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1 Annual Report Summary 2009

2 Published by: Editorial Responsibility: Translation by: Layout: Typesetting: Printed by: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Kennedyallee Bonn Germany Dr. Christian Bode (Chief Editor) Nadine Pils James M. Croft Kuhn, Kammann & Kuhn GmbH Zerres GmbH Brandt GmbH, Bonn ISBN: published in April 2010 publishing volume: 2,000 All rights reserved DAAD Photo Credits Page 3: Rolf Wegst Page 4, 6: Eric Lichtenscheidt Page 11: Hajo Zylla Page 14, 15, 53: DAAD archives Page 45: Michael Jordan Page 46: Thomas Köhler/Photothek.net, Eric Lichtenscheidt, David Ausserhofer Page 47: Thobias Bohm, Bettina Löwenstein, DAAD Page 48: Michael Jordan (2x), DAAD Page 49: Jochen Eckel, GAIN, DAAD (2x) Page 50: Eric Lichtenscheidt, Hajo Zylla, Manuela Gutberlet (GUtech), DAAD Organisational Chart: Rolf Wegst, Michael Jordan, Eric Lichtenscheidt

3 DAAD Offices Worldwide Central/Eastern Europe/CIS 156 North America 19 Toronto San Francisco Havana Mexico City San José Bogotá New York Caracas Western Europe 161 London Paris Barcelona North Africa/Middle East 28 Riga St. Petersburg Brussels Minsk Moscow Novosibirsk Warsaw Prague Budapest Kiev Tashkent Belgrade Bucharest Beijing Rome Tbilisi Baku Almaty Seoul Istanbul Yerevan Bishkek Tehran Dushanbe Tokyo Athens Ankara Damascus Shanghai Taipei East-Jerusalem Cairo Islamabad Guangzhou Abu Dhabi New Delhi Hanoi Hong Kong Accra Yaoundé Nairobi Pune Chennai Bangkok Ho Chi Minh City Kuala Lumpur Singapore Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa 20 Asia/Australia/Oceania 77 Jakarta Latin America 32 Santiago de Chile Rio de Janeiro São Paulo Buenos Aires Johannesburg Sydney Total 14 Foreign Branch Offices 50 Information Centres (IC) 493 Lektorships

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6 Prof. Dr. Stefan Hormuth, Ph.D. President of the DAAD 2008 to 2010 Deceased on 21 February

7 4 Foreword This is where, originally, our late president, Professor Dr. Stefan Hormuth, would have reported about the second year of his term of office was in essence an extraordinarily successful year for the DAAD; had it not been increasingly overshadowed by Professor Hormuth s serious illness, from which he sadly did not recover, passing away at the age of only 60 on 21 February of this year. It is hence my painful duty, as Vice President of the DAAD, and also my personal privilege that I pay tribute to our dear colleague and his great services to the DAAD, including his role in internationalising our higher education institutions. Stefan Hormuth s entire life was testimony to his commitment towards international openness and cooperation. He had his first contact with the DAAD as early as in 1975, when, after having studied Psychology in Heidelberg, he received a graduate scholarship for the University of Texas in Austin (USA). He attained his doctorate there in After a post-doctorate period at Northwestern University, he returned to the university of Heidelberg in 1981, qualified as a university lecturer there, and was appointed Professor for Social and Ecological Psychology in In 1990, he accepted the offer of a chair at the University of Gießen. From 1993 to 1997 he served as a lecturer at the Technical University of Dresden. Until December 2009, he headed the Justus-Liebig University of Gießen as its president over a period of 12 years. Already during his time as president in Gießen, he showed great commitment at national and European level: from 2001 to 2007 he served as the Vice President of the German Rectors Conference (HRK) for International Affairs. Hence it was altogether logical that Stefan Hormuth should be appointed President of the DAAD by the German higher education institutions in After taking office in January, it sadly turned out he had only two years, which was much too short a time, to realise his ideas and ambitious objectives, and yet this proved time enough for him to set things in motion for the future and have a longlasting positive impact. These two years saw the introduction of the Internationalisation Strategy of the German federal government, the Außenwissenschaftspolitik (Research and Academic Relations Initiative) of Germany s Federal Foreign Office, a huge increase in the DAAD s budget, and a massive rise in the number of funded students, scientists and academics. In addition, the mobilityfriendly implementation of the Bologna process, which was particularly close to his heart, is now supported by new funding programmes. All this is his legacy to us, inspiring our commitment to our work in future.

8 5 The many expressions of sympathy and esteem we received from around the world after his untimely passing reflect the competence and great personal commitment with which Stefan Hormuth worked towards the goals of worldwide exchange and international cooperation. The DAAD and its member institutions of higher education will always honour the memory of our dear departed friend and colleague Professor Hormuth. Prof. Dr. Max G. Huber (Vice President of the DAAD)

9 6 Foreword Dear reader, This is the 20 th and last Annual Report of the DAAD to be published under my joint responsibility as Secretary-General of the DAAD. Publication of the next report will come under the auspices of my successor, Dr. Dorothea Rüland, who will take up one of the nicest tasks German science and education policy has to offer. Already at this point, I wish her every success and pleasure in performing that task. Historically speaking, 20 years is nothing more than the blink of an eye. And yet the years after the fall of the Berlin Wall are now rightfully referred to as historic since they simultaneously mark the start of a new dimension of globalisation which is increasingly affecting our lives and also the development of our higher education institutions. In the Nineties, a century was voted out of office (T. Garton Ash) and, in the aftermath of the largely bloodless revolutions, the end of history (F. Fukuyama) seemed to have been reached, until the violent Balkans conflicts and the 9/11 terror attacks, followed by Iraq and Afghanistan, brought the angst of a clash of civilisations out of the academic corner into the daily headlines. Nevertheless, world trade grew exponentially and the economic and financial network of interdependencies grew even more, as the worldwide financial catastrophe now painfully reveals. The global omnipresence of television via many hundreds of TV stations brought ever so distant events to our living rooms and the revolutionary creation of the internet was the final touch to making a worldwide community a reality, opening up new participation possibilities for previously silent majorities. From a sometimes seemingly unipolar world centred around the superpower USA there has meanwhile evolved a multipolar distribution of power with more or less surprising new centres of influence (G20). Europe is applying itself to an arduous yet unprecedented and fascinating unification of 27 countries, probably soon numbering more than 30, thereby asserting its place in the world, leaving a reunited Germany to, hopefully, find its new identity within this new setting. These upheavals have naturally left their mark in education and science policy. Since the Maastricht Treaty, the European Union has also become a driving force in these sectors, globalisation is impacting career and training requirements, and problems increasingly perceived as global issues, such as climate change, poverty alleviation, and energy, dominate the worldwide research agenda. The strongest expression of this internationalisation movement is the Bologna process, altogether unthinkable 20 years ago. Parallel to this unique international corporation, however, international competition is growing, particularly since science and education have been recognised as the decisive productive forces in our knowledge-based

