Activities

kulturweit volunteers engage in promoting education, science and culture worldwide.

kulturweit-Freiwillige am Goethe-Institut arbeitet mit eine Kollegin am PC.

The tasks the kulturweit volunteers from Germany are performing for the next six to twelve months are extremely multifaceted. They differ depending on the requirements at the assignment location and personal qualification of the volunteer. The tasks include offering assistance during German class in a partner school, organising cultural events at the Goethe-Institut or public relations work in an information centre of the German Academic Exchange Service.

Over the course of his/her voluntary service, all volunteers work through a project cycle, starting with smaller seminar projects during the preparatory seminar, over his/her own project in the host country, all the way to the final presentation of the project during the follow up seminar. Volunteers coordinate their project ideas, which should be a result of their field of activity, with their assignment location, to ensure a smooth integration into the process and structures of their assignment.

The majority of institutions recruiting volunteers for their voluntary service belong to the network of partner organisations abroad within Germany’s cultural relations and education policy.

kulturweit partners are

the German Academic Exchange Service
the German Archaeological Institute
the Deutsche Welle Akademie
the Goethe-Institut
the Educational Exchange Service in cooperating with
the Central Agency for Schools Abroad and
National Commissions for UNESCO worldwide.

German Academic Exchange Service

kulturweit volunteers assist the German Academic Exchange Service branch offices and information centres from Buenos Aires to Bischkek. They consult students about opportunities to move their studies to Germany, solicit at fairs and informational events for programmes offered by the German Academic Exchange Service and reinforce the public relations of their respective assignment location.

Administrative tasks, research work or assisting during workshops are among the common jobs, which can vary depending on the requirements of the respective assignment location.

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Deutsche Welle Akademie

Volunteers acquire practical insights into journalistic and technical work processes during their work at media partners of Deutsche Welle in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

kulturweit volunteers carry out research work depending on the requirements of the respective assignment location and their personal qualification and previous education, or prepare contributions for the radio and online articles. They assist with the organisation and execution of workshops, take on tasks in public relations, overlook the social media offers by the media and carry out administrative tasks.

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Educational Exchange Service

At schools with German language programmes abroad, kulturweit volunteers provide the students a closer look at Germany. They can promote cultural and geographical knowledge, pronunciation and motivation to learn the German language.

Volunteers assist during German language classes and may come up with additional activities such as forming and working with project groups. They help the teachers with exam preparations, and tutor individual students during class. According to requirement, the kulturweit volunteers carry out projects for German language classes and accompany excursions and school trips.

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German Archaeological Institute

Excavations constitute only a small part of archaeological research. Data processing, professional archiving and provision of the data to the researches are just as important. In turn, libraries are the think tanks for archaeologists.

kulturweit volunteers for example assist the German Archaeological Institute with inventory and digitisation of documents, research work and any other library work. Within the scope of kulturweit, the German Archaeological Institute only has a very limited number of assignment locations to offer.

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Goethe-Institut

Within the scope of kulturweit, volunteers can get involved in the work for divisions such as language, culture, information, library and administration, and can actively contribute to projects for the Goethe-Institut or respective Goethe Centres. Tasks of the volunteers include for example the support of members of staff with the planning, organisation and implementation of projects and events, administrative office work or assistance in work for the partner school sector.

kulturweit volunteers also work abroad for PASCH schools, which offer German language classes and which are managed by the Goethe Institute. Volunteers can provide the students a closer look at Germany. They can promote cultural and geographical knowledge, pronunciation and motivation to learn the German language.

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Central Agency for Schools Abroad

At schools with German language programmes abroad, kulturweit volunteers provide the students a closer look at Germany. They can promote cultural and geographical knowledge, pronunciation and motivation to learn the German language.

Volunteers assist during German language classes and may come up with additional activities such as forming and working with project groups. They help the teachers with exam preparations, and tutor individual students during class. According to requirement, the kulturweit volunteers carry out projects for German language classes and accompany excursions and school trips. In addition, volunteers can directly assist with the work of the Central Agency for Schools Abroad offices.

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National Commissions for UNESCO

Volunteers experience day-to-day work in an internationally connected political institution of a foreign country during their work with a National Commission for UNESCO. They receive a direct glimpse into the environment of culture, research and education in their host country and get to know the respective political structure. It is quite common for Commissions to be located in ministries. Therefore, in most cases, an excellent knowledge in the respective work language is an essential requirement for the volunteer.

Volunteers assist National Commissions in the administrative sector, public relations or with the organisation of events. They are frequently involved in the design and implementation of projects.

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