transfer e.V.

Service and Consulting for
Intercultural Exchange
Children's and Youth Travel
Sustainable Tourism

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Goals

To improve the quality of children's and youth travel and exchange programs according to principles of intercultural understanding, social and ecological sustainability, as well as physical and mental health and wellbeing, in each case taking into consideration current youth cultures
To facilitate dialogue and networking between individual experts and organizations, in order to overcome personal and institutional barriers, to mediate mutual insights and understanding, and to initiate continuous discourse and cooperation
To provide useful services for experts, professionals, and volunteers in children's and youth travel and exchange organizations.

In pursuit of these goals we organize, support and facilitate joint projects and networks, frequently cooperating with various partners, in order to achieve synergy effects from the diversity of perspectives and approaches.

Organizing and conducting training seminars for staff and volunteers in youth travel and exchange
Consulting for non-government organizations, companies, and initiatives in our field
Coordinating projects for state agencies and large NGOs
Organizing information forums, conferences, and workshops for youth workers and multipliers
Lobbying, networking, and representation in national professional associations
Advising university students and young professionals about current developments and job opportunities in the fields of children's and youth travel and exchange
Publishing a periodical newsletter, as well as handbooks, documentations, and resource materials for professionals and volunteers in the fields of recreation, travel, and international exchange
Providing a reference library and distribution service for professional literature.

Training Seminars for Youth Travel and International Exchange
Each year transfer offers 12 to 15 in-service training seminars in cooperation with IJAB, the International Youth Exchange and Visitor Service of the German Federation.  This program has been funded by the Federal Ministry of Youth since 1986, initially under the label of "Model Seminars", and provides high-quality training for volunteers and staff at moderate fees.
Information & Consultation Days
Each year transfer organizes a series of day workshops in different cities throughout Germany, sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Youth.  In cooperation with local partners our team of experts presents current developments and gives individual advice on all aspects of children's and youth travel and of international youth exchanges.
Partnership Program "Social Sponsoring in Khayelitsha Township/South Africa"
In close cooperation with Cape Mental Health, a welfare organization in Cape Town, transfer has supported projects for handicapped people in Khayelitsha Township since 1997 and has organized bilateral exchanges for social workers.  In Germany, we have built a network with organizations for disabled people, for youth work, youth exchange, and adult education in order to share successful program elements and to develop them further in a mutual learning process together with South African experts.

transfer is a registered, non-governmental and not-for-profit association
transfer has a central office in Cologne with complete facilities and a staff of five persons, as well as a small branch office near Hamburg with a part-time staff member
transfer has some 40 individual members: experts, consultants, and trainers from a wide range of professional backgrounds such as education, vocational training, personnel development, journalism, and law, as well as from research and teaching in different academic disciplines
transfer cooperates with a large number of free-lance experts (150-200 per year) in various projects, seminars, and events.

Federal Ministry of Youth, Bonn
German Youth Hostel Foundation, Detmold
IJAB e.V., Bonn  (International Youth Exchange and Visitor Service of the FRG)
Federal Office for Health Promotion, Bonn
Deutsche Stiftung Jugendmarke, Bonn
German Federal Environment Foundation, Osnabrück
Kolping Family Vacation Service, Cologne
Europäische Jugendbildungs- und Jugendbegegnungsstätte, Weimar
Thomas-Morus-Akademie, Bensberg
Koblenz Polytechnic College
State Youth Agency Rheinland
German Sports University, Cologne
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