In the HRK member institutions cooperate on all questions relating to the fulfilment of their responsibilities in research, teaching and studies, continuing training, technology and knowledge transfers, international cooperation and academic self-government. The opinion- and decision-making processes within the HRK lead to recommendations and state¬ments. In publishing these, the HRK ensures that the voices of the higher education institutions is heard in public discussions.

The programs of the institute for cultural diplomacy are designed to educate, enhance and sustain relationships based on dialogue, understanding and trust between cultures and countries around the world. The institute for cultural diplomacy's philosophy is that in order to have a stable relationship between two or more people, cultures or countries three components are essential: dialogue, understanding, and trust. Only when these three elements are fused together is it possible to have true cooperation in the economic, political or social sense. It is precisely these three elements which unfortunately are most often missing from the global arena of international relations in the twenty-first century. The mission of icd is to tackle these tough issues of human interaction that so often seem incompatible and exclusionary.

Research and teaching of the "Institut für Bildung und Kultur" is closey associated with the Research Centre Laboratory Enlightenment at the University of Jena. It concentrates on systematic, historic and comparative investigations in the interdependencies of culture, civilisation and education in past and present in national and inter- or transnational perspectives and global contexts. Assuming that Bildung (education) is one of the core concepts of the modern world since the Enlightenment, the "Institut für Bildung und Kultur" analyses the theoretical and practical framework in which humans are empowered or restrained to live their life in autonomy and self-determination by a variety of factors. Kultur (culture and civilization) so becomes the origin and the result of a multiplicity of processes of political, social, economic and aesthetic Bildung (education) and is therefore to be examined in terms of these processes.

Over 100 international authors are invited to present and discuss their work, to read to the berlin audience and interchange with international colleagues We wish to open up the international literature to interested audiences, promote mutual understanding, and inspire contact as well as lively exchange between artists, mediators and writers. Ilb2009 presents the focus “Arab World” which will be concerned with contemporary literary and politic developments of the arabic world. The festival aims to build bridges between the countries of the world through international literature.

“Jugend bewegt Europa” would like to participate in the coalescence of Europe and our members are of the opinion that Europe should not remain a Europe of the political elites but should be a Europe of and for the citizens. Therefore, the association is engaged in the promotion of an active civil and social commitment.
Through our projects, we would like to make the European institutions and decision-making processes transparent and bring Europe with its political design closer to the people.
Apart from political education activities, “Jugend bewegt Europa” would
Like to highlight the fascinating diversity of Europe.

The Youth Press Germany unites the young journalist and media maker in Germany. Our members are between 14 and 27 years old, they are mostly students and young professionals or simply people that are interested in media and see the related work as a valuable experience for their future. Through means of projects, workshops, camps and congresses, the Youth Press communicates media competence, networking, education and the exchange of experience. Therefore the overall aims of the Youth Press Germany are quality assurance and sustainability in the field of youth media.

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The LKJ is the network-coordinator of associations of cultural youth education in Thuringia. The main objective is to maintain a certain level range of possibilites for young people to educate themselves in music, dance, art, literature, theatre and other artistic disciplins. We are convinced that activities in these areas help to develop social and intellectual competencies, helping young people to be active members of cultural, social and professional life.

The MPS is an independent, non-profit research organization. The primary goal of the MPS is to promote research at its own institutes. The institutes perform basic research in the interest of the general public in the natural sciences, life sciences, and the humanities. The MPS takes up new and innovative research areas that German universities are not in a position to accommodate or deal with adequately, and provides equipment and facilities to a wide range of scientists.

First objective of the association is promotion of education. This is realized mainly by developing, conducting and fostering of education, democratization and cultural projects worldwide or by acting as responsible body for such projects. Mainly, these are projects in the field of civic, democracy and peace education (development and dissemination of teaching material, training of disseminators, youth exchange projects, conferences etc.). Second objective of the association are charitable purposes. These are realized mainly by humanitarian aid and by conducting projects in the field of struggle against poverty.