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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
German Academic Exchange Service opens regional office in Ghana
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is strengthening its international network in West Africa. The new DAAD regional office in Accra, the capital of Ghana, has started work. It is initially responsible for Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria. This…
iMOVE: German-Asian Forum on Vocational Education & Training 2025
The German-Asian Forum on Vocational Education & Training took place in late March 2025 in Hamburg (Germany) and was organised by iMOVE in collaboration with the OAV – German Asia-Pacific Business Association. The primary goal of the event was to…
Indo-German Forum 2025: Research, Innovation and Transfer
The "Indo-German Forum: Research, Innovation and Transfer", organized by the German Centre for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New Delhi on 20 March 2025, addressed current developments in internationalisation of higher education and research, its…
Philipp Schwartz Forum in Berlin: Support for researchers at risk
Some 360 persons attended the Philipp Schwartz Forum in Berlin on 3 and 4 April at the invitation of the Humboldt Foundation. Experts from the research community, public administration and the political sector discussed academic freedom and the…
Canadian-German Eureka Co-Chair: Call for circular value creation R&D projects
The call for proposals for international research and development (R&D) projects on "Circular Value Creation" is an initiative of the Canadian-German Eureka co-chair. 16 Eureka countries have confirmed their participation to further develop the…
DWIH Innovation Summit 2025: Main topic "Global Health"
The German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) San Francisco hosted its inaugural Innovation Summit on February 27, 2025 at the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco. This event focused on the crucial issue of data sharing across sectors,…
European X-ray research laser facility XFEL and French National Centre for Scientific Research CNRS deepen collaboration to advance use of XFELs
Germany-based European XFEL and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) deepen their collaboration by founding a new International Research Laboratory (IRL) on the campus of the research facility in Schenefeld.
Biodiversity research: BMBF funds the establishment of an Ecuadorian-German scientific center
The Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change is working with the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE) in Quito to establish a scientific center for biodiversity research in Ecuador funded by the German Federal Ministry of…
DAAD Strategy 2030: Compass for the Future of Internationalisation
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) released its new Strategy 2030 in Bonn on on 23 January 2025. In the centenary year since its founding, it is focussing on the immense geopolitical changes and responding to them with a foreign science…
