With the Robert Bosch Junior Professorship we seek to contribute to a better standing of the emerging field of sustainability science in Germany.

We are building an UrbanCommunity for sustainable and just cities in Europe through micro-funds and peer-learning.  

Within this project, we support the development of guidelines for an environmentally sustainable and socially just future from the perspective of...

We support International IDEA in creating platforms to mobilize, connect and update global democracy supporters.  

Through participatory research and dialogue formats, we bring together local, national and international actors to develop practical ideas and...

Together with 24 other private foundations, we support the European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM) with the goal of strengthening...

The award-winning open-source platform for citizen participation “Consul” ensures open, transparent, and democratic governance.

We support the International Detention Coalition in its work to create rights-based and community-centered alternatives to the detention for...

The aim of the project is to better understand factors that impede social mobility. Therefore, we promote exchange between the OECD and civil...

This fund follows the recommendations made by the International Commission on the Balkans, that stated that the development of functioning...

A feasibility study is examining whether the topic of "justice and taxes" is suitable for a nationwide citizens' council.

As a member of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, together with other foundations, we support a change in food systems around the world in...

The worldlab project brings together young people in preparatory and regular classes of vocational and general education schools to discuss shared values.

Together with the Competence Center, we use dialogue and participation to support municipalities in addressing conflicts and crises on the ground.

VOTO is a digital voting aid used in local elections that helps increase young voter turnout. It playfully provides information about parties and...

We support the involvement and participation of Muslim women in German society.

DemoSlam relies on dialogue to foster understanding. It draws together people with contrasting opinions, equipping them with the space and tools to tolerate difference and relearn the ability to handle conflict.

We support an organization that enables out-of-school children in Africa and the Middle East to start school and learn successfully.

We support vocational teachers in dealing with right wing extremism amoung their pupils. Through the teachers, the pupils are emboldened to reflect...

We explore emerging innovations in democratic participation around the world through research, with a view to proposing recommendations for...

The Global Centre for Climate Mobility (GCCM) is a global partnership pushed forward by a group of champion countries and enabled by the United...

The initiative is working to develop a fresh agenda for integration policy in Europe by bringing together senior integration policymakers and...

We support a wide range of actors to contribute their diverse perspectives to the relationship between Africa and Europe around migration and...

The MSG brings together key policy-stakeholders and decision-makers from the public and private sector on future migration questions, currently...

Together with the Federal Association for Socioculture, we support ten tridems in developing and testing ideas for low-threshold democracy work.

The Mayors Migration Council empowers and enables cities to engage in migration diplomacy and policymaking at the international, regional and national level. The aim is to ensure that global responses to migrant and refugee...

With the YUMA project, we are giving young Muslims not only a voice but the opportunity to experience politics and other areas of society that they...

We support the setting up of local alliances comprised of representatives of civil society, politics, administration, business, and the arts...

We support young people’s social commitment in rural areas of Turkey with networking and qualification opportunities.

In five municipalities, the project is testing how to reach people who are not usually involved in participation processes. Based on the experience...

By networking rural initiatives, we want to make the diversity of local solutions and their potential for a food transition more visible at...

We support innovative and viable approaches to the integration and participation of newcomers to rural regions.

Young people will have to deal with the consequences of climate change throughout their lives, yet they are underrepresented in key international...

We promote new alliances to protect democracy in the digital age. BC4D provides services that teach people in a professional context to recognize...

We are a member of the Foundations Platform F20. Through F20, philanthropic actors call for joint, transnational action towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The network shows solutions to the...

We promote the exchange between NGOs in Europe and China, as global challenges require cross-border engagement, also among civil society actors.

The aim of the project is to develop a recovery framework for Ukrainian municipalities severely damaged by war. 

What characterizes wealth inequality in the Global South and what role do elites play in creating and maintaining it? This interdisciplinary...

We support platforms that address the diversity among Muslims in Germany and serve as an interface between Muslim communities and society. 

We support Muslim women in overcoming barriers that impede their access to the labor market, improving their opportunities for social participation.

Hate speech on the internet has regrettably become an increasingly pressing social issue. The NETTZ network aims to confront the current trend by supporting moral courage on digital media as well as cultivating a positive...

How can international non-governmental organizations be reshaped and contribute to a changed role for global civil society?

