With kulturweit the voluntary service of the Federal Foreign Office young people from Germany can undertake varied tasks – from homework supervision in a German school abroad to cooperation in a branch office of the German Academic Exchange Service – for six or twelve month in the countries of Middle and Southeast Europe. All volunteers are attended and financially secured by the Federal Foreign Office.

 

MitOst supports the exchange of language and culture in Middle-, East- and Southeast Europe. Beside the projects of culture and meetings it is engaged in the development of a information and contact network. Furthermore MitOst looks after the Alumni associations of former Robert Bosch Foundation scholarship holders.

 

The contest Junge Wege in Europa gives pupils and teenagers from Germany as well as from Middle and Eastern Europe the possibility to realise their ideas in joint projects.

The contest is announced twice a year, in spring and in autumn. Project partners from both the countries can apply with a jointly produced project plan.

 

The Theodor-Heuss-Kolleg serves to encourage young people from Central and Southeast Europe and Central Asia to play an active social and political role and help develop democratic structures. Students at the Theodor-Heuss-Kolleg are supported for one year. They attend international summer seminars to acquire practical skills and knowledge and develop project ideas. Project scholarships are subsequently awarded to the students submitting the best ideas.

 

The school and youth competition Peace for Europe – Europe for Peace supports project meetings lasting several days between young persons from Germany and Central, East and Southeast Europe as well as Israel. With this programme it aims to motivate young people to deal with history and to cooperate with peers.

 

The German Youth in Europe (djo) maintains international youth exchange programmes with every European countries – the main emphasis is in East Middle, South East and Eastern Europe, where the djo supports intensive cooperation with a variety of partner organisations and associations.

The Baltic Sea Secretariat for Youth Affairs (BSSYA) was founded by the Ministries responsible for youth affairs of the 11 Baltic Sea States. It serves as a centre for information and coordination for the various youth actors in the Baltic Sea region. The function of the BSSYA is to promote an active participation of young people in the development of democratic and pluralistic civil societies in the States of the Baltic Sea Region. Its themes includes youth policy, in particular youth participation, cooperation with other European regions, improvement of youth exchange and youth mobility, integration of disadvantaged young people and the promotion of youth policy as a cross section topic for other political fields.

 

The Baltic Youth Office is a non-commercial service bureau with the aim of promoting youth exchange and youth mobility in the Baltic Sea region. It offers information, contacts and help in organising youth encounters around the Baltic Sea, organisation of study visits, seminars on the topic of Baltic Sea cooperation, educational courses on international youth work and intercultural learning for youth groups, youth organisations and non-organised youth in Germany and in other countries around the Baltic Sea.