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Clean water is a human right and a driving force for sustainable development. In a podcast with Julius Bertram, Dr. Nina Smidt explains how locally rooted social enterprises are making a crucial contribution to reducing the water supply deficit in Kenya.

At the 4GAMECHANGERS conference in Vienna, Dr. Nina Smidt's keynote “Charting the Course of Green Transformation with Education and Social Entrepreneurship”, highlighted initiatives in Africa that build 21st-century skills and drive zero-emission mobility.

Registrations for the 2024 edition of the Music In Africa Conference for Collaborations, Exchange and Showcases (ACCES) are now open on a first-come, first-served basis. This year’s ACCES takes place in Kigali, Rwanda, on 15 and 16 November.

On June 6 and every day, we stand for equal opportunity education and respectful coexistence, because this is the only way to create an open and sustainable society. That is why we support the #IchStehAuf (#IStandUp) campaign of Robert Bosch Stiftung and Heidehof Stiftung.

The first issue of the new LA ESCUELA___ JOURNAL focuses on man's relationship with water. It brings together educational, aesthetic and ecological projects and essays with proposals for the protection of water bodies "as a place for life".

GIZ and Siemens Stiftung have selected three Kenyan enterprises to carry out research and development projects in the field of e-mobility. Over a period of twelve months, they will work on market-based solutions and increase their ecological, economic and social impact.

In three virtual sessions, experts lead through the topics of Impact Entrepreneurship and the Triple Bottom Line, Impact Data Generation, and Impact Story Telling.

LA ESCUELA___ called on architects, artists and communities throughout Latin America and the Caribbean to submit concepts that transform public spaces into learning environments. The Colombian project CUNA, an interactive mangrove nursery, was selected.

This year's “Education Digitalization” conference will focus on pressing topics like learning culture and skills, AI and digital technologies, inclusion, and the framework needed to reduce the digital divide in schools across Germany.

Over 25 participants, including 15 teachers came together at the STEAM Hub Siemensstadt Square of the Siemens Stiftung in Berlin on April 15 and 16 to launch the new health cluster.