Exchange programmes
This website concentrattes on presenting an overview of resources for young people, teachers, and educationally relevant target groups. It is intended to inform international guests on exchange opportunities with Germany. Please use our navigational structure (subject areas, target groups) if you require more comprehensive information.
Youth and school exchange programmes
Comenius- European Cooperation on School Education
http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/socrates/comenius/index_en.html
Website of the EU project COMENIUS, which promotes exchanges and mobility at general school level. COMENIUS focuses on the first phase of education, from pre-school and primary to secondary school, and it is addressed to all members of the education community in the broad sense – pupils, teachers, other education staff, but also local authorities, parents\\\` associations, non-government organisations ... COMENIUS supports school partnerships, projects for the training of school education staff, and school education networks. It thus aims to enhance the quality of teaching, strengthen its European dimension and promote language learning and mobility.
Schools: Partners of the future (PASCH-NET)
http://www.pasch-net.de/udi/enindex.htm
The PASCH initiative´s aim is to establish a network of at least 1,000 partner schools spanning the globe and encourage young people to take an interest in and have an enthusiasm for modern Germany and its society.Apart from fostering German language learning abroad, the initiative also holds scholarship programmes for exchange students. It is based on a co-operation of German schools abroad, the Goethe Institutes, the German Academic Exchange Service, and German schools abroad. In the long run, Germany’s education and research landscape will thus be internationally networked.
The`Schools: Partners for the Future - Initiative` (Federal Foreign Office)
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/en/Aussenpolitik/KulturDialog/SchulenJugendSport/SchulenPartnerDerZukunft/Uebersicht.html
In February 2008, the Federal Foreign Office laumched its partnership programme to build up a network of 1,000 schools worldwide. In cooperation with the Central Agency for schools abroad, the German Academich Exchange Service, the Goethe Institutes and the Educational Exchange Service the initiative aims to inspire young people with an interest and motivation in Germany, modern German culture and the German language. Funding includes exchange visits to Germany, German language learning support.
Eurodesk: European Youth Network
http://www.eurodesk.org/edesk/Welcome.do
EURODESK is a portal for young people and those engaged in the field of youth work, it provides current information, links to related services, a database and publications concerning the role of youth in Europe, particularly as to the participation in European citizenship activities. The information network is supported by theEuropean Commission, and located at Brussels with national offices in many countries.
Youth Exchange (by Deutsche Kultur International)
http://www.deutsche-kultur-international.de/en/themen/jugendaustausch.html
The web portal on German culture and international cooperation offers information and weblinks regarding resources concerned with youth exchange. These can be accessed by the following categories: European youth exchange, transatlantic youth exchange, and exchange with other countries. Each category is subdivided according to multilateral or bilateral exchanges, school programmes, umbrella organisations.
The Global Gateway: Where Schools Find Partners
http://www.globalgateway.org.uk/
A portal provided by the UK government in order to promote school partnerships and exchange ofUK schools with schools worldwide, with a focus on the EU. Includes a ´´school partnership finder´´ and teaching resources on the EU.
Come to Germany - information for young people
http://www.rausvonzuhaus.de/wai1/showcontent.asp?ThemaID=5
Come to Germany is an information service for young people seeking a placement, study opportunity or exchange programme, short term, in Germany, it provides short information and addresses. Young people from abroad can also access databases for placements.
Germany Info: Exchange programmes
http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/06__Education/03__Exchange/00/__Exchange__programs.html
The missions of the Federal Republic of Germany in the United States offer information regarding exchange programmes between the two countries, e.g. sister city programmes, youth and school exchange, studying in Germany, exchange opportuniies for professionals.
Database for International Youth Work: Information on Germany
http://www.dija.de/downloads/downloads/Deutschland_Englisch.pdf
This country information on Germany can be accessed in a variety of languages from the website of the database on international yout exchange. The English language version (36 pages) contains chapters on the structure and geography of Germany, politics and culture, education system, and in particular the organisation of youth work and youth exchange in Germany. The date is May 2006.
Exchange programmes for teachers
Pädagogischer Austauschdienst der Kultusministerkonferenz der Länder der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (PAD) / Educational Exchange Service
http://www.kmk-pad.org/
The Education Exchange Service concerns all questions of teacher exchange, and is provided by the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany. The site provides an overview of its field of work in English.
International exchange in vocational education and training
International exchanges in vocational education and training
http://www.bmbf.de/en/894.php
The website is provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany. It introduces readers to the promotion of exchange in the area of vocational education and qualification, and lists selected exchange programmes
(with different mostly European Countries) and the respective websites.
Dokument von: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
iMOVE - International Marketing of Vocational Education
http://www.imove-germany.org/index.php?lan=2
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research has launched iMove s a national competence centre in vocational education and training. The website provides a database of German providers of initial and continuing vocational education and training as well as information regarding exchange programmes, quality and general information on Germany.
Higher education - Students
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Geschäftsstelle (DAAD) / German Academic Exchange Service
http://www.daad.de/en/index.html
In its capacity as the largest German support organisation in the field of international academic co-operation, the DAAD, with considerable public funds at its disposal, simultaneously fulfils responsibilities in foreign cultural and academic policy, development co-operation policy and national higher education policy. Indeed German higher education policy focuses on the internationalisation of research, teaching and studies as a prime objective. Furthermore, the DAAD has taken on an intermediary role within Europe on matters of education policy - especially with regard to the European Union´s exchange and mobility programmes.
Study in Germany - Gateway for students and scientists
http://study-in-germany.de/english
Study in Germny offers information on training, studying, research opportunities and living in Germany. You can find information about learning German, research institutions, the educational systems, training opportunities, and general information. The site is available in Arabic, French – français, English, Japanese , Spanish = castellano, Russian and Chinese.
General European programmes
SOCRATES: European Commission programme
http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/socrates/socrates_en.html
SOCRATES is a Europen Union programme aimed at the promotion of a knowledge-based society, by means of funding exchange programmes for students at different levels of education as well as supporting language learning and mobility, and modern information and communication skills. Eight action programmes are part of the SOKRATES programme, including COMENIUS for schools, ERASMUS for higher education, Grundtvig for adult learners, and Lingua for language learning.
Partnership for Socrates / Comenius / Grundtvig Programme
http://partbase.programkontoret.se/
This website provides the partnerships database PartBase which can be searched (in several European languages) for participating institutions in the European Union projects SOCRATES and COMENIUS as well as GUNDTVIG.