Ivanka Trump is planning a trip to Germany to attend a summit on the economic empowerment of women.
The first daughter was invited by German Chancellor Angela Merkel during Merkel's recent White House visit, a senior administration official said.
The W20 summit, a women-focused effort within the Group of 20 countries, will be in Berlin in late April.
Ivanka Trump's plans are still being worked out, but she hopes to study successful apprenticeship programs during her visit.
Merkel and Ivanka Trump spent time together when Merkel visited the White House to meet with President Donald Trump.
At the request of German officials, the first daughter helped arrange a meeting between American and German business leaders to discuss vocational training.
The meeting marked the second time foreign leaders reached out to Ivanka Trump to coordinate an economic conversation.
During Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's visit last month, she helped organise a meeting on economic development opportunities for women at the suggestion of Trudeau's office.
The first daughter is seen as a rising power in the young administration. She is getting an office in the West Wing, a security clearance and government-issued electronic devices even though she is not an official employee.
She is relinquishing control of her lifestyle brand, but is retaining ownership.
Ivanka Trump also has pledged to voluntarily comply with all ethics rules that apply to employees but ethics experts have raised concerns that by not becoming an official employee, she could skirt transparency and ethical provisions.
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