Inter-/multiculturalism

WorldWideBlanket

WorldWideBlanket

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

Leuphana University of Lüneburg, INFU
INFU - Institut für Umweltkommunikation
Campus, Gebäude 11 in der 3. Etage, Raum C 11.324

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.

IMIS - Institut für Migrationsforschung und interkulturelle Studien

IMIS - Institut für Migrationsforschung und interkulturelle Studien
Universität Osnabrück

Seminarstraße 19 a/b, Gebäude 03
49069 Osnabrück
Germany

Telephone
+49 541 9694384
E-Mail
imis[at]uni-osnabrueck.de

IDA - Information, Documentation and Action Center Against Xenophobia For a Multicultural Future

IDA - Information, Documentation and Action Center Against Xenophobia For a Multicultural Future

Volmerswerther Str. 20
40221 Düsseldorf
Germany

Telephone
+49 211 159255-5
Fax
+49 211 159255-69
Description of the Organization

TheInformation, Documentation and Action Center Against Xenophobia For a Multicultural Future (IDA) serves as a nationwide central contact point for youth associations, organizations, initiatives and professionals involved in youth welfare and educational work. It provides them with information material on (anti-)racism, right-wing extremism, intercultural relations and migration. IDA focuses on anti-racist and intercultural methods and approaches; it initiates projects related to youth welfare and links people working in this domain. IDA is a service center focusing on information, documentation, counseling, training, cooperation, networking, and public relations work.

IDA´s main points are:

  • Providing information and counseling
  • Publishing registries of speakers, movies, videos and educational material
  • Creating readers and flyers for professionals involved in youth welfare and educational work, e.g. concerning tolerance, integration, training, gender mainstreaming and international youth meetings.
  • Publishing a regular newsletter including the latest information on anti-racism and youth association work.
  • Organizing symposia and workshops
  • Provide training for young people active in (im)migrant organizations

The IDA-NRW is a state-run project associated with the organization. The IDA links theory and practice and serves as an intermediary between science & research and educational & youth welfare work. You will find the IDA represented in various German networks. When creating and setting up events, the IDA cooperates with related organizations, sometimes it even plans and arranges whole events for its cooperation partners.