Culture, Education, Sport
Germany comes first in the internationalisation of higher education, ahead of Australia, the United Kingdom and China, according to a British Council survey.
British Council Presents Survey
Discussion at the Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah in Jakarta: By invitation of the Faculty of Economics, Ambassador Dr. Norbert Baas together with the Press and Cultural Counsellor of the Embassy, Mr. Christoph Seemann, met with students on 1 March to discuss the state of the world economy and the roles of Germany and Indonesia in the G20.
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CrossCulture Internships
With its CrossCulture Internships support programme, the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, ifa) shows its commitment to intercultural dialogue and strengthening the formation of networks between Germany and the Islamic world as a partner of the German Federal Foreign Office. Since 2005, it offers young working people and committed volunteers from the cultures involved the opportunity to expand their professional and political competence as well as to gather international experience through a stay in the other cultural area – also with the aim of strengthening the structures of civil society.
The deadline for applications for this year's programme is March 1st. For details, please contact the German Embassy.
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The Federal Foreign Office and the DAAD are supporting academic reconstruction in Afghanistan and in Iraq with special programmes. To build a better future these countries urgently need highly trained young professionals who can take responsibility in the fields of administration, business and research. Education is also key to the development of democratic structures and stability. Let’s look at just one of many examples of cooperation: TU Dortmund’s Faculty of Spatial Planning is putting a great deal of energy and effort into its partnership with four Iraqi higher education institutions.
Education for a better future
They are important institutions for research on Germany and Europe and drivers of innovation in academic training: the 15 Centers for German and European Studies in eleven countries focus on contemporary issues that transcend the boundaries of individual disciplines. The aim is to educate a young generation of experts on Germany and Europe that will work to achieve international understanding and cooperation. They link the academic, political and public spheres in the country where they are based through their focus on Germany and Europe. Within the framework of its research and academic relations policy the Federal Foreign Office promotes the Centers through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Centers for German and European Studies
For twelve months, the artists live and work in Berlin at the invitation of the German Federal Foreign Office, the Berlin Senate (city government) and the DAAD, engaging in an exciting exchange with the city and the German cultural scene. Creative freedom and artistic dialogue are the central ideas behind the programme. The aim is to enable the artists, while in Berlin, to devote themselves fully to their work, free from the pressures of market mechanisms and censorship.
Künstlerprogramm
The Federal Foreign Office funds a variety of scholarship programmes, which are important for the implementation of its research and academic relations policy. The programmes enable the top international specialists of tomorrow to undertake periods of study or research in Germany. At the same time, they lay the foundation for research partnerships with the world’s best minds. Jun Zhu, a lawyer from China and doctoral student in Göttingen, is one of them. Like many highly qualified young graduates from abroad, he receives financial support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Scholarship programmes
The Goethe Centre Surabaya Bids Farewell to its Director
After 11 years of commendable leadership of the Goethe Centre in Surabaya, Director Drs. Brigitte Oetoro will be leaving at the end of this year. The German Ambassador, Dr. Norbert Baas and the Director of the Goethe Institute in Jakarta gave Mrs. Oetoro an official farewell during a small celebration. Mrs. Oetoro has been closely connected to the Goethe Institute since the 1960s and first worked as a German teacher. She took over the Goethe Centre as Director in 1999. The German Centre which so far offered mainly German language courses will be making a new start in Janaury 2011, with an emphasis on the economy, language and culture.
