Leipzig-Yerevan Cultural Year

Leipzig-Yerevan Cultural Year

Leipzig-Yerevan Cultural Year In 2026, the West-Eastern Encounters Foundation will place a special focus on Armenia. The objective is to consolidate existing contacts and enhance long-term civil society cooperation between Germany and Armenia. The focus will be on...
“Future in Exchange” in Berlin

“Future in Exchange” in Berlin

Youth and Dialogue Forum On 24 November 2025, young people and professionals from Germany, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the South Caucasus gathered in Berlin for the Future in Exchange youth conference. This full-day event provided a space for participants to...
Looking at Central Asia – and Back

Looking at Central Asia – and Back

Between External Attribution and Self-Positioning: Differentiated Perspectives on a Diverse Region From a German and European perspective, Central Asia often appears as one vast geographic space. Rarely, however, do we consider the very different peoples, the various...
Europe Lab 2025

Europe Lab 2025

From August 15 to 18, 2025, this year’s Europe Lab took place in Weimar under the motto “Hyperpolarization in Europe: Looking Back and Ahead.” Young people from across Europe engaged in intensive discussions on three key topics: pluralistic democracy, climate change,...
Event ‘80 Years of Liberation from National Socialism’

Event ‘80 Years of Liberation from National Socialism’

On Thursday, 5 June 2025, the West-Eastern Encounters Foundation invited guests to a special event in an unusual setting: the lecture theatre ruins of the Charité Museum of Medical History in Berlin. To mark the 80th anniversary of liberation from National Socialism,...
Europe Lab: Call for participants

Europe Lab: Call for participants

Click here for the English version. „Hyperpolarisaation in Europe: looking back, thinking ahead“Europe Lab 11 – 15 August 2025 in Weimar, Germany The West-Eastern Encounters Foundation is a cooperation partner of this year’s Europe Lab and warmly invites you to apply...