In 2015 Federal Foreign Minister Steinmeier (in the centre) visited the German-Columbian Centre of Excellence, CEMarin
pave the way for political understanding,
demic structures in southeastern Europe,
and that as such crisis prevention and crisis
and since 2002 in Afghanistan, for example
management can frequently be made poss-
through a variety of efforts by German
ible. Higher education can thus become a ba-
higher education institutions in IT and eco-
sis for sustainable development and provide
nomics. Academic development work is also
people with the necessary expertise for self-
underway in central Iraq and Kurdistan Iraq.
help by qualifying future decision-makers;
and as such impacting directly on society.
Transition partnership with countries in
the Arab world
One result of the numerous crises and conflicts the world has seen in the most recent
Furthermore, since 2001 Germany has con-
past is that young people are being denied
ducted a transition partnership with several
education. For this reason, in 2014 the Fed-
Arab countries. The idea is to support re-
eral Foreign Office, together with the Ger-
form efforts at Arab universities through
man Academic Exchange Service, launched
cooperation projects with German higher
the “Leadership for Syria” programme,
education ins titutions. Moreover, the nu-
which enables over 200 Syrian scholarship
merous “Good Governance” programmes
holders to study in Germany. Following the
aimed at future leaders in crisis regions
conflict in the Balkans, much has been
worldwide constitute a particularly import-
achieved with regard to rebuilding aca-
ant field.