German-Omani Society
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The German-Omani Society is a registered non-profit association to promote friendship between people in the Federal Republic of Germany and the Sultanate of Oman . It is intended to promote relations between the two peoples in the cultural, scientific and sporting fields.
Origin and tasks
The society was founded on September 4, 1992 by 30 personalities from business, science, politics, culture and diplomacy. One of the German founding presidents was Ottfried Hennig . On the Omani side, the establishment of the company was effectively promoted by the ambassador at the time, Shaikh Saud Sulayman al-Nabhani.
The statutory purposes include, among others
- Organization of seminars and conferences in both countries
- Dissemination of information on cultural and scientific developments in both countries
- Organization and support of mutual visits
- Organization of sporting events (e.g. soccer tournaments)
- Organization of exhibitions
- Initiation of German-Omani town twinning
- Promotion of the cooperation between the Sultan Qaboos University and German universities
- Establishment of an Omani-German circle of friends in the Sultanate of Oman
The association supported the restoration of the world cultural heritage site in Bat together with the German Mining Museum and the Foreign Office . He was (co-) organizer of various exhibitions such as "Greetings from Oman" in the Museum for Communication Berlin in cooperation with the Bund Deutscher Philatelisten or "From Basra to Muscat" with photographs by Hermann Burchardt in cooperation with the Foreign Office.
The association is presented by the Foreign Office and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation as an example of cultural cooperation between Germany and Oman.
Current projects in 2019 and 2020 include a. an artist exchange in cooperation with the Stal Gallery in Muscat, in which the Omani artists work and live in the LIA (Leipzig International Artist Exchange) residency program in the creative center of the Leipzig cotton spinning mill.
Organs, members and seat of the association
The president of the association has been Wolfgang Zimmermann from Leipzig since November 2018. Honorary president of the society is the respective ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman in Germany
Honorary members of the association are Peter Ramsauer, former Federal Minister. D. and Fred Scholz.
The company is based in Berlin .
Web links
Individual references, comments
- ↑ a b Articles of Association of the German-Omani Society of September 7, 1992 with changes of November 18, 1999, February 15, 2002, November 27, 2009 and February 27, 2014. From DeutschOman.de, accessed on January 11, 2019.
- ↑ a b c Oman - Relations with Germany. In: Country Information. At Auswaertiges-Amt.de, accessed on January 11, 2019.
- ^ Honorary membership of Fred Scholz in the German-Omani Society eV In: Honors German-Omani Society. At FredScholz.de, accessed on January 11, 2019.
- ↑ The private universities in Oman have not yet concluded an association agreement with German universities.
- ↑ Report from the German Embassy in Muscat ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ^ Website of the Museum for Communication Berlin .
- ↑ Muscat Daily, July 7, 2015 .
- ↑ Country information from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation .
- ↑ Entry of the association under number 13704 Nz in the register of associations of the Charlottenburg district court.
