Council of International Fellowship
The Council of International Fellowship (CIF) is now a worldwide association for the exchange of experts from the fields of social affairs in the broadest sense.
It originated in 1954 when the US State Department sent Henry B. Ollendorff to Germany as part of the re-education program to lead courses for youth leaders and social workers. The youth ministry in Bonn supported him. In 1956, together with the Fulbright Commission, it awarded travel grants to German participants for study visits to the USA. The program was later extended to other countries. The Cleveland International Program (from 1965 Council of International Programs for Youth and Social Workers Federation ) based in Cleveland (Ohio) was born.
In 1958 the federal government invited American social workers to Germany for the first time. In 1960 the Cleveland International Fellowship (CIF) was founded in Hamburg , which later became the Council of International Fellowship . The association is registered at the Bonn District Court.
The program has meanwhile brought many thousands of scholarship holders to study abroad in many countries (India, USA, Turkey, Western European countries, etc.). There are independent associations in a few dozen countries. A world conference takes place every two years.
Web links
- Council of International Fellowship
- Council of International Fellowship in Austria
- Council of International Fellowship in Germany
- Council of International Fellowship in Switzerland