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Difäm, the German Institute for Medical Mission, based in Tübingen, was founded in 1906. It is a specialized advisory center, medical relief organization and bearer of the Paul Lechler Clinic for Tropical Diseases. We provide support to development and relief organizations worldwide (for example: Brot für die Welt [bread for the world], social welfare work and disaster aid) for the implementation of health projects; we assist our local partners in planning their projects and offer them ongoing support.

Our doctors have run health programs in southern countries for years and can thus provide the necessary specialized knowledge. Our main goal is to establish a firm basis for sustainable health care by promoting basic health care services and home health care. With our seminars in public health and treatment of tropical diseases, we further the training of local health care specialists and of qualified personnel.

Difäm promotes and carries out projects that help patients suffering from disabilities or diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis, and leprosy. Our medical aid service provides indispensable medicine, medical tools and auxiliary materials etc. for partner clinics and health care stations in over 90 countries around the world. Our long-term goal, however, is to make these countries independent of foreign aid. For this reason, Difäm provides raw materials, tools and training for local personnel in order to support the local production of pharmaceuticals. In addition to providing direct aid, we are also active in political lobbying and public campaigns for the right to health care.

The Foundation Education and Development is the Swiss centre for Global Education. We support teachers in Switzerland at all levels in their daily work by giving them impulses for their lessons which are directed towards a viable development in a global society. We sell and lend over 800 tried and tested teaching aids in German, French and Italian language. We provide teacher training. We inform and advise with relation to Global Education. We are part of a network of national and international organisations having similar aims. The services of the Foundation Education and Development are available at four regional centres throughout Switzerland: in the German and Rhaeto-Romanic-speaking region, in the French-speaking region, and in the Italian-speaking region.

The ÖFSE is the largest Austrian institution that provides information on issues concerning developing countries, development cooperation, and development policy. The ÖFSE has the most extensive specialized library in Austria on general questions regarding those fields, on recent developments in the Southern countries, and on specific questions regarding Austrian development cooperation. The scientific department of the ÖFSE offers analyses as well as expert advice. In addition, it encourages reflecting and thinking processes and organizes discussions on the following topics: educational cooperation, promoting education, development theory and development cooperation, Austrian development policy, international relations, world economy, and political, economic, and social structures in developing countries. The organization cooperates closely with related institutions all over Europe and the world.

IKUD® Seminare stands for interculturalism and didactics and is the professional answer to the increasing demand for training, coaching and consulting services in the field of international cooperation. We train and advise businesses, organisations or individuals who operate internationally or plan to extend their communication and management skills in a European or wider international context.

We also specialise in the training of persons who plan to work, or are already working, as trainers and/or coaches. Increased globalisation and cultural diversity mean that intercultural communication skills are required in many areas of professional and private life, and the demand for qualified Intercultural Trainers is rising accordingly.

The Institute for Global Church and Mission (IWM) is a missiological institute of the German Bishops' Conference at the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen in Frankfurt/Main.

Mobile Bildung e. V. advises Weltläden (special shops selling fair trade goods). They are also involved in educational and public relations work in the area of fair trade. The association is the responsible body of the Hamburg fair trade alliance for action: Hamburg mal fair. It directs its educational opportunities at schools and the public with themes that change every year such as football, chocolate, cotton etc. With these projects the alliance aims at promoting an awareness of justice and injustice in world trade.

In our charitable organisation, experts on educational matters and coaches from the Brandenburg and Berlin area are working on the following topics:

• adult and youth education in politics (development policy, ecology, development of democracy, civic participation, questions concerning human rights, migration, etc.)
• intercultural communication
• mediation and conflict management, mediation training and parental training
• organisation counselling
• anti-discrimination training
• study travels focusing on political and cultural matters and related to natural history in (Eastern) Germany and Eastern Europe

In terms of language and culture, we have gathered experiences and established contacts particularly with (Southeastern) Europe, Turkey, the Arab States, Israel, Latin America and Africa.

By providing comprehensive education and vocational training, Don Bosco Mondo e. V. particularly supports disadvantaged children and adolescents in Africa, Asia, Latin America, ond Eostern Europe, enabling them to live independent lives.

Our reliable partners in this endeavour are the Salesians of Don Bosco. With over 7000 children and youth centres in more than 130 countries. Don Bosco provides young people with knowledge, skills, and orientation. The "Don-Bosco Pedagogy" is synonymous for loving care and professional support. lt does not only help young people to develop confidence in their own capabilities, but also conveys values as creativity, team spirit, tolerance, and respect. Our new name is meant to emphasise our commitment to this One World and the global responsibility that connects us here in Germany with people across the world."