Berlin-Brandenburg foreign company

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The Berlin-Brandenburgische Auslandsgesellschaft e. V. (BBAG) based in Potsdam and Brandenburg an der Havel is one of several companies of this type in Germany. As a non-profit educational institution, the BBAG has been a democratic and pluralistic organization open to all citizens since it was founded on April 17, 1991, which is politically and ideologically independent.

The aim of BBAG is to promote transnational and intercultural encounters and education as well as partnership-based cooperation. Relations with our neighbors and European integration play a special role.

The BBAG promotes lifelong and creative learning and offers age-specific and cross-generational offers, especially in the field of political education and the language sector. It offers support for immigrants through integration courses, social support, vocational training and further education and the promotion of self-organization.

The BBAG is a recognized provider of further training according to the Brandenburg Continuing Education Act and a recognized federal integration course provider. BBAG is a signatory to the Diversity Charter . The BBAG represents a variety of intercultural initiatives in connection with education, encounter and integration that is unique in the region.

history

After the fall of the Wall in the GDR, several representatives of bilateral national associations and intercultural initiatives met in Potsdam at the beginning of 1991, which founded the BBAG based on the model of the foreign association of North Rhine-Westphalia and in the hope of a common federal state Berlin-Brandenburg. The first president was Bert Becker, now a professor in Hong Kong, followed in 1995 by Lutz Stroppe , today State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, and in 2000 by Rainer von Bredow. Since 2015, the BBAG has been led by Elisabeth Schroedter, a long-time member of the European Parliament, as President. As managing director, Dr. Dieter Müller (1991–1996), Dr. Klaus Schmidt (1996–2002) and Kilian Kindelberger (since 2002) are responsible for performance in the club.

Today the BBAG is the sponsor of two intercultural centers in Potsdam (Schulstrasse 8b) and Brandenburg an der Havel (Gotthardtkirchplatz 10). The association was awarded the Integration Prize of the State Capital Potsdam in 2013.

Areas of activity

  • Languages: German as a foreign language: integration courses, intermediate level courses, part-time courses for employees, foreign language courses (Japanese, Arabic, Polish, Spanish, English)
  • European political education: Europe Direct information center at both locations, exhibitions, seminars and workshops
  • Labor market integration projects: for locals and migrants
  • European innovation transfer: Exchange and transfer projects with European partners
  • City partnerships: BBAG e. V. is the sponsor of the Opole Club Potsdam and supports the partnership relations between the two cities. It is co-initiator of the Potsdam - Zanzibar City partnership initiative and organizes thematic city partnership conferences together with the state capital Potsdam.
  • Youth work: The German section of Odyssey of the Mind belongs to the BBAG .

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