10 economy. The increasing mobility of young high potentials has created a brain drain in the education market where wooing efforts are equally focused on paying customers and the brightest minds. Customers in turn demand transparency and comparability, giving the various kinds of mostly problematic ranking lists an undue but very influential international impact. All these developments are directly or indirectly related to the objectives, tasks, and instruments of the DAAD, and hence it is no coincidence that their influence has hugely increased over the last two decades: this change is not only felt in terms of quantitative growth, marked by a tripling of the budget and the numbers of those funded, but is also marked by the many content-driven innovations, new programmes and initiatives which never existed in such form before. This particularly means the so-called institutional programmes, whose common denominator is the task of supporting German universities and higher education institutions in their internationalisation efforts: in marketing ( GATE ), in developing internationally attractive study programmes (English language courses, double degrees) or exporting them abroad, in customer-friendly admissions (uni-assist), in language preparations (Duo-online), or in examinations (TestDaF), in selecting subjects (TestAS) or in integrating and funding (Stibet, Profin), all the way through to alumni work ( Alumni Plus ) which really got under way through the DAAD s programmes. In many cases the DAAD was only picking up what was already in the air, giving the first structure, systematics, and sustainability to what was often a vague trend. In this way too, the topic of internationality at Germany s higher education institutions has meanwhile taken on key significance, where internationality is increasingly seen as both an objective as well as an instrument for self-development. Last but not least it has been one of the key drivers of change in German higher education policy and at individual universities over the last 15 years, inspiring more developments than in the 30 years previously. The DAAD annual reports published since 1990 reflect this trend, both from a time perspective and in ever new programmes: the period of German reunification, which was more quickly and more readily accomplished in the field of higher education than in many other sectors, the phase of Eastern Europe restructuring and the rise of the CIS countries in the aftermath of the Soviet Union s collapse, the strengthening and expansion of the European Union and its impact on higher education policy (the EU is now our third biggest sponsor), the programmes promoting intercultural dialogue, especially European/Arab dialogue, the programmes for crisis prevention and academic recovery (Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq), international higher education and research marketing and other institutional programmes promoting the internationalisation of higher education institutions, Bologna and its consequences, and, more recently, the support given in facing the great topical challenges presented by the Millennium Development Goals, climate change, energy, sustainability, etc. 7

11 8 Foreword Everything points towards a continuation of the described globalisation effects which, if anything, look likely to grow even stronger. Hence the DAAD can look forward to taking on additional exciting and worthwhile tasks in the future and its political support also looks more or less secure (albeit ever in need of wooing). Our partners know that the DAAD not only has key tasks to perform but that it performs these professionally and efficiently while keeping a keen eye on cost efficiency. The principle of scientific self-regulation and state remote cultural education and learning (DFG, MPG, AvH, DAAD, GI), in part born from Germany s foundation and re-foundation in the aftermath of its defeat in two world wars, is by no means merely an inheritance of temporary state weakness. It is, on the contrary, especially for a federal community faced with a complex system of roles and responsibilities divided between its federal government and its federal states, a very modern form of cooperation between the state and civil society which harnesses the strengths of both sides and is rightfully the envy of other nations. Nevertheless, the corresponding partial relinquishment of power by government bodies is anything but ordinary; in this respect and in view of the mostly partnership-like spirit of cooperation, we are greatly indebted to our key sponsors, Germany s Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and naturally, in particular measure, also to the Bundestag (the German federal parliament s lower house). Our thanks also go to those who have worked for and with the DAAD in such a trusting and committed manner in the past and those who continue to do so. I beg your indulgence, as the departing Secretary-General, for beginning with my praise of the employees at the head office and branch offices. Nowhere in my professional career have I had the pleasure of meeting so many committed, clever, and likeable people as I encountered at the DAAD this is doubtless its biggest potential. My thanks expressly include the workers council (Betriebsrat) which, while it rightfully pursues employee interests, has always kept our joint objectives in mind. My thanks also go to the various organisational bodies of the DAAD, first and foremost its Executive Committee, its selection committees, and also to our (Honorary) President Professor Berchem and vice presidents Professor Salzwedel and Professor Huber, in whose company I was fortunate to spend so many exciting years. The office of president and vice president tend to reflect the same constancy and continuity of development as the DAAD enjoys overall, forming a welcome counterpoint to our fast-paced times; it is all the more tragic that Professor Hormuth s brief but far-reaching term of office was cut so short.

