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IBB e.V. is planning an open round of talks on supporting refugees as part of the „KOMM-AN“ NRW programme

June 27, 2016 Agata Grzenia A more social society, News Migration

The International Association for Education and Exchange (IBB e.V.) is planning a series of five talks targeting volunteers in refugee support in Dortmund for the second half of 2016. The new further education programme on culturally sensibility for volunteers takes the name „Fokus F“ and is based on the experiences of IBB in its seminar […]

IBB e.V. at the Day of Practice of the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Münster

June 25, 2016 Agata Grzenia A more social society, News Migration

On Wednesday, the 29th of June 2016, Hildegard Azimi-Boedecker, section manager for Job international and Migration at the International Association for Education and Exchange, will speak at the Day of Practice and Research at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences North Rhine-Westphalia in Münster. Together with Wolfram Buttschardt of Diakonie Michaelshoven in Cologne, she will […]

Projekt DoKuMente deals with the topic of trauma for refugees

June 23, 2016 Agata Grzenia A more social society, News Fortbildung, Migration

Mental health has many facets. This is especially true for refugees, who react very differently to the experiences during their flight. The participants of the first edition of the DoKuMente project deal with the psychological pressures of migrants in one of their final educational sessions. Earlier they intensively dealt with the countries of origin, with […]

Fit for international workcamps: Youth group leaders prepare for the summer

June 1, 2016 Jocelyne Jakob News, Sustainability Fortbildung

They are preparing for a major project of European youth work collaboration: From the 25th to the 30th of May, youth group leaders from 45 organisations from 17 European countries take part in a training event in Hattingen, in North Rhine-Westphalia. This summer and autumn, they will organise a total of 15 international youth workcamps […]

In Memoriam to Mirjam Ohringer

May 31, 2016 Jocelyne Jakob News, Remembering

Mirjam Ohringer from Amsterdam died in the night of the 29th of May 2016. For more than 30 years she accompanied the work of IBB as a contemporary witness like no other. We first met her on one of our very first exploratory tours in 1986. Countless times, in Amsterdam and also in Dortmund and […]

„Nordstadt Life“ reports on the youth network Dortmund-Muğla

May 30, 2016 Agata Grzenia A more social society, Experiencing Europe, News

An in-depth report on the newest German-Turkish youth encounter in August 2015 is featured in the magazine „Nordstadt Life“. On four pages, the project is comprehensively covered. The International Association for Education and Exchange (IBB e.V.) in Dortmund is praised for the great organisation. An interview then gives the participants a voice: Neslihan and Ziya […]

The first video of the IBB Science slam is online

May 24, 2016 Jocelyne Jakob News, Sustainability

The first video of the Science Slam on the 26th of April 2016, organised by IBB e.V. is online! For all those who could not make it, this video will serve as a first impression of the event; for all those who were present, it is a good reminder for remembering an entertaining evening. We […]

Bamberg rider, Baroque basilica and beer traditions. Register now for the study tour to Franconia

May 16, 2016 Agata Grzenia Experiencing Europe, News

History and lots of culture awaits the participants of the study tour to Franconia from 11th to 16th of September 2016, offered by the International Association for Education and Exchange (IBB e.V.) in Dortmund. There are some free spaces left. Bamberg, Bayreuth, Nuremberg, Kulmbach and Coburg are the stops of our tour through a region […]

Pope Francis prays for the Victims of Chernobyl

April 21, 2016 Agata Grzenia Allgemein @en, european action weeks, News, Sustainability

Pope Francis greeted liquidators from Ukraine and Belarus and representatives of the European Chernobyl solidarity movement in his General Audience in Rome on Wednesday, 20.April 2016: Mentioning the International Conference that has been organized to mark the 30th anniversary of the disaster, Pope Francis said he is “praying for the victims of that disaster while […]

Ministerial praise for a good idea: Inklud:Mi networking congress as part of the European week

March 29, 2016 Agata Grzenia A more social society, News

Weeks ahead of its start, the Inklud:Mi networking congress is already earning praise from Dusseldorf: The Minister for European Affairs of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Franz-Josef Lersch-Mense awarded the networking congress a prize as part of the European week. „I want to thank and recognise the International Association for Education and Exchange“, the […]