List of Study Trip to Germany in 2014

Call for Applications for Study Trips to Germany
The German Embassy Hanoi as well as the German General Consulate in Ho Chi Minh
City would like to call for applications for the following study trips to Germany in 2014.
The trips will enable all successful applicants to gain valuable personal as well as
professional first hand impression of Germany. Each trip focuses on a different aspect of
political, social, cultural or economic life and events. Language of the program is
English. This Programm is for professionals only. Applications from students will
not be accepted.
If invited, the invitation will cover travel expenses (return flight), accommodation, meals
and other costs related to the programme. Medical insurance for the duration of the stay in
Germany will provided for.
Application procedure:
A complete application must include a letter describing your motivation to participate in the
trip to Germany that you apply for. Please also include a CV as well as copies of all
relevant documents to support the information in your CV (degrees, etc.). Applications
have to be written in English.
The complete application should be sent in via Email with all relevant documents attached
in a standard format (doc, PDF, jpg, etc.).
Only shortlisted candidates will be informed and invited for short personal
interviews.
Successful candidates will be informed as quickly as possible and receive a written
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
29 Tran Phu Str., Hanoi
Tel.: 3845 3836-7/ 3843 0245-6
Fax: 3845 3838
Email: [email protected]
Internet: www.hanoi.diplo.de
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invitation with more details on the study trip and practical procedures.
Multiple applications to more than one study trip are possible. Successful candidates can
only reapply for another trip from this program after the duration of three years following
their study trip to Germany.
Please note:
Candidates who live in the southern part of Vietnam, ie Da Nang and south of Da Nang,
please apply to the General Consulate, Ms. Linh ([email protected])
All
other
applicants
please
apply
to
the
German
Embassy,
Ms.
Hoa
(pr-
[email protected]).
Please respect the deadlines for applications.
Title
MusicTech startup scene Berlin
in conjunction with Tech Open Air Berlin
Partners
Initiative Musik
Destinations
Berlin
Target group Specialised journalists and bloggers, daily press, key players of the
startup scene
Presentation of various MusicTech startups such as SellaBand, frestyl,
Content
gigmit, visit to Factory Berlin with SoundCloud, Mozilla, 6Wunderkinder,
Silicon Allee, Versus 10, visit to and participation in the 3rd Tech Open
Air Berlin (technology, music and art conference), panel discussions,
Ignite talks, Knowshops)
1.-6.7. 2014
Timeframe
Application
29.4
Deadline
Title
Blogger tour V
Partners
ifa
Destinations
Berlin
Target group Publishers of political blogs
Content
Internet and democracy, e-democracy, Government 2.0, data protection,
NSA scandal, protests against misuse of data, network policy initiatives
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
29 Tran Phu Str., Hanoi
Tel.: 3845 3836-7/ 3843 0245-6
Fax: 3845 3838
Email: [email protected]
Internet: www.hanoi.diplo.de
www.facebook.com/GermanyinVietnam
https://twitter.com/GermanyinHanoi
Timeframe
(Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement – ACTA), Internet law,
transparency, economic, social and cultural rights/International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, get-togethers with bloggers,
foreign correspondents and representatives of NGOs, visits to the
Federal Foreign Office (AA), Federal Ministry for Transport and Digital
Infrastructure (BMVI), Study Commission of the Bundestag, TU Berlin,
Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft (professional association of
producers in the digital economy), etc.
3.-9.8. 2014
Application
27.5
Deadline
Title
Sustainable tourism
Partners
GIZ
Destinations
Berlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Target group Specialist journalists, representatives of authorities and associations,
tourism experts
Exemplary initiatives by the political and business sectors as well as
Content
associations, visit to the Uckermark – the region in Germany most noted
for sustainable tourism, sustainable tourism at World Heritage sites
(Wismar, Greifswald), German National Tourist Board (GNTB), National
Sustainability Strategy of the Federal Government, Ministry for the
Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB),
Federal Foreign Office (AA), etc.
24.-29.8. 2014
Timeframe
Application
23.6
Deadline
Title
From local to global: World market leaders in the hinterlands
in conjunction with AMB, the International Exhibition for Metal Working, in
Stuttgart (16-20 September)
Partners
Public Diplomacy Initiativkreis
Destinations
Baden-Württemberg
Target group Business journalists, representatives of business associations from
industrialised countries and newly industrialised countries with poorly
developed SME sectors
Germany’s engine for economic growth and employment: small and
Content
midsize global market leaders (“hidden champions”). Visits to companies
in the hinterlands of Baden-Württemberg: Würth (screws), Klafs (sauna
and wellness), Recaro (seating), Stihl (power tools); visit to the
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
29 Tran Phu Str., Hanoi
Tel.: 3845 3836-7/ 3843 0245-6
Fax: 3845 3838
Email: [email protected]
Internet: www.hanoi.diplo.de
www.facebook.com/GermanyinVietnam
https://twitter.com/GermanyinHanoi
Timeframe
international exhibition AMB in Stuttgart, visits to the Baden-Württemberg
Ministry of Rural Affairs and Consumer Protection, the Wirtschaftsforum
Baden-Württemberg, the Kunsthalle Würth art museum in Schwäbisch
Hall, etc.
