Enrolment options
Many people living in Germany with ties abroad are sending money to their friends and family or community in their country of origin on a regular basis. Given that you are looking at this text it is likely that you are one of them: a sender or recipient of 'remittances'. So, a very warm welcome to you, whoever you might be and wherever you are from or live right now! We are glad you are here and hope that you will feel the time and energy you are going to spend on this E-Learning course worth your while.
WHAT IS THE COURSE ABOUT?
The training will increase your
confidence and knowledge in terms of managing your money and budget and
understanding the opportunities to invest a part of the remittances funds
into longer term investments (such as small businesses, savings accounts, insurance).
Also, it will increase the level of your financial knowledge as a sender or
recipient of remittances so that they you are better able to save and
invest remittances for sustainable economic development in your country of
origin.
Through several short modules we will share ideas and impulses to give you
some orientation towards staying in the driver's seat when it comes
to deciding whom to support and how. You can pick the modules that interest you
the most and finish each of them in your own time. You can of course decide to
select only one or two, the choice is yours, although we highly recommend
following the entire cycle in the suggested order.
The modules address the following four topics:
- Fit to remit
- Fit to save
- Fit to invest
- Fit to entrepreneur
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
This
course is for anyone who
is sending or intends to transfer money abroad to family and/or friends as
well as anyone receiving money from family and/ or friends living in Germany or
elsewhere.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
- Planning your personal budget
- Defining a purpose for use of remittances
- Choosing the amount and recipient of remittances
- How to send remittances including transfer channel selection
- Different receiving (pay-out) options
- Digital transfers
- Comparison of remittance providers websites
- Why and how to save
- How to choose an investment form
- How to start a business and how develop it further
- How to support and/or implement a sustainable project that creates impact in your country of origin
HOW WILL I LEARN AND HOW MUCH TIME DO I NEED TO INVEST?
You will learn self-paced. Each module will take, depending on your individual speed and interest, approx. 20 minutes, which you can spread over the days or weeks or can finish in one go - again it is all up to you.
WILL I GET A CERTIFICATE?
Of course, you will After having gone through the module(s) of one topic and having completed our survey, you will receive a "Certificate of Completion".
How does it work?
For your convenience and effectiveness of learning, the course is divided into multiple compact lessons and thus set up in a way in which you can integrate some small learning sessions throughout your day. We strongly encourage you to take breaks in between and not work through too much content at the same time. The human brain needs these breaks to manifest the newly gained knowledge.
Because we believe that only by doing something yourself, you will actually remember it, and that learning should be fun, you will not have to read long boring pages but will rather participate in games and quizzes, practical exercises, watch short films plus find useful additional material, such as linklists and further information for your reference.
Furthermore, this E-Learning course is designed to be compatible with multiple internet browsers and to work on several devices. This means that you can either use a desktop computer or a tablet or your smartphone to work through it. However, we recommend using a computer or laptop to be able to benefit from the full functionality of the course. Especially the animated content (e.g. small videos or graphics) and the interactions (e.g. short quizzes and scenarios) will work best if you use a computer or laptop.
In order to fully experience the course and benefit from the linklists mentioned before, we recommend to go through the course as a registered user and not to login as a guest.
Are you ready to start with the first module? 🚀
We wish you a lot of fun and a fruitful learning experience in this E-Learning course on the topic of remittances!