City-Partnerships : overview
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
