss-Japanese Chamber of Commerce (SJCC)
  For six years (2016-2021), Dominique Ursprung managed the office of the Swiss-Japanese Chamber of Commerce. The Zurich-based association promotes Swiss-Japanese economic relations and has 300 members. All six years ended with a profit, raising the chamber's profile as a key player in bilateral relations.
• Secretariat for the Switzerland-Japan Parliamentary Group
  Since 2016, Dominique Ursprung has served as secretary of the parliamentary group, which supports exchanges between parliamentarians from Switzerland and Japan.
• Tailor-Made Study Trips