Germany

As a freelance journalist I am publishing articles around intercultural dialogue and as facilitator and moderator of large and little groups I am using methods like “Magic Roundtable”, “Open Space” and other technologies to enhance self organizing processes. Please see our website:www.open-forum.de

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We are a non-profit organization committed to promoting political education and socio-cultural community works. We are engaged in inter-regional and international cultural exchange and aim at encouraging young people and young adults to actively participate in the society they live in and take over responsibility by taking over social and political commitments. The aim is to promote the critical debate concerning social processes through the means of education and emancipation. We are committed to strengthening equal rights through the systematic promotion of the underprivileged in society. The activities are directed against any forms of prejudices, racial, sexist and social and discrimination and exploitation and the violation of human rights.The main activities are political education and socio-cultural community works with underprivileged youngsters, scientific research concerning racism, organization of panels and forums concerning adult education in the sphere of theater,music and film.

The main objectives of InPerspective are 1. to broaden international journalism through intercultural and interlingua exchange of news and ideas, 2. to create an international network of journalists and translators who embrace our intercultural mission, and 3. to provide readers with international perspectives which may not be accessible to them due to language barriers or lack of coverage in national press.

We strive to achieve democratic journalism, which involves journalists, translators and readers in the editorial process. Our platform allows for readers not only to comment and rate articles but also to vote for topics they are interested in, and for journalists and translators to be part of the decision-making process of the publication. We are also working on a project to visualize stories, and include data journalism for main topics using our global map, which is the visual base of our website www.inperspective.media.

Dialog transnational is an registered organisation that is focused on * Dialogue facilitation and Training of Trainers for Dialogue Facilitation * Education and learning for change/transformation processes * Training of Trainers, training for male /female multipliers in gender mainstreaming contexts * Organizational development and Systemic consultancy * Research in several disciplines supporting dialogue development * The association is characterized by profound knowledge and experiences with regard to research-based project development and implementation of projects aiming at the promotion of a sustainable development of individuals and societies. We put in practice innovative methods of project implementation and co-operation and transfer these targets into educational and learning arrangements for different target groups at different levels and in different cultures.

ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) promotes cultural exchange to assist peoples, nations and religions in learning from one another and living together peacefully. Cultures are changeable, movable and permeable, yet they are also conservative and restrictive. They can cause conflicts, but they can also transform and resolve conflicts. Cultural exchange means commitment to peace. We are committed to achieving peace and justice, protecting human livelihoods and cultures and attaining a united Europe. Human rights, freedom of expression and freedom of information are objectives and cornerstones of our work. Dialogue reveals cultural diversity as a valuable asset. Dialogue involves all people equally in shaping our future – in a process that is both open and meaningful. That is why we strive to bring people closer together.

Research and teaching of the "Institut für Bildung und Kultur" is closey associated with the Research Centre Laboratory Enlightenment at the University of Jena. It concentrates on systematic, historic and comparative investigations in the interdependencies of culture, civilisation and education in past and present in national and inter- or transnational perspectives and global contexts. Assuming that Bildung (education) is one of the core concepts of the modern world since the Enlightenment, the "Institut für Bildung und Kultur" analyses the theoretical and practical framework in which humans are empowered or restrained to live their life in autonomy and self-determination by a variety of factors. Kultur (culture and civilization) so becomes the origin and the result of a multiplicity of processes of political, social, economic and aesthetic Bildung (education) and is therefore to be examined in terms of these processes.

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