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Volunteers at Inwent
The dedication of volunteers
Participants come to Germany from all over the world to take part in international training seminars. Many of them receive their qualifications at one of the five Inwent International Training Centres in Bad Honnef, Berlin, Feldafing, Leipzig-Zschortau and Mannheim. Among these are and have been well-known policy makers from politics and business who have made a name for themselves nationally or internationally. Such as Muhammad Yunus, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, who participated in programmes on combating poverty in Feldafing in the 80s and 90s. For him, and for many other experts and executives from all over the world, Inwent employees from the International Training Centres and Regional Centres are hosts and direct points of contact. Here participants meet their German colleagues and experience diverse and different cultures. The Regional Centres oversee the training seminars and look after the participants during their stay in Germany.
The success of Inwent’s educational programmes not only depends on the professionally qualified education provided, but also on the participants’ access to Germany. They want to get to know and understand their host country, encounter its people and participate in their lives. This role is fulfilled by in large by Inwent’s volunteers. Our volunteers informally communicate both their own personal experience and the history and culture of their home country to our international guests. They assist participants with the sometimes difficult day-to-day aspects of life in a foreign country, accompanying them to agencies, or helping them find a flat or a doctor as needed. These international circles organised entirely by volunteers contribute a great deal to integrating the international participants into German society. They make global learning on location possible.
The efforts of volunteers play a large role for Inwent on another level as well. Many former participants from the Inwent ASA exchange programme retain a close connection to development policy work. They support new participants by giving trainings on regional specificities and by sharing their personal experiences gained abroad. In working and regional groups they discuss socially relevant issues. They are active in the ASA board or in the ASA circle of sponsors and friends "ASA-FF". Our volunteers are well integrated in a network and work together via the “ASA internal” internet platform. By taking responsibility, by considering the role of the North in the solution of global conflicts and passing this knowledge along, these ASA alumni volunteers make an important contribution to development education in Germany.
The success of Inwent’s educational programmes not only depends on the professionally qualified education provided, but also on the participants’ access to Germany. They want to get to know and understand their host country, encounter its people and participate in their lives. This role is fulfilled by in large by Inwent’s volunteers. Our volunteers informally communicate both their own personal experience and the history and culture of their home country to our international guests. They assist participants with the sometimes difficult day-to-day aspects of life in a foreign country, accompanying them to agencies, or helping them find a flat or a doctor as needed. These international circles organised entirely by volunteers contribute a great deal to integrating the international participants into German society. They make global learning on location possible.
The efforts of volunteers play a large role for Inwent on another level as well. Many former participants from the Inwent ASA exchange programme retain a close connection to development policy work. They support new participants by giving trainings on regional specificities and by sharing their personal experiences gained abroad. In working and regional groups they discuss socially relevant issues. They are active in the ASA board or in the ASA circle of sponsors and friends "ASA-FF". Our volunteers are well integrated in a network and work together via the “ASA internal” internet platform. By taking responsibility, by considering the role of the North in the solution of global conflicts and passing this knowledge along, these ASA alumni volunteers make an important contribution to development education in Germany.