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Applicants
Applicants
- Programme offerings
  Every year, nearly 300 young people participate in the ASA Programme. Find out more...
- Programme cycle
  The ASA Programme is a combination of seminars, a project, and time for personal reflection.
- Requirements for participation
  Find out what it takes to apply to the ASA Programme.
- Services
  Your participation is funded by a scholarship. The following shows which costs are covered by the scholarship.
Organisations
Organisations
- Project proposal
  Cooperate with the ASA Programme and submit a project proposal.
- Partner institutions
  You can help enrich the programme through your participation as a partner institution.
- Documents
  All documents for the project proposal at a glance and for download.
Alumni
Alumni
- ASA-Photo-Stories
  Be creative and take part in the ASA-Photo-Stories.
- ASA experiences
  Participants and alumni report on their diverse experiences with the ASA Programme.
- ASA Network
  The alumni network provides a space for former participants to contribute to shaping the programme and collaborating with others.
About us
About us
- Short portrait
  An outline of the learning and capacity-building programme focused on development education may be found here.
- Programme Funding
  Find out more about who is involved in the funding of the ASA Programme.
- Quality management
  The ASA Programme is a “learning programme” that engages in self-evaluation.
- Distinctions
  The commitment of the ASA Programme has been rewarded.
- Contact
  Do you have any questions or suggestions? Here you will find a contact form.

Project phase

In addition to the seminars and period of reflection as part of one’s own learning process, another main component of the ASA Programme is the six-month project phase. These projects take place in Germany and a country in Africa, Asia, Latin America or South-East Europe.

To conduct the projects, the ASA Programme cooperates with different partner institutions ranging from nongovernmental organisations, foundations, implementing organisations of the German Development Cooperation institutions to municipal authorities, businesses, and universities. Participants work together as part of international project teams with other participants.

Participants acquire new experiences, expand their skill sets, and learn new perspectives on their fields of expertise through their respective projects. They also broaden their understanding of how local issues are connected to global structures and receive training in international contexts.

Four people stand behind a video camera. — Nicola Hens is part of a video project in Senegal. Photo: Nicola Hens

The topics of the projects are diverse: health, environmental protection, IT, culture, artisanal crafts, education, and more. In previous years, participants developed solar-powered bicycles in Windhoek, Namibia and Berlin, Germany. They produced a podcast tackling questions of migration and flight from conflict zones with school children in Greifswald, Germany and Pomerode, Brazil. They created a puppet show on climate change in a team with members from Berlin, Germany and Chittagong, Bangladesh.

The projects focus on sharing experiences within the team and with partner institutions, becoming familiar with new perspectives, and collaborative learning. The ASA Programme and the partner institutions expect participants to actively and constructively work with all team members.

Applicants residing primarily in Germany should visit the German website to learn more about additional fields of activities and programme formats.

ASA

Partner institutions working in the field of activity Sustainable development and global partnership (ASA) form part of a wide range of governmental and non-governmental organisations pursuing the goal of global sustainable development through diverse strategies. These projects are conducted at NGOs, foundations, in grassroots initiatives, and implementing organisations of the German Development Cooperation, among others.

Participants from countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America or South-East Europe go through all phases of the programme in collaboration with German participants. These international teams spend a total of six months completing their project phase, with three months spent in Germany and another three months spent in a country in Africa, Asia, Latin America or South-East Europe.

ASA Academia

ASA participants can contribute to international research projects that address social justice, resource distribution and scarcity, or planetary boundaries through the field of activity Innovative research and applied science for sustainability (ASA Academia). The aim is to foster commitment to global sustainability in the applied sciences and to enrich the development policy aspects of participants’ academic commitment through practical experience.

Some of the projects occur in businesses that embrace principles of sustainability, thus enabling participants to combine foundational research with practical experiences in an ideal manner.

The project phase lasts a total of six months, with three months spent in Germany and another three months in a country of Africa, Asia, Latin America, or South-East Europe.