Statelessness and undetermined nationality have severe consequences but receive limited attention from both the public and political spheres. Our partners advocate for including statelessness on the political agenda and working...

We support a needs-based training and further development program for enterprises in Germany, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Hungary.

Our project with the Center for Global Development looks at the effects climate change is having on migration, and proposes policies to equitably...

A desire for empowerment, diversity, emancipation and leadership: With this project we want to strengthen migrant organisations in the development of their work.

Climate change and disasters are among the leading drivers of human mobility across Africa. Yet lawful pathways for those crossing borders in this...

CONCORD analyzes and influences EU international cooperation for more equal, just and inclusive societies, with a special emphasis on the influence...

We support the development of a decentralized platform of stakeholders from politics, civil society, media, business, and academia. The goal is to...

The Foundation works with renowned inequality experts from different contexts and geographies to further develop its approach and strategy. 

In this project, we support tenants in Berlin through community organizing methods to build strong community initiatives.

This project will provide practical support to a number of countries in the Global South as their food, eco and land use systems face serious challenges in the context of climate change. Through joint learning, innovation, and...

The organization works towards a world where marginalized communities have the power to use court rooms to foster social change and secure racial,...

Shifting European philanthropy from a climate change to a climate justice agenda.  

We empower refugee moms with cooperations between migrant organizations and educational institutions.

Within a new, remote cross-border newsroom, we support underrepresented journalists whose stories are missing from the international news. Including a more diverse range of voices allows the media to report in a more nuanced...

Strengthening democracy and social cohesion together – that is the goal of the strategic partnership between the Democracy team of the Robert...

The Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies is an independent think-tank that seeks to foster change through knowledge production with a focus on...

Migrant self-organizations are already committed to welfare, offering a broad range of services. By partnering with other external actors in the...

Germany has an active civil society, with some 23 million people involved in work for the public good. To do so, they require structures, resources and contact points on a local level. This is where our network program comes in.

BetterPost, a project of the Neue deutsche Medienmacher:innen, promotes nuanced reporting on social media and fights hate in the comments section.

The program is giving five German municipalities the chance to implement digitally and socially innovative integration projects. We provide them...

We support the development of an online platform that presents local approaches to promote the inclusion of refugees and people with a history of migration.

The Fight Inequality Alliance is a collective response to growing imbalance of power and wealth across the world. It unites movements across...

We promote integration hubs as local places for exchange and collaboration between newcomers and people who are already resident. The space is used for encounters, advice and the development of new ideas for the...

In Bioregions all over Europe local stakeholder processes are facilitated in order to tackle the regions’ most burning issues, e.g. drought, water management, biodiversity loss.

The annual report highlights key topical issues of mixed migration movements. Featuring a selection of data from approximately 10,000 interviews a year conducted with refugees and migrants around the world, the report...

In partnership with the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) and its members, the Robert Bosch Stiftung wants to...

We support the non-governmental organization Conducive Space for Peace to initiate changes in international peacebuilding.

The “My City Talks” project brings people with different political views together to talk face to face. It helps draw people out of their filter bubbles, build empathy, and identify shared values – all while strengthening...

Supporting systems change, participation and learning in philanthropy.

Co-designing economic policies to address multiple interlinked crises.

Young adults, teachers and youth exchange specialists can find relevant offers here on language support, professional training and educational or...

We support safe short- or long-term refuge for displaced persons from Ukraine, Poland and beyond to other European countries, initiated in April 2022 by French local authorities and civil society.

Tech based activations for just and sustainable urban development

In this cooperation with Refugees International, the interface between conflicts, displacement in the context of climate change and regional...

People and their democracy in Germany, France, Britain, Poland, and the United States. This representative study puts attitudes toward democracy in the five countries under the microscope.

The Data Tank advocates for the purposeful, responsible, and trusted collection, use, and reuse of data to benefit all segments of society.

A platform of African and European mayors working together to deliver innovative and practical solutions for human mobility in and between their...

We support local restoration actors in the drylands of the Greater Sahel region committed to learn from each other and to act together to increase...

We support refugee-led organisations and initiatives that work towards more inclusive governance at the global level.

How can power and resources be shifted to local actors? We support the peacebuilding organization Peace Direct, which is dedicated to transforming the international peacebuilding system.