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German-Turkish Week 2009
The series will be targeted at the general public in Berlin, and will be documented online through photography, written reviews, and videos, which will allow the wider international community access to the program and provide up-to-date information on recent events.
Turkey and Germany’s Contributions to Crises Prevention and Peace building Efforts
Thursday, May 21st, 2009: Sabanci Center, 4th Levent
The conference is a part of Germany Meets Turkey, which is an interdisciplinary networking program. In addition to a week-long study tour the program includes local events and leadership initiatives that are led by network members.
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Germany Meets Turkey
Welcome to Germany Meets Turkey - A Forum for Young Leaders. A program organized by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD) and the Robert Bosch Stiftung in cooperation with the Istanbul Policy Center (IPC).
Germany Meets Turkey (GMT) is an interdisciplinary network for young leaders and future innovators from Germany and Turkey. The aim of GMT is to establish a solid and lasting basis for dialogue between the two countries in order to promote mutual understanding on a societal level. GMT provides a framework for young, dedicated people from a variety of fields including economics, politics, academia, education, culture and the media to meet and exchange ideas. United by their mutual interest in strengthening German-Turkish relations and contributing towards bilateral exchange, they actively support the network through their own personal activities and projects.
Germany Meets Turkey is part of The Ernst Reuter Initiative for Intercultural Dialogue and Understanding; a Turkish-German cooperation project under the patronage of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the former Foreign Minister of Turkey Abdullah Gül.
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Call for Application for 2009
The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD), the Robert Bosch Foundation, and the Istanbul Policy Center are pleased to announce that they are now taking applications for this year’s round of the Germany Meets Turkey - A Forum for Young Leaders (GMT) program. Six Turkish and six German participants will be selected and together with an already established group of twelve young leaders, they will take part in a week-long exchange to Germany in the beginning of September 2009. In 2010 the twelve new participants will return for a one-week exchange to Turkey and in doing so they will join another newly selected group of twelve young leaders.
We welcome applications from young leaders between the ages of 28 and 38 from all fields, including business, politics, science, education, culture and media, and who are interested in building a sustainable interdisciplinary network as the basis for a solid, long-term relationship between the two countries.
Participation in the program is free of charge. Accepted participants, however, will be responsible for travel expenses and travel organization to and from the study tour. Despite this, ICD, IPC, and Robert Bosch Foundation are proud to be able to have a “need-blind” admissions policy, meaning that all applications will be judged equally, independent from the financial situation of the applicant. Upon acceptance to the program, applicants may request financial assistance on an individual basis.
Applications must be submitted no later than May 31, 2009.
To retrieve the necessary application documents please click here