Magazine TOGETHER
A glance at the magazineTOGETHERLet's collaborate!
Whether in the hospital, on a theater stage or in
search of the next one Einstein in Africa – our day-to-day work at the Foundation clearly demonstrates that having
the right combination of partners delivers added value.
Our allies have first-hand knowledge of local people and conditions. We cooperate with them and connect a variety of different people so that they can achieve great things together.
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Our allies have first-hand knowledge of local people and conditions. We cooperate with them and connect a variety of different people so that they can achieve great things together.
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Read more about our allies and the projects showcased here in our current magazin.Also in this edition:
THE EUROPEAN MEDIATOR
Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller – a portrait
TOGETHER, WE PACK A BIGGER PUNCH
What is achieved when a school works with partners
ACHIEVING THE IMPOSSIBLE
An essay by Jutta Allmendinger
THE COMBINED FORCE OF INNOVATORS
Alumni of the Robert Bosch Stiftung tackle complex issues together
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Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller – a portrait
TOGETHER, WE PACK A BIGGER PUNCH
What is achieved when a school works with partners
ACHIEVING THE IMPOSSIBLE
An essay by Jutta Allmendinger
THE COMBINED FORCE OF INNOVATORS
Alumni of the Robert Bosch Stiftung tackle complex issues together
The magazine as PDF
OP Team
"WE CAN ACHIEVE MORE BY WORKING TOGETHER"At the Heidelberg University Hospital, Ann-Catrin Druck and Hannah May share a common goal – to provide better care for their patients by working together. Although still in the training phase, both of these young women are learning how the various occupational groups can collaborate more effectively in the hospital.
Following several pancreatic operations at the Surgical Clinic,
Paul-Josef
Fröhlich is now an inpatient at Heidelberg University Hospital. He has been under the care of medical student, Hannah May (l.), and trainee nurse, Ann-Catrin Druck (r.).
They spend four weeks working as a pair caring for their patients. They do the rounds together, carry out examinations, and provide care and treatment. But above all, they learn both from and about one another.
They spend four weeks working as a pair caring for their patients. They do the rounds together, carry out examinations, and provide care and treatment. But above all, they learn both from and about one another.
Senior physician, André Mihaljevic is convinced: "Effective cooperation between everyone involved in treating a patient is extremely important for the wellbeing of the patient."
That is why the 39-year-old created the HIPSTA project together with fellow members of the nursing staff – the multidisciplinary team in the Heidelberg Interprofessional Training Ward.
Here, four students in their final year of medical school and four third-year trainee nurses spend four weeks working in pairs caring for their patients.
That is why the 39-year-old created the HIPSTA project together with fellow members of the nursing staff – the multidisciplinary team in the Heidelberg Interprofessional Training Ward.
Here, four students in their final year of medical school and four third-year trainee nurses spend four weeks working in pairs caring for their patients.
UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S WORK
HIPSTA has been part of the "Operation Team – Interprofessional Learning in the Health Care Professions" program at the Robert Bosch Stiftung since 2016.The program has created quite a stir in medical interprofessional education and training since 2013, funding 17 regional collaborative projects nationwide.
Ann-Catrin Druck and Hannah May plan the next treatment steps for their patients together.
"There are rigid hierarchies in a lot of hospitals, which prevent effective cooperation between doctors and nurses," Druck says. However, she does not want to work like this.
May is of exactly the same opinion. "I benefit from Ann-Catrin’s knowledge. Together, we can do a lot more to help our patients."
"There are rigid hierarchies in a lot of hospitals, which prevent effective cooperation between doctors and nurses," Druck says. However, she does not want to work like this.
May is of exactly the same opinion. "I benefit from Ann-Catrin’s knowledge. Together, we can do a lot more to help our patients."
Paul-Josef Fröhlich does not know which of them is training to become a doctor or a nurse. And he couldn’t care less.
"It is much more important that I feel that everyone knows who I am, what I have, and what I need."
"It is much more important that I feel that everyone knows who I am, what I have, and what I need."
The patient is the person who benefits the most from successful teamwork – this is clearly the case with Fröhlich. He says he has never received such great and comprehensive treatment in any hospital.
LITTLE KIDS, BIG MOVIES
LITTLE KIDS, BIG MOVIESWhen nursery school children meet high culture, something very special can happen – and the program “Arts and Games” proves it. In the Mini Film Club at the Deutsches Filminstitut, kids come into contact with the world of art movies, thanks to a joint concept devised by education and movie experts. Instead of lengthy explanations, it offers plenty of hands-on activities that support children’s personal development.
Sude and Marlie, both five-year-olds, are on a trip with "Grüne Soße" (Green Sauce) their daycare center, to the Mini Film Club, where children ages four to six learn about the art of cinema and get a chance to be creative themselves.
