With its programmes for Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe InWEnt is helping to support the political, economic and social transition processes in the region.

Key topics include support for economic reform processes, the promotion of foreign trading relations, strengthening democracy and the rule of law, and environmental protection and conservation of natural resources.

Cultural Managers from Central and Eastern Europe (website in German) is a support programme launched by the Robert Bosch-Foundation. Each year the Foundation invites twelve young university graduates from Central and Eastern Europe to Germany for a thirteen-months qualification in international cultural management. During their stay scholarship holders will work as an assistant/trainee cultural manager at a German cultural institution as well as they will act as cultural mediators to current cultural trends and developments in their home countries. Thus participants as well as German cultural host-institutions willing to deepen cultural contacts to Central and Eastern Europe, both will profit by the programme.

For more information on the Programme please consult:

www.moe-kulturmanager.de (website in German)

The Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation annually awards up to ten German Chancellor Fellowships for Prospective Leaders from the USA, the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China to enable the realisation of a project of your own design in cooperation with a German host you have selected.

Applicants should have shown outstanding potential for future leadership in their previous career. The program addresses applicants from all professions and fields of study giving preference to the humanities, law, social and economic sciences, and also to the arts.

The Robert-Bosch Foundation in cooperation with DIE ERSTE österreichische Spar-Casse Privatstiftung, Vienna, and  Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), Sarajevo, awards scholarships for journalistic investigation projects to journalists from Southeast Europe. Each year an international jury chooses the ten most promising projects among the application proposals for funding. The Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence not only comprises the support of field research in countries of the European Union as well as in its Southeast European neighbour countries but also backing by experienced journalists during the research period and advanced training in journalistic competences.

The Economic and Political Reporting from Southeast Europe Programme organised by the Robert-Bosch Foundation particularly addresses itself to journalists of economics, being citizens of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia or Slovenia. The Thomson Reuters Foundation, London, acts as a programme's tutor. During the one-year scholarship period it organises two 14-day long tutorials to impart expert knowledge on issues of economic and financial policy to the scholarship holders as well as journalistic competences. Applicants must be able to speak English and be full-time professional journalists who have been working for at least two years with a recognized publication, website, radio, or television station. Applicants must have a portfolio that includes experiences in economic journalism or must otherwise demonstrate a strong interest in economic and political issues.

In cooperation with the Berliner Journalisten-Schule, the Robert Bosch Foundation organizes a three-month fellowship program for young Central and Eastern European journalists up to the age of 35. The program Media - Mediators between Nations includes a one-month stay in spring at the Berliner Journalisten-Schule to acquire knowledge about Germany, bilateral relations and the European Union, followed by a two-month internship in the editorial department of a renowned publisher, radio or television station, depending on the fellow's interests and qualifications. The journalists familiarize themselves with the working methods of their German colleagues and produce reports for their respective host and home editorial departments. Meetings and interviews with representatives from politics and social affairs are also scheduled during their stay in the German capital.

The programme Intensifying German-Turkish Relations: Programme for Journalists of the Robert-Bosch Foundation addresses itself to German and Turkish journalists. The groups selected in the application process participate in a three-part program consisting of two weekend forums in their home countries and a one-week journey through Germany and Turkey respectively. At all three events, the participating journalists meet important representatives from politics, business, society and the media. The aim of the program is to promote unprejudiced reporting on the partner country. All three projects are organized by KulturForum Türkei-Deutschland in Cologne.

The Carl Friedrich Goerdeler-Kolleg is an international intensive professional development program for young executives from the public sector (public administration, public companies, non-profit organizations, etc.) from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.

The Rochus and Beatrice Mummert Foundation Scholarship Programme supports future executives from Central and Southeastern Europe with scholarships for studies in economics or engineering at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen or Cologne University. Scholarship holders also benefit from a comprehensive support program, including internships in German companies, personal counseling by tutors and mentors, as well as seminars and colloquia.

A two- to three-year doctoral program at the Max Weber College at the Erfurt University prepares five young Turkish executives for their future careers. The college specializes in research in the fields of violence and human rights, social change, cultural interaction, and communication about values.