14.-19.9. 2014
Application
23.6
Deadline
Title
Partners
Innovative mobility
in conjunction with InnoTrans Berlin (International Trade Fair for
Transport Technology – Innovative Components, Vehicles, Systems)
GIZ
Destinations
Berlin, Munich
Target group Urban planners, transport researchers, staff from ministries, specialised
journalists
Sustainable mobility, e-mobility (electric cars, electric bikes), car-sharing
Content
models, the future beyond the automobile, development of public
transport, alternative drive systems, hybrid approaches, AutoTram,
innovative traffic information and management systems (results of traffic
congestion research, further development of navigation apps, car-to-x
communication, intelligent traffic guidance systems, autonomous driving
technology), traffic shift, traffic avoidance, state and municipal funding
projects, results of research by the Fraunhofer Institutes, large-scale
experiments of the German automobile industry, various test drives, visits
to traffic control centres, the German Institute of Urban Affairs, the
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVdI),
Siemens, Audi Urban Future Award, visit to InnoTrans Berlin, etc.
21.-26.9. 2014
Timeframe
Application
21.7
Deadline
Title
International Frankfurt Book Fair 2014 (8-12 October)
Partners
Goethe Institute
Destinations
Frankfurt a.M.
journalists,
publishers/literary
agents,
booksellers,
Target group Specialised
representatives of associations
Visit to the book fair, talks with representatives of the German Publishers
Content
& Booksellers Association and the Federal Government Commissioner
for Culture and the Media (BKM), presentation of translation, reading and
publication promotion programmes as well as selected German-language
publishing companies. “Nowhere else can the international book market
be explored and evaluated in such concentrated form.” “The Fair is the
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
29 Tran Phu Str., Hanoi
Tel.: 3845 3836-7/ 3843 0245-6
Fax: 3845 3838
Email: [email protected]
Internet: www.hanoi.diplo.de
www.facebook.com/GermanyinVietnam
https://twitter.com/GermanyinHanoi
Timeframe
world’s most important marketplace for books, media, rights and
licenses. Publishers, booksellers, agents, film producers and authors –
each year in October they all come together and new things happen.”
Guest of honour in 2014 is Finland.
7.-12.10.2014
Application
22.7
Deadline
Title
Dual system of vocational education and training
Partners
Goethe Institute
Destinations
Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia
Target group Education and labour market experts, representatives of business
associations, chambers of commerce, specialised and business
journalists
60% of all young people in Germany obtain their vocational education
Content
and training within the dual system (combination of practical in-company
training and theoretical instruction at part-time vocational schools).
Introduction inter alia of partners from the state and business/industrial
sectors, joint financing of the system, measures to assure the quality of
training, qualification of teaching and training staff, measures to promote
the elimination of obstacles to training, impact on youth unemployment,
EU vocational education and training strategy, visits to education and
training institutions, job centres, career centres with job fairs, examination
bodies, quality initiatives, chambers of commerce, Federation of German
Industries (BDI)/Confederation of German Employers’ Associations
(BDA), Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)
2.-7.11.2014
Timeframe
Application
25.8
Deadline
Title
Germany as a study and research location
Partners
Inpolis
Destinations
Frankfurt am Main, Bonn, Berlin
Target group Specialised journalists, ministry officials, representatives of higher
education institutions
Excellence Initiative, Higher Education Pact, internationalisation,
Content
rankings, scientific and academic exchange, cooperation projects,
research institutions, dual (work-study) degree programmes, practiceoriented forms of study, scholarships, general conditions for foreign
students, scientists and academics; meetings with representatives of
higher education institutions, research institutions, Standing Conference
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
29 Tran Phu Str., Hanoi
Tel.: 3845 3836-7/ 3843 0245-6
Fax: 3845 3838
Email: [email protected]
Internet: www.hanoi.diplo.de
www.facebook.com/GermanyinVietnam
https://twitter.com/GermanyinHanoi
Timeframe
of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the
Federal Republic of Germany (KMK), Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF), Federal Foreign Office (AA), etc.
16.-22.11.2014
Application
Deadline
Title
17.9
Climate policy for 2050
International climate protection in the European context
Partners
Ecologic
Destinations
Berlin, Bonn
Target group Specialised journalists with knowledge of the international climate
debate, experts and decision-makers
Communication of the German and European debate on the international
Content
climate negotiations process, presentation of the interests of the actors
on the road “from Dubai to Paris” (a binding climate protection agreement
is to be concluded at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC
in Paris), economic opportunities and challenges of climate change, visits
to the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Potsdam Institute for Climate
Impact Research, Secretariat of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), IRENA Innovation and
Technology Centre in Bonn, Federal Foreign Office (AA), Federal Ministry
for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
(BMUB), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
(BMZ), relevant Bundestag committee, NGO roundtable, etc.
Timeframe
7.-13.12.2014
Application
30.9
Deadline
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
29 Tran Phu Str., Hanoi
Tel.: 3845 3836-7/ 3843 0245-6
Fax: 3845 3838
Email: [email protected]
Internet: www.hanoi.diplo.de
www.facebook.com/GermanyinVietnam
https://twitter.com/GermanyinHanoi