12 9 The new leadership will find an organisation that is well-positioned to take on the upcoming challenges. Public funding may become scarcer but the positive arguments for internationalising our higher education institutions will not. I wish the new leadership every success in upholding the validity of these arguments and making them stand out in the political sphere with the significance they deserve in terms of serving the interests of our country. Bonn, May 2010 Christian Bode

13 10 Contents The DAAD in 2009 at a Glance I. 1. The DAAD as a Self-Governing Organisation of Germany s Higher Education Institutions The DAAD as the Mediator Organisation of German Foreign Cultural and Educational Policy, National and European higher education policy, and Development Cooperation History of the DAAD from 1950 to Strategic Objectives and Tasks DAAD Programmes and Projects and their Guiding Principles Programme Policy Changes New Programmes Exchange Track Record Origin and Use of Funds The Work of the DAAD s Executive Bodies The DAAD s Head Office 51 Appendix II. Members of the Executive Committee 54 Members of the Board of Trustees 56 Selected Publications 58 Addresses in Germany and Abroad 62 Organisational Chart of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) 64

14 11 I. The DAAD in 2009 At a Glance

15 12 The DAAD in 2009 The DAAD is a joint organisation of Germany s higher education institutions and is mandated to promote international academic relations, especially through exchanges of students, academics, and scientists. It is the internationalisation agency of Germany s higher education institutions and simultaneously serves as a mediator organisation in the government s foreign policy, European policy, development policy, and higher education policy. Its primary objectives include encouraging outstanding young students and academics from abroad to come and study or conduct research in Germany while simultaneously striving to maintain contacts with them as lifelong partners, qualifying young German researchers and future leaders at the best institutions around the globe in the spirit of tolerance and cosmopolitanism, promoting the international character and appeal of Germany s higher education institutions, maintaining or establishing an appropriate presence of German studies, including German language and literature and regional studies, at major foreign universities, helping developing countries in the southern hemisphere as well as Central and Eastern European transition countries to establish efficient higher education structures. These objectives are put into effect within the scope of over 250 programmes which are predominantly funded by Germany s federal government. These programs are generally open to all disciplines and all countries, benefiting foreigners and Germans alike. In addition, the DAAD provides a number of services in support of the international activities of Germany s higher education institutions. These include information and publication programmes, marketing, consulting, and support services, as well as programmes aimed at raising the international profile and worldwide appeal of Germany s higher education institutions. Last but not least, the DAAD plays an advisory role in shaping Germany s foreign cultural and educational policy, its international higher education policy, and its development policy. 1. The DAAD as a Self-Governing Organisation of Germany s Higher Education Institutions The exchange service of German higher education institutions was first established on the basis of an initiative started by academics in 1925, and, having been dissolved in 1945, was reborn as a registered association under private law in The DAAD s full members are subject to application the universities and other higher education institutions represented in the German Rectors Conference (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz HRK) and the corresponding student bodies of these institutions. A total of 229 higher education institutions and 123 student bodies of various types of higher education institutions were members of the DAAD at the close of Membership is not a prerequisite for participating in the DAAD s programmes; but it does give higher education institutions a say in shaping the DAAD s management and constitution (election of the executive bodies, statute resolutions) and the basic principles and policies underlying the development and

16 13 Figure A Structure of the DAAD Academic and scientific organisations The Länder governments as institutional sponsors of the higher education institutions Federal Government Head Office Executive Committee Board of Trustees chaired by the DAAD President Secretary-General Vice-President 6 Federal Government Foreign Branch Offices Selection Committees President of the DAAD 9 other representatives of higher education institutions 3 student representatives 1 representative of the Donor s Association Permanent guests representatives 1) 3 Länder representatives 5 professors 3 student representatives 9 representatives of academic and scientific organisations 2) 2 representatives of the General Assembly General Assembly Vice-chancellors/presidents of the higher education institutions (each with two votes, in some cases: group votes for special types of higher education institutions) Representatives of the student bodies (1 vote each, in some cases: group votes) DAAD member institutions (229) Student bodies Universities, universities of Group votes technology, universities of education, comprehensive Fachhochschulen Universities Other higher eduuniversities with the right to (universities of of education cation institutions confer doctorates and professorial applied sciences) in Baden- (colleges of art, teaching qualifications Württemberg music, theology etc.) (82) (106) (6) (35) of the member institutions (123) 1) AA, BMBF, BMZ, BMWi, BMI, BKM 2) AvH, DFG, DSW, DUK, GI, DHV, SV, SdV, DVT

17 14 Total Funding 860,000 Germans have seen the world funded with: One-year scholarships (since 1952) 65,000 One-semester and short-term scholarships (since 1950) 80,700 Study visits (since 1972) 89,900 Student placements (since 1950) 115,000 International study and exchange programmes ISAP (since 1981) 26,000 EU programmes 356,200 Bilateral exchange of academics (since 1959) 11,400 University partnerships (since 1989) 44,100 Project-linked exchange of academics (since 1989) 35,600 Long-term lectureships (since 1966) 4,800 Short-term lectureships (since 1966) 15,000 DAAD Lektors (since 1950) 17,900 Looking beyond

18 15 710,000 foreigners have experienced Germany DAAD Total Funding funded with: One-year scholarships (since 1952) 150,400 One-semester and short-term scholarships (since 1950) 138,200 Study visits (since 1951) 142,700 Student placements (since 1950) 108,100 Government scholarships managed by the DAAD (since 1989) 14,600 Bilateral exchange of academics (since 1959) 12,800 University partnerships (since 1989) 100,800 Study visits and re-invitations for international academics and researchers (since 1960) 39,900 the borders

19 16 The DAAD in 2009 design of its programmes. It is also a hallmark of the DAAD as a self-governing organisation of the scientific and academic community. This philosophy is reflected in the association s constitution and is especially evident from the academically focused make-up of its executive bodies (cf. Figure A). One of the key self-governing features of the DAAD is that scholarship and project-funding decisions are made by independent academic selection committees. The key selection criteria are the applicant s academic qualifications and the quality of the project. 522 lecturers sitting as honorary members on 84 selection committees are appointed by the DAAD Executive Committee for a four-year term of office. They may be reappointed once only. 2. The DAAD as the Mediator Organisation of German Foreign Cultural and Educational Policy, National and European higher education policy, and Development Cooperation In its role as the largest German funding organisation for international higher education cooperation, the DAAD works at the interface of various policy fields, particularly Germany s foreign cultural and educational policy, its development policy, and its national higher educational policy, with the latter addressing the internationalisation of research, lecturing and studying as a primary objective (cf. German Federal Government Strategy on the Internationalisation of Science and Research [Strategie der Bundesregierung zur Internationalisierung von Wissenschaft und Forschung] dated February 2008). In addition, the DAAD performs a number of mediator roles in the field of European educational policy especially with respect to the European Union's exchange and mobility programmes and in implementing the so-called Bologna Process, which aims to create a single higher education area (meanwhile including 46 countries) by In view of these intertwining policies, the DAAD fulfils its mediator role in several and various respects, mediating between the various federal ministries, between the German Federal Government and the Länder (state) governments (as the higher education funding entities), between higher education institutions and the state, and between the scientific and academic community and the political world. This kind of partially autonomous mediator organisation is seldom seen at international level and, in terms of its scope, is even unique. This is certainly partly attributable to Germany s troubled history (DAAD first founded in 1925, re-established in 1950, both in the aftermath of a world war) and its federalist state system, giving authority in foreign policy issues to the federal government and the authority for higher education matters to the country s state governments. However, the principle of scientific and academic self-government has meanwhile also acquired permanent justification through its high degree of professionalism, creativity, and efficiency. Last but not least, the self-governing character of the DAAD provides room to manoeuvre even where intergovernmental relations run up against particular political difficulties. The understanding of the government and the higher education institutions in respect of these mutual dependencies, interests, and benefits

