{"id":8015,"date":"2026-02-23T08:57:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stiftung-woeb.de\/?p=8015"},"modified":"2026-02-23T08:57:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:57:54","slug":"leipzig_yerevan_cultural_year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stiftung-woeb.de\/en\/leipzig_yerevan_cultural_year\/","title":{"rendered":"Leipzig-Yerevan Cultural Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>Leipzig-Yerevan Cultural Year<\/h1>\n<p>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 personal exchange, joint projects and the development of new partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>A significant beginning will be the Leipzig-Yerevan Cultural Year, which will run throughout 2026 and feature a variety of events. The close and future-oriented cooperation is reflected in a corresponding agreement signed by Burkhard Jung and Tigran Avinyan on 31 March 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation is pleased to support this series of partnerships, thereby deepening relations between Germany and Armenia and promoting cultural and social dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>All information on artistic residencies, festival contributions and other programme items can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stiftung-woeb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Programm_Kulturjahr_Jerewan_Leipzig_2026.pdf\">City of Leipzig&#8217;s cultural year programme booklet<\/a> (in German).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_image _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text=&#8221;kulturjahr_titelbild&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.stiftung-woeb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kulturjahr_titelbild.png&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Cover image of the program booklet: \u00a9 Fragile Concrete by Nvard Yerkanian<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2026, the West-Eastern Encounters Foundation will be focusing on Armenia as a key priority. 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Als Teilnehmende haben Sie Gelegenheit neue Projektpartnerinnen und -partner kennen zu lernen, bestehende Kooperationen zu st\u00e4rken und sich allgemein \u00fcber die deutsch-zentralasiatische zwischengesellschaftliche Arbeit zu informieren. Gern k\u00f6nnen Sie sich auch mit einem Redebeitrag, z. B. zur Vorstellung eines laufenden Projektes oder einer Projektidee, aktiv einbringen. Schwerpunktthemen sind (1) Frauen und Bildung, (2) Umwelt und Gesundheit sowie (3) Kultur und Soziales. Querschnittsthema in allen Bereichen ist der Jugendaustausch.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Das Forum wird organisiert von der Stiftung West-\u00d6stliche Begegnungen und gef\u00f6rdert aus Mitteln des Ausw\u00e4rtigen Amts und aus Stiftungsmitteln. Die Stiftung f\u00f6rdert zivilgesellschaftliche Projekte, Begegnungen und die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Initiativen aus Deutschland und den L\u00e4ndern Osteuropas, Zentralasiens, des S\u00fcdkaukasus und des Baltikums. <em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p>Die Konferenzkosten werden von der Stiftung West-\u00d6stliche Begegnungen getragen. Eine \u00dcbernahme der Reise- und Aufenthaltskosten durch die Stiftung ist bei entsprechendem Bedarf und nach Pr\u00fcfung m\u00f6glich.<\/p><p>Bitte registrieren Sie sich bei Interesse bis Freitag, den 21. Juni 2024, mit unserem Registrierungsformular unter folgendem Link oder mit dem nachfolgenden QR-Code.<\/p><p>Leiten Sie die Einladung gerne an Interessierte weiter. Hier k\u00f6nnen Sie stets das aktuelle Programm abrufen.<\/p><p>Wir freuen uns auf den Austausch und auf m\u00f6gliche k\u00fcnftige Kooperationen!<\/p><p>Mit freundlichen Gr\u00fc\u00dfen<\/p><p>Alexandra Majorov<\/p><p>Projektkoordinatorin<br \/>Stiftung West-\u00d6stliche Begegnungen<\/p><p>Tel.: +49 30 20911881<br \/><a href=\"mailto:Alexandra.Majorov@stiftung-woeb.de\">Alexandra.Majorov@stiftung-woeb.de<\/a><\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,28,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foundation-and-cooperation-projects","category-news","category-review"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Leipzig-Yerevan Cultural Year - Stiftung West-\u00d6stliche Begegnungen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stiftung-woeb.de\/en\/leipzig_yerevan_cultural_year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leipzig-Yerevan Cultural Year - Stiftung West-\u00d6stliche Begegnungen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In 2026, the West-Eastern Encounters Foundation will be focusing on Armenia as a key priority. 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