Project Documentation

The Urban X-Change Network project is coming to an end. The project term ends on 31.12.2023.

For an overview of the partnerships and activities during the entire duration of the project, we have had a documentation prepared and are pleased to share it here.

Project documentation

It was a pleasure to carry out the UXC project with the financial support of the Federal Foreign Office and our colleagues at DVV International. The project team bids farewell to all those involved and wishes them every success in all future projects and activities at home and abroad.

 

About the project

Global challenges do not stop at national borders and can only be solved through joint, transnational cooperation – both at the political and societal level. The Urban X-Change Network offers nine German Adult Education Centres (Volkshochschule) and their counterparts in Great Britain, Ukraine and the USA the opportunity to carry out cross-border cultural and educational activities in close cooperation with their respective city administration and local civil society. The thematic framework is set by the 2030 Agenda.

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City-Partnerships : overview

The cornerstones of the Urban X-Change Network are the City Partnerships. Cities, their adult education institutions and civil society from Great Britain, Ukraine and the USA with their German counterparts will carry out cross-border activities through 2022 and 2023.

PROJECT

Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! Fostering a Welcome Culture and Preventing Racism and Discrimination

Project partners
Adult education institutions: Volkshochschule Aachen (Germany) and Rochdale Borough Council (Great Britain)
City administrations: City of Aachen, Rochdale Borough Council
Civil society actors: Big Life Health Improvement Service, Rochdale; NHS Heywood Middleton and Rochdale Clinical Commissioning Group; Action Together, Rochdale; NRWeltoffen, Aachen.

Project duration
May 2022 – February 2023

PROJECT

Shared Lives – Connecting Coventry and Kiel Residents

Project partners
Adult education institutions: Förde-Volkshochschule, Kiel (Germany) and Coventry City Council Adult Education Service (Great Britain)
City administrations: City of Kiel, Coventry City Council
Civil society organisations: ZBBS-Zentrale Bildungs-und Beratungsstelle für Migrantinnen und Migranten e.V. (Migrants Counselling Centre), Kiel; Migration Forum, Kiel; Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre

Project duration
May 2022 - February 2023

PROJECT

Join in – Mach mit!
Teilhabe in unserer vielfältigen Gesellschaft - Participation in our diverse society

Project partners
Adult education institutions: Volkshochschule Gütersloh (Germany) and Inspire Learning, Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire (Great Britain)
City administrations: City of Gütersloh, Nottinghamshire County Council
Civil society actors and other: local NGO’s, German-British Association Gütersloh, tba

Project duration
December 2022 – September 2023

PROJECT

Joint Peace Centre of the twinned towns of Celle-Sumy “ART of learning and living together: Education for democracy, human rights and sustainable development”

Project partners
Adult education institutions: Volkshochschule Celle (Germany) and Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Lifelong Learning Centre, Sumy (Ukraine)
City administrations: City of Celle, Sumy City Council
Civil society organisations: Sumy State University; Sumy Youth Leisure Centre; NGO Council of Young Scientists, Sumy; NGO “Centre for Civic Education and Business Initiatives in Sumy”; NGO Centre for Euroinitiatives, Sumy.

Project duration
May 2022 – February 2023

PROJECT

Lifelong learning project "Come together, learn together"

Project partners
Adult education institutions: Volkshochschule Leipzig (Germany) and NGO "Association of innovative and digital education", Kyiv (Ukraine)
City administrations: City of Leipzig and City of Kyiv
Civil society organisations/other partners: State Scientific Institution "Institute of education content modernization" of the Ministry of education and science of Ukraine, NGO "Ukrainian Students' Association", NGO "Association of Adult Education" (Ukraine), NGO "Ukraine-Kontakt" e.V. (Germany), Theater der jungen Welt (Germany)

Project duration
August 2022 - March 2023

PROJECT

Get in touch/Life Learning-Experience

Project partners
Adult education institutions: Volkshochschule Freiburg e.V. (Germany) and Centers Educatio Network, Lviv (Ukraine)
City administrations: City of Freiburg, City of Lviv
Civil society actors and others: German Ukrainian Society Freiburg, City Library Network Lviv, Amt für Schule und Bildung, “What if Creative Studio”, Lviv, etc.

Project duration
December 2022 – September 2023

PROJECT

KO : IN Pride

Project partners
Adult education institutions: Volkshochschule der Stadt Köln (Germany) and Max Kade German-American Center, University of Indianapolis (USA)
City administrations: City of Cologne, City of Indianapolis
Civil society actors and others: Queer organizations in Cologne and Indianapolis tba, Städtepartnerschaftsverein Köln – Indianapolis, Indianapolis – Cologne Sister City Committee, etc.

Project duration
December 2022 – September 2023

PROJECT

#START now – Sustainable Through Apolda and Rapid City Together

Project partners
Adult education institutions: Volkshochschule KVHS Weimarer Land in Apolda (Germany) and Western Dakota Technical College, Rapid City (USA)
City administrations: City of Apolda, City Hall Rapid City
Civil society actors and others: Rapid City Sustainability Committee, South Dakota School
of Mines & Technology, Dakota Rural Action, Black Hills Builders Association, WDTC Board of Trustees etc.

Project duration
December 2022 – September 2023

PROJECT

Celebrating Sister Rivers – Past, present, future

Project partners
Adult education institutions: Volkshochschule Nienburg (Germany) and Doña Ana Community College, Las Cruces, NM (USA)
City administrations: City of Nienburg, City Hall Las Cruces
Civil society actors and others: Sister City Committee, Freundeskreis, historic societies, cultural groups, Wasserschutzbehörde des Landkreises NI, DACC water treatment students etc.

Project duration
February 2023 – October 2023

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Contact

Liza Warncke

Senior Desk Officer
Urban X-Change Network

urbanxchange@dvv-international.de

Céline Diebold

Senior Desk Officer
Urban X-Change Network

urbanxchange@dvv-international.de

Cristina Bucinschi

Administrative Officer
Urban X-Change Network

urbanxchange@dvv-international.de

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