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In Cusco, in the middle of the Peruvian Andes near the famous city of Machu Picchu, a rainbow highlights a remarkable educational and integral support project for children. It is here that Dutch national Helena Van Engelen was able, with constancy and perseverance, to set up the “Fundación Niños del Arco Iris Cusco-Perú” (“Cusco-Perú Rainbow Read More...

The competition seeks to identify innovative technical solutions to tackle global challenges in basic supply   The “empowering people. Award” was launched today at an event in Munich with the online participation of a large international community. Inventors and developer teams are called on here to submit their low-tech innovations in one of eight categories Read More...

How can we make vocational training for science and technology careers attractive again? How can we maintain its existing strengths? How can we avert the looming shortage of skilled labor? These were the questions discussed by business leaders, government officials and the scientific community at the “3. Nationaler MINT Gipfel” (3rd German STEM Summit) opened Read More...

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...