youth exchange

Living Diversity in Youth Exchange

Training program for the German-Israeli Youth Exchange Young people from Germany and Israel are increasingly bringing together a variety of personal stories, different cultural identities and national affiliations. An open and reflected approach of this diversity should be consciously included also in the educational work of German-Israeli youth encounters. As part of the ongoing project…

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„…It Puts You in the Driver‘s Seat…“ – Educators From Germany and Israel Gained Insights in Diversity-Conscious Educational Approaches From Both Countries

As part of the ongoing project “Living Diversity in Germany and Israel – Challenges and Perspectives for Education and Youth Exchange” ConAct and the Israel Youth Exchange Authority offered a bilateral professional seminar in Leipzig from September 11 to 15, 2017. For more than 40 participants this seminar provided a comparative insight into established approaches…

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Diversity-Conscious Education – What Does That Mean?

Diversity-conscious education – what does that mean? During our one-day professional forum “Facing Diversity – Living Diversity in Germany and Israel” on June 22, 2017 in Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus in Berlin, we tackled that crucial question from many sides. Immanuel Benz (German Federal Youth Council) gave a good definition, but many other participants shed light on important…

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Facing Diversity – A Video Review of Our Professional Forum

“Facing Diversity – Living Diversity in Germany and Israel”: ConAct – Coordination Center German-Israeli Youth Exchange hosted a one-day professional forum on June 22, 2017 at Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus in Berlin. During this forum the participants of the educational, political and cultural sectors could reflect on the achieved results and create a space for networking and the…

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Between Challenges and Opportunities –  Highlights of the German-Israeli Professional Forum in Berlin

“Facing Diversity – Living Diversity in Germany and Israel”: ConAct – Coordination Center German-Israeli Youth Exchange hosted a one-day professional forum on June 22, 2017 in Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus in Berlin. “Life in open and democratic societies has been an important topic in German-Israeli education and exchange programs for decades and is at the same time in…

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