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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 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.

Reciprocity

It is important for us that the partner schools visit each other. Therefore initiation visits consist of two visits: The partner school from abroad visits Germany (incoming) and a German school visits its partner school abroad (outgoing).

Duration and dates of the visits

ENSA promotes visits of a maximum of 7 programme days plus arrival and departure. The school can of course decide to extend the stay if it bears the additional costs. Both visits should be made within one calendar year. The travel period is from March to October.

Participants

ENSA promotes up to six participants per school, including at least two students and one teacher.

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 initiation visits

Initiation visits are an opportunity for first contact. Participants of both partner schools can slowly get to know each other and discuss their ideas of the partnership, their expectations or fears and what they want to contribute.

If it is clear that a partnership will develop, participants can discuss what topics they want to work with during the partnership or what activities and projects they can carry out together.

Participants will document all objectives and topics of the partnership in a joint agreement.

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 funding cycle.

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