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Call for Applications for Visitors Programme to Germany
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The German Embassy in Hanoi as well as the German General Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City would like to call for applications for the following Theme Trips to Germany in 2024.
The trips will enable all successful applicants to gain valuable personal as well as professional first hand impression of Germany. Each trip focuses on a different aspect of political, social, cultural or economic life and events. Language of the program is English.
This Programm is for experts and officials only - no scholarships for students!
If invited, the invitation will cover travel expenses (return flight), accommodation, meals and other costs related to the programme. Medical insurance for the duration of the stay in Germany will provided for.
Application procedure:
A complete application must include a letter describing your motivation to participate in the trip to Germany that you apply for. Please also include a CV as well as copies of all relevant documents to support the information in your CV (degrees, etc.). Applications have to be written in English.
The complete application should be sent in via Email with all relevant documents attached in a standard format (doc, PDF, jpg, zip etc.).
Only shortlisted candidates will be informed and invited for short personal interviews.
Successful candidates will be informed as quickly as possible and receive a written invitation with more details on the study trip and practical procedures.
Multiple applications to more than one study trip are possible. Successful candidates can only reapply for another trip from this program after the duration of three years following their study trip to Germany.
Please respect the deadlines for applications.
1. Dealing with disinformation – the role and responsibility of the media
| Title | Dealing with disinformation – the role and responsibility of the media |
| Timeframe | April 21-27 |
| Target group | journalists and influencers |
| Topic | Presentation of Germany’s pluralistic media landscape. Focus: dealing with disinformation, additional topics media freedom, and the role of journalists/journalism, as well as the media in the digital age (social media) |
| Program | Meetings with political institutions (e.g. Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Federal Ministry of Justice, Federal Foreign Office, Bundestag), with civil-society organisations and bloggers (e.g. Reporters without Borders, Mediendienst Integration (Migration Media Service), bildblog.de) and other institutions (e.g. German Federation of Journalists, German Press Council, institutions providing training for journalists). |
| Application Deadline | 25.2 |
2. Theatertreffen Berlin 2024
| Title | Theatertreffen Berlin 2024 |
| Timeframe | May 4 – 13 |
| Target group | Cultural journalists, theater critics, festival directors, directors |
| Topic | Presentation of current German theater and the system of theater funding in Germany |
| Program | Visits to German theater productions at the Theatertreffen, network meetings and workshops with representatives of German theater |
| Application Deadline | 9.3 |
3. Adaptation to Climate Change
| Title | Adaptation to Climate Change |
| Timeframe | May 12-18 |
| Target group | Staff of ministries and institutions dealing with environmental, climate and economic issues, journalists with a focus on environmental issues, civil society activists, scientists |
| Topic | Presentation of German policy in the field of climate adaptation, in particular protection of coasts, forest renewal and transformation, management of national parks, smart cities and urban adaptation |
| Program | Meetings with ministries and public institutions on the federal, state and local level, with institutions dealing with environmental, climate and economic issues, with the business sector, scientific and business innovation centres, representatives of civil society and of sustainable tourism institutions |
| Application Deadline | 3.3 |
4. Just Transition
| Title | Just Transition |
| Timeframe | June 2-8 |
| Target group | Staff of ministries in charge of economic, energy, climate and mining issues, staff of business association and chambers of commerce, business journalists, civil society activists and scientists |
| Topic | Presentation of German experiences regarding just and sustainable transition from a fossile-based to a renewables based economy, with a focus on social challenges in this process. The program will leave space for participants to present their countries’ experiences and for a discussion of current challenges and possible solutions. |
| Program | Meetings with ministries and public institutions on the federal, state and local level, business associations (e.g. BDI, DIHK, associations focused on energy policy), trade unions, relevant companies (e.g. electricity and energy companies); scientific and business innovation centres, representatives of civil society and of sustainable tourism institutions |
| Application Deadline | 9.3 |
5. Urban Diplomacy
| Title | Urban Diplomacy |
| Timeframe | June 23-29 |
| Target group | Staff of local administrations and associations dealing with international cooperation on the local level, contacts persons for subnational diplomacy |
| Topic | Contribution of international cooperation on the city level on global issues such as climate change or crisis management, to integration of immigrants and the recruitment of skilled workers, cooperation in education, in civil society activism, political participation and strengthening of democracy |
| Program | Meetings with mayors, local institutions, associations of local communities, and with federal ministries |
| Application Deadline | 11.4 |
6. 75 years of the German Basic Law: Democracy and Memory Culture in Germany
| Title | 75 years of the German Basic Law: Democracy and Memory Culture in Germany |
| Timeframe | September 8-14 |
| Target group | Journalists, historians, representatives of museums and memorial sites, education experts |
| Topic | The development of democratic institutions after Nazism; dealing with the legacy of the GDR after reunification. Memory culture as part of German identity; current challenges to democratic societies such as anti-semitism and right-wing populism. |
| Program | Visits to places of remembrance and memorial sites; discussions at the Federal Foreign Office, other federal ministries, the Bundestag and various institutions, such as the Federal Agency for Civic Education, the Foundation „Remembrance, Responsibility and Future“, the Federal Foundation for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Germany; discussion with research institutions. |
| Application Deadline | 23.6 |
7. Media Freedom
| Title | Media Freedom |
| Timeframe | November 3-9 |
| Target group | journalists, bloggers, influencers. |
| Topic | Presentation of Germany’s pluralistic media landscape. Focus on Media Freedom and the role of journalists/journalism, as well as the media in the digital age (social media, dealing with disinformation). |
| Program | Meetings with political institutions (e.g. Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Federal Ministry of Justice, Federal Foreign Office, Bundestag), with public and private media, with civil-society organisations and bloggers (e.g. Reporters without Borders, Mediendienst Integration (Migration Media Service), bildblog.de) and other institutions (e.g. German Federation of Journalists, German Press Council, institutions providing training for journalists). |
| Application Deadline | 22.8 |