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About us
About us
- Who we are
  ENSA is the development policy school exchange programme.
- Our Approach
  ENSA's work and the school partnerships we support are based on certain values and principles.
- Our services
  ENSA offers an educational programme and provide funding for school partnerships.
- Why an ENSA school partnership?
  School partnerships offer the opportunity to take on new perspectives.
- Contact persons
  We would be pleased to advise you on school partnerships, support, qualification and networking.
What do we offer?
What do we offer?
- Find the right offer
  We support new and existing school partnerships and offer further training on topics of global learning.
- How do initiation visits work?
  Initiation visits are aimed at schools from Germany that want to establish a new partnership with a school from countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and South-East.
- How do exchange visits work?
  Exchange visits are an offer for schools from Germany that already have an established partnership with a school from countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and South-East Europe.
- Cooperation with non-governmental organisations (NGOS)
  We help schools establish networks with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Germany and in the partner country.
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How do exchange visits work?

Exchange visits are an offer for schools from Germany that already have an established partnership with a school from countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and South-East Europe.

An exchange visit can take place in Germany (the partner school visits Germany) or in the country of the partner school (the German school visits the partner school). Applications can be submitted for incoming or outgoing visits.

Duration and dates of the visits

ENSA promotes exchanges of 10 to 14 project days (plus arrival and departure). Longer exchanges are also possible upon prior agreement with us; however, the schools will have to provide the additional funding. The travel period is from March to October.

Participants

Students and teachers can participate in the exchange visits and may be accompanied by members of the school management. NGO employees are also welcome if the NGO accompanies the partnership. ENSA will provide support for groups with a maximum of 12 participants. Minimum participation age is 14 years. It is possible to increase the number of participants if the school bears the additional costs.

Who can apply?

State-run or private schools from Germany
Charitable, non-governmental organisations from Germany
School supporters’ associations from Germany

Purposes of exchange visits

Exchange visits allow partner schools to refresh and intensify established partnerships. The main focus of the exchange is the collaborative work addressed at a subject of one’s own choice in the area of Global Learning.

Young people can discuss the content and methods of their self-selected topic thus gain- ing an understanding of global relationships. ENSA encourages them to delve deeply into social issues.

Support for content creation

Each school partnership will have two ENSA teachers at its disposal. They will advise and supervise the participants throughout the entire year. Each project group will attend three conferences in its region lasting several days between January and November. The conferences prepare participants for their project and serve to assess the project after the exchange visits. Experienced ENSA staff and seminar teachers offer seminars at the conferences providing support in the following areas:

Preparation and follow-up activities for visits and school exchange projects
Introduction to topics related to Global Learning and education for sustainable development
Teaching skills such as teamwork and conflict resolution
Teaching methods for anti-discriminatory and inclusive school exchanges