World University Service - German Committee

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The German Committee of the World University Service (WUS) is an international, politically and denominationally non- governmental organization based in Wiesbaden , consisting of over 50 countries around the world. WUS sees itself as an international community of students, teachers and employees in the education sector that supports people working, teaching and learning in higher education. In the meantime, WUS works at all educational levels and advocates the human right to education.

The motto of the World University Service is: "If you have a good idea, you should implement it". This means realizing ideas in the field of education, offering educational policy platforms and getting involved in the development of own educational projects and programs for students and university members in Germany, but also in international educational projects. Because: International educational cooperation is also a question of solidarity. It was and is the aim of the WUS activists to stand up for the “ human right to education ”, as it was also adopted in the Lima Declaration on the initiative of the WUS. The human right to education also includes humanitarian and reconstruction aid after wars, disaster relief after earthquakes, tsunamis and floods and educational development projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

history

The WUS Germany is part of the international network of the World University Service created in 1920 and was re-established in 1950. At that time, after years of isolation due to the Nazi era, the WUS made it possible for German students to make international contacts again and to be accepted and recognized in the international academic community. Quite early on, in the early 1950s, the WUS concentrated primarily on strengthening the rights and educational situation of students from Africa, Asia and Latin America at German universities.

tasks

The WUS works on all educational levels and advocates the human right to education . Based on a social mandate from the universities , the WUS advocates the development of fair , social and political structures on a national and international level. He organizes seminars, creates publications and information material, does public relations work in all relevant areas , participates in campaigns in the education and development sector and runs scholarship programs .

Areas of responsibility

International educational work

• Human rights campaigns in education
• University cooperation

Cooperation projects worldwide

• Chile : Promotion of women's projects and urban development in the education sector
• Mali : Sur Place Scholarship Program
• Palestine : Educational Projects in the Peace Process
• Vietnam : Scholarships / Vietnamese German University (VGU)
• PAUL water backpack
• Offers and placement of internships abroad and in the WUS office in Wiesbaden

Foreign studies

• STUBE Hessen : Study support program for students from Africa , Asia and Latin America in Hessen in cooperation with the Hessen Ministry for Science and Art and the Protestant student communities in Hessen
• Limitless - global learning in vocational training : Mediation of teaching cooperations with a focus on the 17 sustainability goals between foreign students and teachers in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland

Development education work

• Information center for education mission North-South : The core of the work is the networking of actors and the dissemination of information from the areas of development-related information work and global learning. The joint project of the federal states and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) forms an interface for the joint efforts of the federal government, the federal states, the European Union and non-governmental organizations to promote both school-based and extracurricular development-related educational work.
• The global learning portal of the One World Internet Conference: The One World Internet Conference (EWIK) is an amalgamation of around 100 organizations and institutions that offer development education programs over the Internet. This cooperation, which has existed since 1999, has resulted in an attractive online offering structure for global learning for all age groups and educational institutions.
• The portal German states in development policy : The portal presents the development policy goals and activities of the states. It opens a view of the diverse commitment of the German states and their will to shape politics.
• InterCap - European CSO University Networks for Global Learning on Migration, Security and Sustainable Development in an Interdependent World: InterCap offers an after-school program for development-related education and global learning that takes into account the interests, needs and availability of teachers and individuals in teacher education and them able to deal with the topic of development step by step, through different levels of active participation.
• Participation in the networks working group "Learning and Helping overseas" (AKLHÜ), Association of Development Policy of German Non- Governmental Organizations (VENRO), Parität international, Forum Menschenrechte
• Participation in the global education campaign

Web links

• Official website

Individual references, comments

1. ↑ WUS history | World University Service. Retrieved January 20, 2020 . 
2. ↑ About WUS | World University Service. Retrieved January 20, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Ghawami, Kambiz: International education cooperation . Ed .: Journal for International Educational Research and Developmental Education. tape 34 , no. 2 , 2011.
4. ^ World University Service: WUS-Lima Declaration on Academic Freedom and Autonomy for Tertiary Educational Institutions . September 10, 1988.
5. ^ The Declaration on Academic Freedom and Autonomy of Institutions of Higher Education. September 10, 1988, accessed February 17, 2020 . 
6. ↑ [1]
7. ↑ [2]
8. ^ Vietnamese German University (VGU). Retrieved January 3, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Waterbackpack PAUL - PAUL water backpack. Retrieved November 25, 2019 (German). 
10. ↑ Klinke, A. (2012): STUBE - Das Studienbegleitbrogramm. P. 149–158, in: Rötting, Martin (ed.): The whole world on campus. Cultural and religious diversity. Situations and perspectives. Berlin: LIT
11. ^ STUBE Hessen. WUS Germany, accessed on January 7, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Limitless - Global Learning in Vocational Education. WUS Germany, accessed on January 7, 2020 . 
13. ^ Information center for education mandate north-south. WUS Germany, accessed on January 7, 2020 . 
14. ↑ http://www.globaleslernen.de
15. ↑ German states in development policy. WUS Germany, accessed on January 7, 2020 . 
16. ↑ Home - InterCap. Retrieved November 25, 2019 (UK English). 
17. ↑ Global Education Campaign | Global education campaign. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .