The Goethe Institute and the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth support international music exchange projects between young people. This support includes funding for eligible projects involving musical encounters and exchange between German youth ensembles and comparable foreign partner groups or organisations abroad. Grants are available for exchange projects abroad to cover part of the German participants’ travel expenses. For visiting foreign partners in Germany, grants are available to cover part of the foreign and German participants’ accommodation and programme costs.

The European Union Youth Orchestra brings talented young musicians from the 27 EU countries together with a view to overcoming cultural boundaries and spreading this spirit worldwide in its concerts. The high level of musicianship and commitment of the young members has garnered outstanding international repute for the orchestra, which is regularly compared with the best orchestras in the world. Application information at the Goethe Institute.

In order to foster common cultural projects such as film festivals, theater productions, and exhibitions featuring artists between German and French institutions the Robert Bosch Foundation initiates the funding programme DUO. During one year, two cultural institutions work together in tandem, and have the opportunity to send an employee to the partner institution during two to four weeks. The exchange is funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation. The participants should benefit from the stay by getting to know the partner institution’s conceptual policy, their program planning, and work approach, and by identifying synergistic effects.