"It’s not about explanations, but about experiencing the art of movies," says project coordinator Britta Yook. The little movie explorers are still too young for long lectures. Instead, she encourages them to give free rein to their imagination:
To draw wild designs with ink...
…or crayon that move to the mood of music.
The Mini Film Club events were jointly developed by the Filminstitut and educators from different daycare centers. The Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Stiftung Brandenburger Tor support this early enthusiasm for the arts with the "Arts and Games" program. Since 2013, they have promoted cultural education among young children nationwide in 15 institutions.
The payoff:Children who run joyfully to the museum and confidently make art and culture their own.
TWO CHOIRS IN HARMONY
TWO CHOIRS IN HARMONYGerman-Russian relations have seen better times. But civil exchange is still in full swing, because strong partners in both the public and private sectors are pulling together. One example is the exchange between two choirs from Schaumburg and the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.
This exchange program is funded by the Foundation for German-Russian Youth Exchange (DRJA). A FIRST FOR YOUTH EXCHANGE
A public-private partnership for youth exchange came about for the first time on a national scale when the Foundation for German-Russian Youth Exchange was established in 2006.
Besides the Robert Bosch Stiftung, partners include the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations on the private side, and the federal government and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg on the public side. The Foundation has facilitated exchanges between the two countries for 140,000 young people.
Besides the Robert Bosch Stiftung, partners include the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations on the private side, and the federal government and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg on the public side. The Foundation has facilitated exchanges between the two countries for 140,000 young people.
The program continues even after the Ukraine conflict created tensions between Berlin and Moscow and uncertainty among parents in both countries.
But the DRJA foundation and its partners both agree that the overall political climate should not prevent young people from meeting, and should instead be an occasion for even greater engagement.
But the DRJA foundation and its partners both agree that the overall political climate should not prevent young people from meeting, and should instead be an occasion for even greater engagement.
The exchange is not about improving young people's careers but about the social significance:
By confronting the unfamiliar, young people are led to examine themselves – the best remedy for nationalism and xenophobia in both countries.
www.stiftung-drja.de
By confronting the unfamiliar, young people are led to examine themselves – the best remedy for nationalism and xenophobia in both countries.
www.stiftung-drja.de
SEARCHING FOR THE NEXT EINSTEIN IN AFRICAAn African initiative that bears the name of the brilliant scientist is looking for worthy heirs on the continent, while at the same time supporting Africa’s scientific community. Thierry Zomahoun from Benin leads the search.
"Education will set you free," his grandmother tells him on his first day of school. He never forgot her words. Today, Thierry Zomahoun is President and Chief Executive Officer of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Rwanda, an incubator for Africa’s brightest minds in mathematics and related sciences.
Independent, exceptional thinkers are critical:
Africa lacks a critical mass of young people with
scientific skills, that is, engineers, technologists, physicists, chemists,
statisticians.
For the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), this lack is a key challenge which needs to be overcome if the continent wants to be capable of solving its own problems.
For the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), this lack is a key challenge which needs to be overcome if the continent wants to be capable of solving its own problems.
AIMS and the Robert Bosch Stiftung both agree that the best approach is to enable Africa to solve its own problems. That is why the Foundation chose a well-networked partner from the African continent.
"The Next Einstein Forum enables us to offer young people a
platform where they can share their knowledge and enter into a dialogue with
each other," explains Zomahoun. The conference is a platform that seeks to connect science, society, and
politics in Africa and the rest of the world.
The first global science conference in Africa was eagerly attended in 2016 by 500 guests, including presidents, Nobel Prize winners, and research directors of major companies.
A second gathering is scheduled for March 2018 in the Rwandan capital of Kigali. Zomahoun and his team are working hard to make sure everything will run just as smoothly then.
A second gathering is scheduled for March 2018 in the Rwandan capital of Kigali. Zomahoun and his team are working hard to make sure everything will run just as smoothly then.
Zomahoun’s ambition:Freedom and respect
"If you don’t have the skills and capacity to process your
own resources and find your own solutions, but instead always expect that
someone else is going to come along and solve the problem for you, then you are
not free. When I speak about freedom, I speak about respect. I do not believe
that Africa is respected in the world today. To gain this respect within my
lifetime is my ambition."
www.nef.org
www.nef.org
ALL THE CITY’S A STAGEAn unusual combination of widely diverse partners from different sectors brings together refugees, immigrants, and longtime residents of the city of Bologna. A theater group, city administration, and a supermarket join forces as Actors of Urban Change with the goal of making their city a better place to live.
Just join in: In a district in the outskirts of Bologna, strangers meet to perform improvisational theater in the streets.
THEATER WITH REFUGEES
The focus of the project is on people such as Ibrahim Traore, 25, who has lived in the city for 14 months.