20 17 generally allows both partners to communicate as equals, even in cases where scientific and academic interests do not initially coincide with political goals. 3. History of the DAAD from 1950 to 2009 The following table shows the development of the DAAD in key figures since Both the number of funding recipients and the remaining parameters have seen dynamic growth (Table 1). In the 59 years which have passed since the reestablishment of the DAAD, over 1.5 million academics from Germany and abroad have received funding, in turn creating and maintaining a multitude of contacts that have led to a close-knit and continuously growing network whose scientific and academic significance, not forgetting its political and economic significance, cannot be rated highly enough. No less significant than these quantitative indicators are the high-quality contributions to content and subject matter which the DAAD has accomplished by systematically improving and enhancing its programmes and by developing innovative concepts to promote the quality of academic exchanges and the internal reform of Germany s higher education system. Prime examples of this include the Action Programmes adopted in 1996, 2000, 2004 ( and 2008 ( aimed at strengthening Germany s international competitiveness as a centre of study, science, and research, and the institutional programmes developed on this basis. In very general terms it can be said that, given the momentum of globalisation since 1990, internationalisation has become one of the key drivers of higher education reforms. Table 1 Key Data on the Development of the DAAD DAAD funding recipients 426 4,861 10,883 21,813 33,959 46,659 57,514 66,953 of which Germans 230 1,710 2,035 7,699 11,985 20,063 21,322 25,264 of which foreigners 196 3,151 8,848 14,114 21,974 26,596 36,192 41,689 EU funding recipients (via the DAAD) 4,924 17,388 30,031 33,011 Total print-run for DAAD publications 155, , , , , ,000 1,100,000 Budget (expenditure in 000 euros) 75 4,512 26,404 69, , , , ,911 Staff positions (head office, foreign branch offices, Berlin office) Project and contract-funded positions Foreign branch offices/offices in Germany/Maison Heinrich Heine Member institutions 62 (pers.) Member student bodies Selection committee members

21 18 The DAAD in Strategic Objectives and Tasks The DAAD programmes can be broken down into five strategic objectives, as shown in Figure B (cf. Page 20). The overlaps serve to highlight the interdependencies and interactions between the various fields of activity. These five key objectives are: 1) Promoting outstanding young students and academics from abroad in order to win over future leaders in education, science and research, culture, industry and commerce, politics, and the media as partners and friends of Germany. The DAAD funds the specialist and personal training of outstanding young foreign students and academics at German higher education and research institutions by awarding them scholarships and grants that are mainly financed by resources from Germany s Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The target groups are students, placement students, doctoral candidates, and academics and scientists selected from a great number of applicants by the DAAD s independent academic selection committees. The DAAD provides its former scholarship holders (alumni) with follow-up and support services extending beyond the time they were funded in Germany, thereby helping to form a worldwide network of leadership personalities who are positively disposed towards Germany. 2) Promoting outstanding young students and academics from Germany in order to qualify them as future and cosmopolitan leaders in education, science and research, culture, industry and commerce, politics and the media, in the spirit of international and intercultural experience. The DAAD funds the academic and personal qualification of outstanding German students, placement students, graduates and postgraduates, and junior scientists and researchers chosen from among a host of applicants by independent academic selection committees. It enables them to pursue their studies and research at the best universities around the world by awarding scholarships and grants chiefly financed by funds from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The DAAD provides on-the-spot support to its scholarship holders, as far as possible and necessary, and maintains contact with them as alumni beyond their scholarship periods. 3) Promoting the international standing and appeal of German institutions of higher education and thereby preserving or re-establishing Germany s reputation as a top place for studying for young academics and researchers from all over the world. The DAAD promotes the systematic and professional internationalisation of German higher education institutions by providing information, advice, further

22 19 training, institutional programmes and by actively contributing to the political opinion-forming process. The main focus is on developing and introducing internationally competitive study and research offerings with high-quality content for qualified foreign students and academics, (post)graduates and researchers. Similarly the DAAD encourages and promotes the establishment of welcoming framework conditions (law on foreigners, support and follow-up support, and other things besides) and supports the German higher education institutions with information and canvassing activities by positioning them on the international education market ( university marketing and German off-shore studying projects). 4) Promoting German studies and the German language, including German literature and regional studies, at select foreign universities so as to strengthen German as an important academic and scientific language and as a lingua franca, and helping to disseminate knowledge about German current affairs. This is mainly achieved by deploying currently around 500 so-called lektors (language assistants) around the world as well as by awarding scholarships and grants and by staging special events and promoting publications. In addition the DAAD is in the process of establishing German Studies Centres at select leading foreign universities for training future specialists on Germany (15 such centres have already been set up). At home in Germany, the DAAD views German as a foreign language ( Deutsch als Fremdsprache or DaF) as an important topic due to the significance that language skills have for foreign students seeking admission to German universities. This includes the development and deployment of a worldwide standardised German language test, the test for German as a foreign language (TestDaF), and the promotion of German language courses for foreigners studying at German universities, including the use of new media. 5) Promoting higher education development in the developing and transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe in support of their economic and democratic reform processes. Using funds mainly provided by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the DAAD finances the establishment of high-performance and sustainable higher education structures in developing and transition countries. The main focus is on the education and further training of junior university lecturers and other experts and leading personalities by awarding grants and scholarships in Germany and on the spot to those studying in their respective home countries, and by promoting the development of partnerships with German higher education institutions. In a broader sense, this includes efforts to increase intercultural communications and higher education reconstruction measures in the aftermath of armed conflicts or natural disasters (Balkans Stability Pact, Afghanistan, Iraq, tsunamis).

