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Project proposal

One of the main components of the ASA Programme is the project phase, which lasts for several months, in addition to the seminars on global interdependencies and the promotion of the participants’ commitment.

Participants work on a specific project taking place in a country in Africa, Asia, Latin America or South-East Europe and partly also in Germany, either alone or in teams of two to four participants. To this end, the ASA Programme cooperates with partner institutions in these countries. Every summer, institutions and individuals are invited to propose projects for the coming year.

Propose a project for the ASA Programme

Do you work for an institution that pursues social, ecological or economic sustainability goals? Are you looking for young people who are committed to fair and sustainable development? You can propose projects for the ASA Programme from May to mid-August or September. Selection committees will then decide which projects will be offered to ASA participants as projects for the following year through which they can gain learning experiences on global interdependencies and issues related to development policies.

Create spaces for mutual learning

The partner institutions of the ASA Programme are institutions engaged in development policy in a broad range of thematic areas. In the project phase, participants contribute to the project objectives of the partner institution, e.g. in the form of studies, public relations work, the design of workshops or the development of a product. Participants thus gain a deeper insight into global contexts and development policy issues and deal with different perspectives on global structures. At the same time, they support the partner institutions through qualified cooperation.

Projects of the ASA Programme are not to be understood as expert missions of development cooperation. They also do not include any financial or material support for the partner institution.

Your benefit

  • As a partner institution you secure the cooperation of qualified and committed young people who support your projects.
  • You provide the participants with important impulses for their future commitment. After their project phase, the participants become involved as multipliers, promote an understanding of global interrelationships and lobby for sustainable development and fair global cooperation.
  • Offering an ASA project together with other institutions, can benefit the expansion of your international cooperation. The joint project - from proposal to supervision – provides you with the opportunity to establish or expand a project partnership.
  • You benefit from the advice of the ASA Programme in the preparation of a proposal for a project and in the supervision of the participants.
  • You will become part of a worldwide partner and alumni network of the ASA Programme.
  • Following the project phase, you will receive a detailed report from the participants and an evaluation of the results of the implemented project, if desired.

Fields of activity and programme formats

If you want to cooperate with the ASA Programme by proposing a project, you can assign yourself to a field of activity that corresponds to your field of work. On the next page, you will learn more about the ASA Programme's offerings in three fields of activity of global equitable and sustainable development. You can choose between two programme formats that differ in the composition of the project teams: basic and global.

Basic format

In the basic format, the participants are students, Bachelor graduates or young professionals with completed vocational training between 21 and 30 years who live in Germany.

Global Format

In the global format, participants from a country in Africa, Asia, Latin America or South-East Europe and participants from Germany form a team that goes through all phases of the programme together.

Find out on the next page which programme formats are possible for your institution.

Options for cooperation