Press Releases & News

Following the first round in 2012/2013, Siemens Stiftung is again on the lookout for appropriate technologies to improve basic supply in crucial areas. Inventors and social entrepreneurs are called upon to submit their simple tech innovations and related business strategies in eight categories.   Join us Wednesday, July 1st at 4 pm (CET) via webstream Read More...

“How do we want to live – in the city and in the country?” That is the slogan of “Little Scientists’ Day” on June 23, 2015, which the foundation “Little Scientists’ House” (Haus der kleinen Forscher) stages every year. The foundation provides materials and ideas to join in before and after the nationwide day of Read More...

The increased use of digital media in education is boosting the importance of online platforms offering high-quality lesson content. Quality, the way in which the content is made available and the options for using it all play a key role. Siemens Stiftung has chosen to provide its teaching and learning materials under an open license Read More...

“What we all have to understand, is the importance of communications for every kind of business – even for social enterprises.” (Irene Morales, an expert on communication strategies)   Social entrepreneurs often develop products and ideas that have the potential to improve basic needs in developing and emerging countries – but only visibility and customer Read More...

Social enterprises have been seen for years as a source of hope in solving social problems in developing and emerging economies. Socially innovative business models are meant to help solve social ills in a sustainable way and create organizations that can remain up and running without donations. A study published by Zeppelin University and Siemens Read More...

Aged 16 and 19, Ntando Tshinavha and Anda August are young enough to have been born in a free South Africa. The two secondary school students come from Nelson Mandela’s birthplace, Mvezo, in the country’s Eastern Cape province, where they attend the Mandela School of Science &Technology. Siemens Stiftung invited Ntando and Anda, along with Read More...

Podium discussion on open educational resources (OER) during the 2015 Berlin Foundations Week to include Maria Schumm-Tschauder, project manager for the Siemens Stiftung Media Portal “On digital life” is the motto of the Sixth Berlin Foundations Week (April 14 – 24, 2015), which plans to illuminate and critically examine the many aspects of the digital Read More...

The Safe Water Enterprises of Siemens Stiftung and SkyJuice Foundation provide clean drinking water to rural communities in East Africa. The latest kiosk was completed on 20th February in Korumba, Kisumu County, Western Kenya. It is the third kiosk built in cooperation with SOS Children Villages now providing safe drinking water to communities, families and Read More...

The third meeting of the National STEM Forum was held recently in Lima, Peru, supported by Siemens Stiftung and Instituto Apoyo, who also was the organizer and main actor of the initiative.  The forum included important speakers which analyzed  and presented different scopes of the importance of STEM education for societies, economies and people.   Read More...

The aim of the “Music In Africa” online platform is to enhance the popularity of African music throughout the world and promote international collaboration between artists. This event marks the first time that this joint initiative of the Goethe-Institut and the Siemens Stiftung has been presented in Germany.   The presentation on March 21 will Read More...