23 20 The DAAD in Figure B DAAD Objectives and Tasks Grants and Scholarships for Foreigners Expenditure: 83 million Grants and Scholarships for Germans Expenditure: 94 million 4 5 Promotion of German Studies and the German Language Expenditure: 43 million Internationalisation of German Universities Expenditure: 63 million Educational Cooperation with Developing Countries Expenditure: 65 million 1. Grants and Scholarships for Foreigners Funding of outstanding young foreign students and academics at German universities and research institutions General individual grants and scholarships for foreign students, interns, (post)graduates, scientists, academics and researchers, artists and administrators Promotion and placement of interns Short-term programmes for information trips and study visits Language and specialist courses Alumni networks 2. Grants and Scholarships for Germans Funding of Germany s future leaders in studying and researching abroad (including ERASMUS) General individual grants and scholarships for German students, interns, (post)graduates, scientists, academics and researchers, artists and administrators EU mobility grants Promotion and placement of interns Group trips for students and academics Language and specialist courses 3. Internationalisation of German Universities Increasing the appeal of German universities to foreigners and promoting the international dimension of German higher education University partnerships, international educational partnerships Bilateral university teacher exchanges, project-based exchanges of academics and researchers, funding of foreign guest lecturers Creation of attractive study and funding offerings: international study courses, PhD at universities in Germany Support services, alumni networking, improving framework conditions, further training for staff at the international offices (Akademische Auslandsämter) of the German universities and other disseminators, lobbying work (including STIBET), contact fellowships and course completion grants Information and campaigns for promoting studies and research in Germany, marketing, GATE-Germany, internationalisation of German study offerings, information services work, student advisory network, counselling on issues of foreign culture and educational policy TestAS: academic aptitude test for admitting foreign students to German universities 4. Promotion of German Studies and the German Language in Foreign Countries To promote the German language, German Studies and German culture and society at foreign universities German-language study courses abroad Institutional partnerships for German Studies Placement of German scientific and academic teachers (lektors) at foreign universities Individual grants and scholarships for foreign and native Germanists Establishment and promotion of academic centres for German and European studies abroad Information programmes, publication programmes, event programmes, and special programmes TestDaF: worldwide language test for admitting foreign students to German universities 5. Educational Cooperation with Developing Countries Promotion of scientific, academic, economic, and democratic development in developing countries and transition countries Promotion of developing-countryrelated postgraduate courses University partnerships, Southern Hemisphere partnerships Networks and alumni networks in developing countries Support in building up academic personnel structures through grants and scholarships and lectureships (short-term and long-term lecturers) Equipment donations programme Grant and scholarship programmes for specialists and leaders from certain countries (with cost sharing)

24 22 The DAAD in DAAD Programmes and Projects and their Guiding Principles The DAAD runs over 250 programmes, ranging from short-term exchanges for research or lecturing purposes to long-term doctoral scholarships for (post)graduates from developing countries and stretching from information visits from foreign delegations of university heads to long-term regional programmes aimed at establishing high-performance university structures in the Third World. These are outlined in greater depth in the 2009 Chronicle, only available in the full German version of the Annual Report (Page 53 ff.) and on the DAAD website ( Below are hence merely the overarching principles which form the basis of most of these programmes: a) Independent Performance-Based Selection Even at a time when it was controversial to do so, the DAAD spoke out in favour of promoting and funding an academic elite system based purely on performance criteria and validated by independent academic selection committees, such support hence being available to anyone meeting the high standards set. A high level of intellectual skills is not the only criterion and must be accompanied by the kind of personality profile from which it may be assumed that, on becoming leaders and multipliers at a later date, the selected funding recipients will be sufficiently appreciative of the benefits they received to directly or indirectly give something back to the society which so generously funded them. b) People before Projects, Individuals before Institutions Born from the experience that investing in the brightest minds produces better results in the long term than funding spectacular projects, the key focus of the DAAD programmes is on the individual grant recipient or scholarship holder. Clever minds tend to behave cleverly and therefore deserve more a vote of confidence than supervision measures, making the right choice (and ultimately the quality of the selectors) the key issue. This focus on people naturally does not rule out the fact that higher education institutions are expected to share the responsibility (e.g. in exchange programmes) or that mobility is facilitated within the scope of a thematic or disciplinary framework (e.g. the Carlo Schmidt Programme for Internships in International Organisations and EU Institutions ). c) Personal Initiative and the Bottom-Up Approach Not only in the case of its individual grants and scholarships does the DAAD expect applicants to show personal initiative when preparing for, and during, their stay abroad (or in Germany) it expects the same of its institutional funding programmes, which are generally developed from inspirational ideas stemming from the higher education institutions or the DAAD selection committees (i.e. from the

25 23 Figure C Information and Advice Network 2009 Toronto New York San Francisco Havana Mexico City San José Caracas Bogotá London Paris Barcelona Riga Brussels St. Petersburg Minsk Moscow Warsaw Prague Budapest Kiev Tashkent Belgrade Bucharest Beijing Rome Tbilisi Baku Almaty Bishkek Seoul Istanbul Yerevan Tokyo Athens Tehran Dushanbe Ankara Damascus Shanghai Taipei East Jerusalem Cairo Islamabad Guangzhou Abu Dhabi New Delhi Hanoi Hong Kong Accra Yaoundé Nairobi Pune Chennai Novosibirsk Bangkok Ho Chi Minh City Kuala Lumpur Singapore Jakarta Santiago de Chile Rio de Janeiro São Paulo Buenos Aires Johannesburg Sydney Total 14 Foreign Branch Offices 50 Information Centres (IC) bottom up) and are then negotiated with the prospective sponsors. This approach ensures a crucial level of sustained interest and staying power on the part of the stakeholders. Given the constant flow of new applications and proposals, the discussions held in the DAAD selection committees, and the regular programmebased (assessment) meetings, the DAAD remains in very close contact with the actual stakeholders on the ground, simultaneously serving as a seismograph for new ideas and developments at home and abroad.

