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Seven young people sit together. Three men in the back row, four women in the front. Photo: Mike Denison

Youth engagement in times of COVID 19

Bonn, 6th July 2020. A youth response team takes up the COVID 19-challenge in South Africa.

Africa-Europe Youth Meet-Up takes place online

Bonn, 2nd July 2020. At the Africa-Europe Youth Meet-Up from 8th to 10th July 2020, young people from Africa, Europe and the diaspora can exchange their ideas and solutions on global challenges virtually.

One World Promoters 2019.

Promoters for One World

Bonn/Cologne, 2nd June 2020. The One World Promoters’ Programme supports numerous, mostly voluntary initiatives and associations throughout Germany in their local commitment for a globally just and sustainable world.

Parlez-vous anglais? International CHAT between WORLDS flyers released

Bonn/Cologne, 14th May 2020. CHAT between WORLDS has released new flyers for interested people in countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The new flyers, available in English, French and Spanish, explain in an easy way to understand how individuals, school classes and youth groups can participate in CHAT between WORLDS projects.

The photo shows a mixed group of about 16 female and male participants of the conference, facing each other in two rows. Photo: Mike Denison/WESSA

Partner Matching Conference in Johannesburg

Bonn/Cologne, 8th February 2020. From 2 to 6 March 2020 a Partner Matching Conference took place in Johannesburg, South Africa. WESSA, Engagement Global, GIZ, BKJ and the dsj were involved in the organization of the conference. The aim of the conference was to promote new partnerships in extracurricular exchange.

The photo shows a Graphic with the Bibliography on youth encounters. Photo: Engagement Global

Bibliography for youth encounters

Bonn/Cologne, 24th March 2020. Engagement Global offers a collection of sources and platforms for planning and implementing youth encounters between people from Germany and African countries.

There is a Graphic with the 17 icons used to present the 17 Global Goals from the United Nations. Photo: Project Everyone

The World’s Largest Lesson

Bonn/Cologne, 12th March 2020. World’s Largest Lesson is a project with the aim to bring the Global Goals to children all over the world and unite them in taking action.

In the photo you can see several young people gesticulating and communicating with each other. Photo: BKJ

Network meeting global youth.culture.exchange

Bonn/Cologne, 11th March 2020. The fourth Germany-wide network meeting global youth.culture.exchange, aimed at stakeholders in cultural education who plan international youth encounters, will take place in Munich from 2 to 5 September 2020.

The photo shows two young women holding hands and smiling. A man sits on a chair to the right of them and has a thoughtful posture. Photo: BKJ

UN Sustainable Development Goals for Global Youth Exchange

Bonn/Cologne, 4th March 2020. On 13 May 2020, the German Federal Association for Cultural Child and Youth Education (Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung / BKJ) will hold a symposium on the UN sustainable development goals for global youth encounters in cultural education in Wuppertal, Germany.

In the picture you can see a man who wants to throw a ball. Photo: Janine Schmitz/photothek.net

Information event on German–African youth encounters in sport

Bonn/Cologne, 25th February 2020. German sport organizations interested in international youth encounters with the Global South can find out about funding opportunities and develop project ideas together from 25 to 26 April 2020.

In the picture you can read “Diversity in Youth Exchange, checklist”. Photo: Deutsch-polnisches Jugendwerk

Checklist – Diversity in Youth Exchange

Bonn/Cologne, 12th February 2020. The checklist “Diversity in Youth Exchange” of the German–Polish Youth Association is now also available in English and French – supported by Engagement Global.

The photo shows ayoung people sitting in a circle. Photo: Engagement Global

African-German Youth Initiative Innovation Fund

Bonn/Cologne, 29th January 2020. The second Call for Applications for the African-German Youth Initiative Innovation Fund (AGYI-IF) is opened. The Fund supports youth exchange and mobility between young people from African countries and Germany.