Intercultural education

We are actively involved in the development of intercultural education, both with regard to program content and to organization.

Besides lobbying efforts by representation in professional bodies and national associations we provide:

• Consulting and training to improve the quality of international youth exchange programs, according to principles of intercultural understanding, social and ecological sustainability, as well as physical and mental health and well-being, in each case taking into consideration current youth cultures.
• Facilitating dialogue and networking between individual experts and organizations who otherwise rarely meet, e.g. from the fields of science and practice, or from official youth organizations and volunteer initiatives, in order to overcome personal and institutional barriers, to mediate mutual insights and understanding, and to initiate continuous discourse and cooperation.
• Platforms and projects for collaboration and sharing of experience and mutually enriching ideas for experts, professionals, and volunteers in international youth work from Germany and partner countries.

In pursuit of these goals, we organize, support and facilitate joint projects and networks, frequently cooperating with quite different partners, in order to achieve synergy effects from the diversity of perspectives and approaches.