Culture

German Federation for Arts Education and Cultural Learning

Name of the Organization
BKJ - Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung e. V.
Department/Institute
jugend.kultur.austausch global
Contact

Greifswalder Straße 4
10405 Berlin
BE
Germany

Telephone
+49 30 4848 60 53
E-Mail
global[at]bkj.de
Description of the Organization

The German Federation for Arts Education and Cultural Learning (Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung - BKJ) is the umbrella organisation for cultural education in Germany. More than 50 nationwide specialist organisations and state associations have joined forces in the BKJ. With their offers of cultural education in the fields of visual arts, digital media, film, photography, literature, music, rhythm, play, dance, theatre and circus, they are committed to diversity, inclusion, voluntary work, international exchange and successful educational landscapes. We advise specialists and teachers in the field of (non-formal) arts education on technical and conceptual questions and on support programmes, also at the intersection with an education for sustainable development and transformative learning for global justice. Youth organisations based in Germany can apply to us for funding for individual programmes, for example for international exchanges in the field of cultural education or for educational alliances at local level.

WorldWideBlanket

Name of the Organization
WorldWideBlanket
Contact

Stockstadter Straße 55
63814 Mainaschaff
Germany

Telephone
+49 6150 5048291
E-Mail
bettlaken[at]worldwideblanket.de
Description of the Organization

WorldWideBlanket is a collection of Open Events to activate people creatively and emotionally. An Open Event, is a structure, of thoughts, opinions and experiences on the subject „living sustainable“.

Leuphana University of Lüneburg, INFU

Name of the Organization
Leuphana University of Lüneburg, INFU
Department/Institute
INFU - Institut für Umweltkommunikation
Additional info
Campus, Gebäude 11 in der 3. Etage, Raum C 11.324
Contact

Universitätsallee 1
Postfach 2440
21335 Lüneburg
Germany

Telephone
+49 4131 677-2802
E-Mail
infu[at]leuphana.de
Description of the Organization

The Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication was founded in 1996. Today, it is part of the Faculty of Environmental Technology at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. The institute's academic staff carries out research, teaching, and knowledge-transfer activities related to environment and sustainability communication. Scientific analysis, theory elaboration, and concept development are the key components of all research projects carried out at this institute. Their objective is to promote the development of competencies at the individual, institutional, and collective levels in order to create a future based on the principle of sustainability. In the autumn of 2005, this institute was awarded the UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development. The Chair's goal is to integrate the principle of sustainability into teaching activities and strengthen the institute's international orientation by establishing new cooperative ventures.

European Commission - DG for International Partnerships

Name of the Organization
European Commission - DG for International Partnerships
Department/Institute
Unit G3, Youth, Education and Culture
Contact

Rue de la Loi 41
1049 Brüssel
Belgium

Telephone
+32 2 2964147
E-Mail
anne-marie.vermunt[at]ec.europa.eu
Description of the Organization

European public institution

Themes of the organization

ijgd - International Youth Community Services

Name of the Organization
ijgd - International Youth Community Services
Department/Institute
Geschäftsstelle Berlin
Contact

Glogauer Straße 21
10999 Berlin
Germany

Telephone
+49 30 61203130
E-Mail
ijgd.berlin[at]ijgd.de
Description of the Organization

IJGD stands for International Youth Community Services. It is a non-profit organisation working in the field of international youth work and political education. Since 1949, IJGD has been active throughout Germany as an organisation independent from any religious or political party and recognised by the state authorities. The aim of IJGD is to forward young people's awareness of social conditions and to support the development of a feeling of social responsibility. The work of IJGD thus includes the promotion of international understanding and the reduction of prejudice between people of different nations, social backgrounds, religions and political ideas. We organise workcamps, international youth meetings, youth holiday periods in Germany, Europe and overseas as well as different trainings and seminars as further education.

In addition, IJGD is in charge of different long-term voluntary services such as the voluntary social service (FSJ), the voluntary ecological service (FÖJ) and the voluntary heritage service (FJD).

The Berlin part of IJGD, IJGD LV Berlin, has a specific focus on intercultural and inter-generation projects. In the field of the European Voluntary Service (EVS), IJGD Berlin is involved as a sending and hosting organisation. As part of our pilote project ‘voluntary services in socially deprived areas', ijgd Berlin has a growing number of EVS-placements in Berlin in socially deprived areas. This pilote project aims to further social inclusion, intercultural learning and to support small non-profit organisations and initiatives. As a sending organisation we send young German volunteers from Berlin and ist surroundings for longterm voluntary services to Europe in the frame work of EVS.

IJGD Berlin also organises midterm voluntary services in Africa, Asia and Latinamerika.

Themes of the organization

Brighton Peace and Environment Centre

Name of the Organization
Brighton Peace and Environment Centre
Contact

39 - 41 Surrey Street
Brighton
BN1 3PB
United Kingdom

Telephone
0044 (0)1273 766611
E-Mail
info[at]bpec.org
Description of the Organization

As Development Education Centre we aim to raise awareness of peace and environment related issues through information and education.

Themes of the organization

Spor Media

Name of the Organization
Spor Media
Contact

Elmegade 5, 1. th
DK 2200 Kopenhagen
Denmark

Telephone
+45 3536 0940
E-Mail
spor[at]spormedia.dk
Description of the Organization

For more than 25 years Spor Media has been engaged in international cooperation and especially in development education related to culture and media. Spor has produced and distributed various films and documentaries as well as web-based educational materials about social, political and cultural issues in Latin America, Africa and Asia to pupils and teachers in Danish schools and informal educational settings. In collaboration with young cultural groups from the Global South Spor Media is organizing cultural activities for students at all levels of the educational system , especially in rural areas where cultural exchange and Global Education are not  often on the agenda.