Internationales Bildungs- und Begegnungswerk in Dortmund
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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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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He actually only wanted to visit the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia. Now Fabio Decker knows what it feels like to become a political person. Fabio hails from Holzwickede and is currently doing an apprenticeship as a house painter and decorator. He is 20 years old, likes to skate, and only recently found an interest […]
Read MoreThe application phase for the 17th youth summit starts on the Franco-German day Right on time for the Franco-German day, each year on the 22nd of January remembering the Elysee Treaty signed in 1963, the International Association for Education and Exchange (IBB e.V.) in Dortmund starts the application phase for the 17th your summit as […]
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At International youth camps, gardener Markus Fleischer shows young people from all over Europe how to create something together, even if the words might be lacking. „My name is Markus Fleischer, I am 49 years old, gardener, and for nine years I now live in Dortmund-Nordstadt. There I support young people in their beginning careers. […]
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Dilan M. knows how to live a life in between: For the Kurdish Alevite, living in Germany is sometimes as much a challenge as is dealing with political developments in Turkey. Dilan M. is 22 years old, hails from Lünen-Brambauer and lives in Dortmund for two years now, for her vocational training and university studies. […]
Read MoreThe IBB-Projekt “Pimp my Europe” starts into its second phase: In Germany, Italy, and Hungary youths are preparing to develop common perspectives for a Europe in solidarity. But before the active youths from three countries will meet in Rome for the first time next month, they started their work at their respective locations: From the […]
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Teodora is young, educated, and she comes from Bulgaria. In Germany she tries to live a family life across national borders. She fights prejudice with humor and cultural exchange. Teodora Yankova is born at the Black Sea in Warna, the third-largest city in Bulgaria, 2250km from the Ruhr Area. She attends a high school focused […]
Read MoreThis is a world premiere: On the premises of Werkstatt im Kreis Unna, the participants of the project “Pimp my Europe” presented the results of their work. Special attention was given to the music video for the political hip hop song “Zeit für Frieden” (Time for Peace), written by the youths themselves. On the one […]
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