26 24 The DAAD in 2009 d) Balanced Distribution of Subject Funding The DAAD programmes always strive to be equally open to all subjects and disciplines since the well-balanced development and promotion of all branches of study and young academics is the best guarantee of continuing harmony. Admittedly, this principle cannot always be upheld in the face of specific, and sometimes changeable, preferences shown by individual sponsors at home and abroad. For the DAAD, maintaining a balanced promotion of all subjects also entails making a huge commitment to budding young artists in every field; with its grants and scholarships supporting German and foreign applicants and the renowned Artistsin-Berlin Programme (Berliner Künstlerprogramm), the DAAD has become Germany s biggest sponsor of young artists. e) Appropriate Regional Distribution of Funding As with balanced subject funding, the DAAD endeavours to achieve the broadest possible regional distribution of its funds and funding recipients across all countries, occasionally conflicting with the regional preferences of sponsors and funding providers. Admittedly, the DAAD also differentiates between countries according to its own inherent objective necessities. The determining factors include applicant demand and the quality of applicants (many Germans wish to study in the USA the sentiment is sadly not reciprocated to quite the same extent), the traditional academic and scientific relations maintained with the respective countries (not forgetting, for example, the policy towards Vietnam inherited from former East Germany), and privileged politico-cultural relations such as those existing between Germany and France. Whereas the quotas for grants and scholarships received by foreign applicants are decided in accordance with the policies of Germany s Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) as funding provider, the quotas for German funding recipients are always governed by the respective applicant demand. However, this does not rule out the possibility of the DAAD occasionally developing special programmes to stimulate politico-academically desired demand (e.g. Go East or Language and Practical Experience in China ). f) Two-Way over One-Way Communication: the International Learning Community The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), as its very name has signalled for over 80 years, is keen to promote real exchange and places great importance on two-way communication, reciprocity, and the international learning community: this is the only way of gaining the confidence and commitment of our partners and obtaining the greatest possible return on our efforts. The return on investment for the international learning community lies not least in a sustained willingness to adopt reforms, motivated by active experience, cross-border collaborations, and the

27 25 Figure D Promoted Centres for German Studies and European Studies Minneapolis Madison Montréal Toronto Waltham Cambridge Washington D.C. Birmingham Paris Amsterdam Wrocław Sofia St.Petersburg Beijing Tokyo Berkeley Haifa Jerusalem The Canadian Center for German and European Studies, York University, Toronto Le Centre canadien d études allemandes et européennes, Université de Montréal, Montreal Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University (Cambridge, Boston) ( ) Center for German and European Studies, Brandeis University (Waltham, Boston) BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University (Washington D.C.) ( ) Center for German and European Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison Center for German and European Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Center for German and European Studies, University of California, Berkeley ( ) Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham Centre interdisciplinaire d études et de recherches sur l Allemagne (CIERA), Paris Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam/Institute for German Studies Willy-Brandt-Centre for German and European Studies, University of Wrocław Centre for German and European Studies (ZDES), State University St. Petersburg Centre for German and European Studies (ZEDES) Germanicum, St. Clement-Ohridski University of Sofia Centre for German and European Studies in Komaba (DESK), University of Tokyo (Tōdai) Centre for German and European Studies (ZDS), Beijing University (Beida) Center for German Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Haifa Center for German and European Studies, University of Haifa

28 26 The DAAD in 2009 pressure of international competition. The DAAD s motto is hence Change by Exchange ( Wandel durch Austausch ) and explains why the DAAD has adopted a win-win approach based on cooperation, despite the increasing national and global rivalry shown in the battle for reputations, resources, and the brightest minds. g) Continuity and Reliability To be sustainably successful, international academic cooperation depends on continuity and reliability. This explains the DAAD s persistence in funding more modest programmes over spectacular but short-lived initiatives, even if such tenacity occasionally needs defending against the trite accusation of it being entrenched in a vested-interest mentality. 6. Programme Policy Changes New Programmes Thanks to budget increases of over 50 million, the DAAD was once again able to launch many new programmes in 2009, partly co-financed together with foreign partners. They are listed below in order of their appearance from looking at the aforementioned five key objectives (cf. Page 18 f.). In as far as grant and scholarship programmes are offered to German and foreign applicants alike, they are listed according to their main focus of participation. a) Programmes for Foreigners As in the previous year, there was a significant increase in Programmes for Foreigners, many of the new initiatives being co-financed by foreign partners. Since 2001, through funding from Germany s Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt), the DAAD has been awarding grants and scholarships to the best graduates of German language schools abroad and German Language Diploma schools via its grants and scholarships programme for German language schools Stipendienprogramm deutsche Schulen in support of university applicants who are obliged to attend a Studienkolleg (preparatory study college) before studying in Germany. In 2009, the group of applicants was extended to include school graduates from countries in which graduates have achieved the German Language Diploma set by the Standing Conference of Ministers for Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) (Level C1) but where the general level of schooling is such that the graduates are still required to attend a Studienkolleg (preparatory study college) before studying at a higher education institution in Germany. This particularly relates to the CIS countries. Having already doubled from 60 to 120 in 2008, the figure for new grants and scholarships rose to 170 in This was made financially possible through the PASCH initiative Schulen: Partner der Zukunft (Schools: Partners for the Future) coordinated by Germany s Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt). About a third of the new entrants in 2009 initially attended Studienkolleg (preparatory study college) for a year. By the end of 2009, the total number of