He says that "reading, understanding, and translating texts, or just standing in front of an audience and speaking" all helped him find his feet in Bologna.
In the refugee camp, he heard about groups such as these, who perform theater together with young Italians. He has made friends in the group and has even convinced 12 other young men from the refugee camp to come to the workshops.
He says that "reading, understanding, and translating texts, or just standing in front of an audience and speaking" all helped him find his feet in Bologna.
In the refugee camp, he heard about groups such as these, who perform theater together with young Italians. He has made friends in the group and has even convinced 12 other young men from the refugee camp to come to the workshops.
CREATING A NETWORK OF COMMON GROUND
"We’re trying to reach people who are ordinarily excluded from these kinds of activities," says director Pietro Floridia. He founded Cantieri Meticci back in 2014.
"It’s all about creating a network of common ground in a world characterized by individualism."
"It’s all about creating a network of common ground in a world characterized by individualism."
The theater group is one of three partners supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung as Actors of Urban Change in Bologna. The Robert Bosch Stiftung program encourages and supports teams from the cultural, public and private sectors, who, at first glance, seem to have little in common.
But as Actors of Urban Change, they are pursuing a common goal: They aim to make their city a better place to live. And they can only achieve this goal if all the partners contribute their strengths as effectively as possible.
But as Actors of Urban Change, they are pursuing a common goal: They aim to make their city a better place to live. And they can only achieve this goal if all the partners contribute their strengths as effectively as possible.
With creative formats such as improvisation theater, the theater group awakens the interest of immigrants, longtime residents, and refugees.
In the meantime, the city authorities contribute its experience and contacts.
In the meantime, the city authorities contribute its experience and contacts.
The Coop supermarket provided its unused storage rooms. With the support
provided within the framework of Actors of Urban Change, the theater
people turned them into "MET," an intercultural meeting place that has
long since served as a home for people with widely diverse backgrounds
and life experiences.
www.actors-of-urban-change.eu
www.actors-of-urban-change.eu
GET ACTIVE TO PROMOTE AN OPEN SOCIETY
GET ACTIVE TO PROMOTE AN OPEN SOCIETYAn entire movement is growing out of numerous large and small campaigns currently taking place all over Germany. Their objective is more cohesion, tolerance, and democracy – an open society, even!
ON-THE-FIELD LEARNINGGetting children excited about soccer is easy. But what about social issues? The Learning in Stadiums project initiated by the Robert Bosch Stiftung combines the two. A report from Weserstadion in Bremen.
Eighth-graders from Links der Weser Grammar School in Bremen are at the stadium not just to imitate their favorite players or take selfies on the field. There is another purpose to their visit: learning about tolerance and fairness as well as about the social issues that pop up from time to time in the world of soccer as they do in the everyday lives of school-age children: violence, racism, and prejudice.
Discussing social problems in class is pretty abstract for the students.
"That’s why we want to talk about these topics at the stadium, as soccer can open young people’s
minds up to the issues they would normally not discuss," says Vanessa Maas, project director at Werder Bremen’s OstKurvenSaal.
"That’s why we want to talk about these topics at the stadium, as soccer can open young people’s
minds up to the issues they would normally not discuss," says Vanessa Maas, project director at Werder Bremen’s OstKurvenSaal.
Sports can help combat xenophobia, thinks student Selma. "We are a team that sticks together, regardless of where the individual players are from."
1:0 FÜR TOLERANZ UND FAIRNESS
Just like in Bremen, it was possible to create 16 other long-term project to raise young people’s enthusiasm for political issues.
Following eight years of support, the Robert Bosch Stiftung will be handing the project over to its partners at the end of 2017. That is part of the Foundation’s strategy – to bring partners on board to ensure the sustained success of its projects. The DFL Foundation and the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth will continue to run the project from 2018.
www.bosch-stiftung.de/lernortstadion
Following eight years of support, the Robert Bosch Stiftung will be handing the project over to its partners at the end of 2017. That is part of the Foundation’s strategy – to bring partners on board to ensure the sustained success of its projects. The DFL Foundation and the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth will continue to run the project from 2018.
www.bosch-stiftung.de/lernortstadion
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TOGETHER
The Stories of the Magazine
"WE CAN ACHIEVE MORE BY WORKING TOGETHER"
LITTLE KIDS, BIG MOVIES
To draw wild designs with ink...
…or crayon that move to the mood of music.
The payoff:
TWO CHOIRS IN HARMONY
SEARCHING FOR THE NEXT EINSTEIN IN AFRICA
Freedom and respect
ALL THE CITY’S A STAGE
GET ACTIVE TO PROMOTE AN OPEN SOCIETY
ON-THE-FIELD LEARNING
