Catholic Academic Foreigners Service
The Catholic Academic Foreign Nationals Service (KAAD) is an association with the aim of promoting young professionals from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Its general assembly consists of representatives from ten church organizations and the dioceses . The KAAD emerged from an initiative of the 76th German Catholic Convention in Fulda in 1954 and was registered as an association in 1958.
tasks
The main areas of activity of KAAD were redefined in 1991:
- Scholarships for foreigners to support students from overseas and Eastern Europe in Germany
- Promotion of young professionals from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, in particular through postgraduate studies and research stays in Germany, so that they can take on leadership roles in the social and cultural development of their home country out of social responsibility and church engagement
- Partnership cooperation between the German church and churches in the southern hemisphere and Eastern Europe, as well as the general dialogue between the world religions ; At the same time, as future multipliers in the academic-scientific field and beyond , the scholarship holders should help in the development process of their countries
- Supervision of former foreign scholarship holders and involvement of committed ecclesiastical lay people as well as non-Christian students and researchers (alumni) in the supervision of foreign students in Germany
Within the framework defined by the program guidelines, the KAAD is a general "clearing point" of the German Bishops' Conference for foreign students. The awarding of the scholarships for foreigners is carried out either by partner committees, which are awarded to postgraduates from representatives of the respective home churches and the universities ("invitation programs") or by the right of Catholic student and university communities to propose foreign students from so-called developing countries who are in an advanced phase of their studies in Germany.
In addition, the KAAD organizes seminars at home and abroad, a one-week annual academy, local meetings at the university locations and an annual study and pilgrimage to Rome .
In 2006 there were 2775 initial inquiries for grants. A total of 545 applications were approved.
financing
The financial resources of the KAAD (a total of approx. 6.3 million euros) come mainly from church taxes and federal funds (status: 2005):
- Church tax : approx. 4.8 million euros; this corresponds to about 60% of the total budget
- Misereor : 0.7 million euros
- Foreign Office : EUR 0.45 million
- Federal Ministry for Education and Research ; Third-party funding: EUR 0.35 million
organization
The board of the KAAD e. V. until 2016 consisted of the chairman of the board, Prelate Klaus Krämer , the president of missio Aachen (predecessor cathedral provost Wilhelm Gegenfurtner ), the president of KAAD, Albert Franz and the managing director of Renovabis , Gerhard Albert. Albert Franz is professor emeritus for philosophy at the TU Dresden . Franz's predecessor Josef Reiter was previously President of the University of Mainz ; In 2003 he replaced Peter Hünermann , who had been the presidency of KAAD since 1985. In addition to the general assembly, the funding agency includes an academic committee, a selection committee for scholarship holders and an office with currently five regional departments and the spiritual advisory councils. The KAAD office is located in the federal city of Bonn . It consists of a total of 25 employees and is headed by Secretary General Herrmann Weber. The Freiburg moral theologian Eberhard Schockenhoff has been President of the KAAD since the autumn plenary meeting of the German Bishops' Conference 2016 .
The KAAD Foundation Peter Hünermann, based in Bonn, has existed since 2008. It has a foundation capital of approx. 510,000 euros.
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Further publications
- Herrmann Weber (ed.): In the mirror of others: Germany. History - language - mentality - religion. , Bonn 2006, ISBN 3-926-28828-0 .
- Carsten-Michael Walbiner (ed.): The Role of Universities in the Dialogue of Cultures and Religions. , Bonn 2006, ISBN 3-926-28827-2 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ kaad.de: History overview, p. 17 ( Memento from September 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 95 kB) accessed on August 31, 2011
- ↑ kaad.de: Eberhard Schockenhoff to be the new President of KAAD (accessed on November 22, 2016)
- ↑ http://www.kaad.de/kaad/stiftung2/