29 those receiving programme funding came to 440, after a figure of 315 the year before. 831,321 was expended for the beginners year The programme s total grant and scholarship expenses came to 3,608,000. Germany s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) coordinates the initiative Forschung für die nachhaltige Entwicklung der Megastädte von morgen (Research for the Sustainable Development of Tomorrow s Megacities) which funds international cooperation projects teaming up German scientists and researchers with partners in Vietnam, India, China, Iran, Peru, South Africa, Ethiopia, and Morocco to elaborate and implement solution-oriented innovation strategies and management concepts for select cities. The DAAD faculty-based programme Studien- und Forschungsstipendien von heute für Megacities von morgen (Study and Research Grants of Today for Megacities of Tomorrow) offers highly qualified students, doctoral candidates, postdocs, and senior scientists from the aforementioned countries the opportunity to study and conduct research in project-relevant faculties at participating German universities. As of 2009, the RISE programme not only offers North American scholars but also UK scholars ( RISE für Großbritannien [RISE for the UK]) the opportunity to do a research placement at a German university. Foreign students studying Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geosciences, and Engineering are invited to support German university postgraduates with their experimental work within the scope of a 1.5 to 3-month stay. RISE for the UK is funded by Germany s Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt). Between 2009 and 2012, 50 young Indonesian scientists and researchers per year, funded by the Aceh provincial government s grant and scholarship programme, are to be given the opportunity to do a Masters or PhD study course in Germany. With funds from Germany s federal foreign office, the DAAD assumes the language course financing (funding volume of around 148,000 per year) and the Aceh provincial government provides the grants and scholarships (funding volume of around 745,000 per year). The DAAD coordinates the new Conflict Studies and Management Programme (CSMP) in close cooperation with the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy in Erfurt. Masters students, PhD students, and researchers dealing with conflict management are to be prepared for taking up jobs in corresponding public institutions. The programme is open to scholars from Central and Southern Asia and from the Near and Middle East. The funding volume amounts to 500,000 and the sponsor is Germany s Federal Foreign Office. A new bilateral programme offers Kuwaiti school leavers grants and scholarships for a Bachelor course (including a year s study preparation) at the University of Applied Sciences of Aachen or Berlin. Within the scope of an In-Country/In-Region Postgraduate Scholarship Programme coordinated with the Mexican National Council on Science and Technology (CONACYT), up to 40 young lecturers at the member universities of the Confederation of Central American Universities (CSUCA) are to do a Masters degree or a PhD in accredited study courses in Mexico. 27

30 28 The DAAD in 2009 Figure E Distribution of DAAD Lektors at Foreign Universities in 2009, by Region North America 19 Western Europe Central/Eastern 161 Europe/CIS 156 North Africa/Middle East Latin America Asia/Australia/ Oceania Africa/Sub-Saharan 77 Africa Total The number of lektors funded in 2009 (582) is significantly higher than the number of lektorships (493). This is because lektors are counted twice for each lektorship in years when the lektors change. There is a turnover of approx lektors per year.

31 29 The German component is to be a summer school in Germany. CONACYT assumes the monthly grant and scholarship costs and the DAAD funds programme-supporting measures (DAAD funding amounts to around 100,000 per year). The sponsor is Germany s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). In a new government-funded grants and scholarships programme coordinated with the Tanzanian government, 20 Tanzanian postgraduates will receive annual grants and scholarships for a PhD study course in Germany. The DAAD, funded by Germany s federal foreign office, finances the language course, travel expenses, and insurance, etc. (funding volume of around 160,000 per year for 20 students) and the Tanzanian government provides the grants and scholarships (funding volume of around 260,000 per year for 20 students). b) Programmes for Germans As of 1 January 2009, in the field of funding programmes for Germans, the DAAD took over the programme Kongress- und Vortragsreisen ins Ausland (Congress and Lecture Visits Abroad) funded by Germany s Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) and previously coordinated by the German Research Foundation (DFG). This program supports the active participation of German scientists and researchers in international events staged abroad (congresses, symposiums, seminars or the like). Lecture visits abroad are also funded. The objective of the new programme Rückgewinnung deutscher Wissenschaftler aus dem Ausland (Winning Back German Scientists and Scholars from Abroad) funded by Germany s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is to support German scientists and scholars working abroad with their professional reintegration into Germany. The programme is directed at final-stage PhD students, postdocs, and experienced scientists and researchers currently abroad who, following a mobility phase, wish to continue their scientific careers in Germany. In addition, German scientists, academics and researchers who received a PhD abroad are to be supported in their efforts to establish contacts and enter into scientific cooperations with German higher education institutions. The programme offers travel expense subsidies (e.g. for invitations to interview talks or specialist presentations in Germany) and reintegration grants for up to 6 months. Via its programme Forschung an internationalen Technologiezentren (Research at International Technology Centres), the DAAD offers grants and scholarships to young German scientists and academics from the IT faculty and related disciplines for research visits to the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, USA, and the National Institute of Informatics in Tokyo, Japan. c) Internationalisation and Cooperation Programmes for German Universities Within the scope of the Außenwissenschaftsinitiative (Research and Academic Relations Initiative) of Germany s Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt), two

