Carl Friedrich Goerdeler-Kolleg
The Carl Friedrich Goerdeler-Kolleg is an international intensive professional development program for young executives from the public sector (public administration, public companies, non-profit organizations, etc.) from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. Scholarship holders receive the opportunity to gain in-depth experience of life and work in Germany as well as forming new sustainable contacts and acquiring professional experience to improve their qualifications. They therefore contribute to cooperation between institutions relevant to European society and help to advance the European integration process.
The application period for the first Summer Academy ended on February 28, 2010. Applications cannot be submitted anymore.
Conditions for participation were:
- Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian or Slovakian citizenship
- university degree with outstanding grades
- first professional experience in the public sector
- awareness of social responsibility and commitment
- motivation and ambition to spend time in Germany
- leadership qualities
- very good knowledge of German
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler was Lord Mayor of Leipzig from 1930 to 1936, making him one of only a handful of municipal leaders who were not members of the Nazi party. After his resignation, he became the Bosch Corporation’s liaison officer for the Berlin authorities. His employment by Robert Bosch permitted Goerdeler to play an active role in resistance against the Nazi regime. As the co-founder of the civilian underground opposition, he wrote memorandums in which he formulated new constitutional plans and blueprints for a European union. After the failed assassination attempt of July 20, 1944, Goerdeler – who had been regarded as a prospective German chancellor – was executed as a »traitor« and »political war spy« in Berlin on February 2, 1945.
Experiencing Europe - Creating Neighborhodd 10th program year 2010/2011
The college year 2010/2011 promotes and brings together persons from the public sector in Central Europe that have already been active in the cross-border cooperation or in the field of international relations or are preparing themselves for such a task. The college imparts news approaches and successful practices in Germany and thus aims at advancing the European thought and deepening the relations within the EU and with the Eastern neighbors.
"Eastern Partnership and Good Governance", June 28 to July 18, 2010.
