The regional office is a training establishment of the Senate Department for Education, Science and Research. It was founded in 1963 within the framework of the assumed state contribution to developmental cooperation. With it, the state of Berlin created a training establishment in coordination and cooperation with the federal government, in which over 2000 teachers and skilled personnel from approx. 70 countries worldwide have been successfully qualified. Recently, there has been an increase in education and training in the fields of water management and renewable energies, in order to meet with the demands for sustainable development in a globalised world.