Internationales Bildungs- und Begegnungswerk in Dortmund
„Refugees are not numbers, they are persons: They are faces, names, and stories – and they have to be treated as such“. Pope Francis, Lesvos/Greece 2016 It is slowly getting dark on Aristotle square in Thessaloniki, a corner is smelling of urine, and the cellphone stores on the square are packed with young people wanting […]
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Leonora Ahmetaj was born in Germany. Her father is Albanian and came to Germany from Kosovo. Now, the 18-year-old wants to completely start from scratch somewhere else herself. Leonora lives in Dortmund and will finish high school next year. In her free time, she is active in sports since she was little. Before it was […]
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It was the highlight of the IBB project “Pimp my Europe”: More than 50 youths and young adults from Germany, Italy, and Hungary met in Brussels to organise a European youth conference. The participants have had an exciting week: International exchange, a behind-the-scenes look at European politics, but especially active discussions with Members of the […]
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From Propaganda 1918 to Fake News 2018 In 1918 it was placards, caricatures, and flyers – today it is Social Bots and Algorithms: Propaganda, the spreading of manipulative information was already current 100 years ago, just in a different form. For the 17th youth summit as part of the Regional Weimar Triangle this year in […]
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As a person with Asperger‘s syndrome, Jannis Gustke has experienced discrimination and ableism. Only one of the reasons why the student from Dortmund is active against nuisances and exclusion. An upbeat mood, easy, and relaxed. This is the impression of Jannis Gustke during our first meeting. He was born in 1993, lives in Dortmund and […]
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A major project in international youth collaboration has come to a conclusion: After ten years and 117 international workcamps in 20 European countries, the funding programme ewoca³ makes room for other projects. For us, working at the International Association for Education and Exchange (IBB e.V.) for the ewoca³ project, this is a moment full of […]
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On to the centre of European politics: From the 24th to the 29th of March, youths and young adults from Germany, Italy, and Hungary meet in Brussels. As part of the IBB project “Pimp my Europe” they organise a European youth conference in order to discuss their ideas and demands with EU politicians. They live, […]
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Apply now and join us or the 17th International Youth Summit as part of the Regional Weimar Triangle For more than 90 000 pupils in North Rhine-Westphalia, the final examination stress is about to start, no later than the easter break. Final Abitur tests, oral examinations, and then the final report card of one‘s school […]
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How does integration of refugees work in Greece? Where do refugees wanting to travel to Hungary and being rejected at the border stay? These and many further questions are explored in two excursions for professionals as part of the erasmus+ project „Europe4refugees“, which the International Association for Education and Exchange in Dortmund (IBB e.V.) is […]
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While her parents come from Poland, Natalie Kajzer, a white, blonde woman speaking German without an accent, is an „invisible“ migrant. Natalie is 25 years old and lives in Essen. She studied Art, Spanish, and Catholic Theology, and is now teaching with a passion. Natalie was lucky: Her family was highly educated. Both her mother […]
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