With its Culture and Development initiative, the Goethe Institute employs specific consulting and training programmes to promote institutions and stakeholders from culture, the media and society, in particular in countries involved in development cooperation. The programmes aim to provide professional qualifications, to advise and support the formation of regional networks and create cultural and social platforms.

The cultural initiative is active in four spheres:

capacity development,

educational consulting/educational cooperation,

creation of cultural spaces and

cooperation with civil society.

The projects are planned for the long term and initiated, designed and realised together with partners from the host countries and from Germany.