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Communicating with the world.  
For diversity, understanding and trust.  

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Rym Hayouni © Arthur Tainturier Rym Hayouni © Arthur Tainturier

151

branches of the Goethe-Institut are active in 98 countries around the world. 

12

of the institutes are in Germany.

1952

the first Goethe-Institut opened in Athens.

4,396

employees are at work worldwide.

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Culture and security

Culture and education shape how societies see themselves. They create free spaces and can strengthen and support social cohesion. In international politics, they thus have a role to play in security policy.

A group of people sit around a laid table at the Munich Security Conference 2024. Munich Security Conference © Stephan Goerlich

50 years Translation Funding Programme

Author Saša Stanišić

Stories that go traveling

“Herkunft”, “Wolf“ or “Vor dem Fest”: It is not only his books that have become travellers thanks to the Goethe-Institut’s translation funding. Even the author himself, Saša Stanišić, is also a frequent guest in other countries such as Italy or Brazil, since his German-language texts have been translated into other languages. In this interview, he tells us how these translations enrich his work as a writer.

Photo of the author Saša Stanišić Saša Stanišić © Magnus Terhorst

Translator Scilla Forti

Opening your mind to diversity

“The more complex a language is, the more excited I get about the process.” Scilla Forti translates German-language works into Italian, for example by Mariana Leky. She tells us what she likes about this job and the challenges that come with it.

Photo of the translator Scilla Forti and two italian book cover Scilla Forti © private | book cover © Keller Editore

Publisher Roberto Keller

A lifelong student

Located in the border region of Trentino-Alto Adige, the Italian publishing house Keller Editore has a soft spot for languages beyond its national borders and is very committed to promoting German-language literature. In this interview, Roberto Keller provides insights into his work as a publisher.

Photo of publisher Roberto Keller Roberto Keller © Lucia Baldini

German Language

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in the background, a brick building and a bicycle, which leans against a railing, are blurred; in the foreground two men whose faces are shown with dark hair and beards, to the right in front of the men a woman with blonde dutt, whose face you can not see, she wears a blue sports jacket and black handle bag, where green water bottle looks out © Goethe-Institut/ Sonja Tobias

Coming to Germany for qualification

18-year-old Alberto Gámez from Venezuela is at the start of his working life but already knows that he wants his career to take him to Germany. He told us what he likes about the working world in Germany and how the programme “Dual education mobility South America” (DAMOS) supported him on his journey to Germany.

Photo of Alberto Gámez standing in front of a green landscape © Alberto Gámez

That's a class

More and more people in Sub-Saharan Africa want to learn German with African-European textbooks which are not full of cliches and are up to date from a methodology and didactic point of view. “Und jetzt WIR” makes that possible.

Cover and illustrations of the textbook "Und jetzt wir" © Hueber Verlag

Culture

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Exterior view of Villa Kamogawa in Kyoto. © Noriko Sawai/Goethe-Institut

Goethe-Institut in Exile

Goethe-Institut in Exile is a meeting place, shelter and stage for cultural professionals who can no longer work in their home country because of war or censorship. In countries where the Goethe-Institut and other international cultural institutions have had to close their locations, many artists and intellectuals have lost spaces for dissent, dialogue and intercultural exchange.

Key Visual Goethe-Institut im Exil © Goethe-Institut

Ecological Futures

Ecological Futures deals with the ecological and social challenges posed by climate change and social developments. It brings together actors from urban practice, art and culture and neighborhood residents to tackle concrete problems and concrete opportunities in their neighborhoods.

Canemorto, Combo with Ema Jons © Gian Andrea Montanino

Network

The Goethe-Institut is represented by 151 institutes in 98 countries around the world. In 1952 the first Goethe-Institut opened in Athens.

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We will show you what we stand for as an employer and as a globally active cultural institute and what we offer you. Get to know us! We are the Goethe-Institut.

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