32 30 The DAAD in 2009 new regional programmes were started in Eastern Europe/CIS in 2009: as of April 2009, funding was given to the programme Unterstützung der Demokratie in der Ukraine (Support Measures for Democracy in the Ukraine). The programme is open to applications from German higher education institutions (faculties, institutes) or research institutes that maintain partnership-like relations with Ukrainian higher education institutions or research institutes. Funding is given to faculty courses, workshops, seminars, or conventions in the Ukraine or in Germany. The programme is directed towards the Humanities and Social Sciences and particularly Law. The target group includes students, graduates, and researchers from the Ukraine who are committed to establishing a democratic society there and German students and researchers who are interested in the Ukraine and share the same objective. The programme is funded by Germany s Federal Foreign Office and has a total volume of 400, also saw the start of the programme Konfliktprävention in der Region Südkaukasus, Zentralasien und Moldau (Conflict Prevention in the Region of the Southern Caucasus, Central Asia, and Moldavia). Here the objective is to examine the causes and prevent the recurringly visible or even volatile conflicts and tensions in this region which are brought on by complex political, historical, social, religious, and even ecological circumstances. Funding is given to summer schools and winter schools, faculty courses, seminars, workshops, and conventions in the region and/or in Germany, attended by participants from the region and Germany. In addition, funding is granted to short-term research visits by university teachers, young scientists and researchers, and PhD candidates/hopefuls from the target countries and from Germany. In 2009, a total of 17 projects was funded with a budget of 561,000. This included the funding of 110 participants from Germany and 386 participants from the region. To improve levels of knowledge and understanding of India at German higher educational institutions, academic exchange with India is to be expanded through better contact and operation opportunities. The programme A New Passage to India (Programme Line I Flexible Mobility Funding) uses funds provided by Germany s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to finance study and research visits made to India by German students, graduates, and PhD candidates. German higher education institutions or institutes may apply for funds for grant and scholarship quotas; applications by individuals are excluded. The funding volume is up to 100,000 per partnership/cooperation per year and the total volume of the 2009 programme amounts to around 1.3 million. In cooperation with the Indian embassy in Berlin and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), the DAAD now additionally funds visiting professors for the purpose of promoting contemporary studies on India. The programme is directed towards university teachers actively working at an Indian university, especially in the Humanities and Social Sciences or in Art, who wish to spend an academic year teaching at a German university. Funding covers a total of five visiting lecturers. The ICCR s funding contribution is around 80,000 and that of the DAAD is around 80,000, sponsored by Germany s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

33 The new programme entitled Deutsch-Pakistanische Hochschulkooperationen: Maßnahmen zur Vorbereitung von Kooperationsprojekten (German-Pakistani Higher Education Cooperations: Measures for Preparing Cooperation Projects) supports institutes and German university faculties seeking to cooperate with Pakistani universities and research institutes in the form of joint projects in Natural Sciences and Engineering. For the purpose of initiating and planning cooperation projects, the DAAD uses funding from Germany s Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) to finance guest stays by university teachers, graduate grants and scholarships, student placements, summer schools, etc. The programme s total available funding amounted to 150,000 in 2009 and the planned volume of funding for the coming year is around 300,000. The new university partnership programme established with Iraq is intended to intensify the cooperation of German higher education institutions with Iraqi universities within the scope of the German-Iraqi Strategic Academic Partnership, agreed between the DAAD and the Iraqi Ministry of Education and Research in February The target group of the call for applications is German universities which are interested in a sustainable cooperation with Iraqi partners and preferably already have contacts in the country or the region. All forms of academic and scientific cooperation in Germany or in Iraq are eligible for funding. At the start of July 2009, a commission of experts selected four applications having a volume of up to 350,000 in the budget years 2009, 2010, and Two DAAD cooperation programmes with its Brazilian partner organisation CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) were supplemented by new lines of funding: UNIBRAL II provides funding for integrated German-Brazilian double degree courses. PROBRAL II supports double PhD degrees within the scope of project-based exchanges of students and academics. This involves German and Brazilian research groups jointly defining PhD topics and selecting German and Brazilian PhD students to work on them. Four Excellence Centers for Exchange and Development were initiated in 2009, with the goal of establishing these abroad with the respective support of one or several German partner universities: in Colombia together with the University of Gießen, in Chile with the University of Heidelberg, at the University of St. Petersburg (Russian Federation) in cooperation with the FU Berlin, and in Thailand jointly with the universities of Frankfurt, Munster, and Passau. The objective is to create academic centres with a strong influential impact on society and the economy, networking local scientific competence with German science and research. The main focus is on Physics, Chemistry, and Materials Science (Russian Federation), Medical Physics, Medical IT, Geoscience, Environmental Science, and Astronomy (Chile), Tropical Science and Marine Science (Colombia), and Law (Thailand). Funding mainly covers various cooperation measures, e.g. the establishment of joint Masters and PhD courses, research cooperations, and the funding of young scientists and researchers. In addition, albeit to a minor degree, it also promotes the infrastructure of the foreign partner institution. Since the start of funding in 31

34 32 The DAAD in 2009 August 2009, the partners have been working at full swing on developing the curriculum and establishing the structure of the centres. The programme has a budget of around 1.8 million per year (for 2009: 1 million). The DAAD s STAR programme Stärkung und Ausbau der Regionalwissenschaften (Strengthening and Expansion of Regional Science) seeks to support German universities in preserving Regional Science subjects by strengthening their international dimension. Funding is particularly intended to benefit smaller Regional Science courses whose survival is particularly endangered at present. Funding is mainly focused on financing a lecturer post (3 months to 2 years) for a relevant scientist from abroad. Funding may also be given to short-term lecturer posts for German university teachers in the target country, research stays by foreign scientists and researchers, semester grants and scholarships for German students or graduates, and supportive events. The funding volume comes to a maximum of 100,000 per year and university. The programme Study Courses offered by German Universities Abroad was expanded with additional projects, bringing the number of currently funded and already completed projects to well over 40. At the same time, several large-scale projects were developed further or newly established: the German University in Cairo (GUC) meanwhile celebrated its second graduation year with over 700 graduates. The German-Jordanian University (GJU) grew quickly with 1,800 students in 2009 and the first batch of Bachelors will graduate in The governmental agreement on the establishment of a German-Turkish University (GTU) was ratified by both sides in the year under report. In summer the German university consortium for setting up the GTU as a registered association was established. Lecturing can begin as soon as the corresponding foundation act has been passed by the Turkish parliament and a Turkish foundation rector has been appointed. The VGU Konsortialverein e.v. was founded on 17 February 2009, whose 32 foundation members, among them the TU9 consortium, form the academic backbone of the Vietnamese-German University (VGU). The headquarters of the association is located at the DAAD. At the start of the 2009/2010 academic year, four Engineering specialisation courses will be offered, including three Master of Science courses and a Bachelor of Engineering course. The Test for Academic Studies (TestAS), commissioned by the DAAD and developed by ITB Consulting and the TestDaF Institute, was used as a full version for the first time in In addition to the cross-discipline core test and the preceding language screening, the test comprises four subject-specific modules relating to the Humanities, Cultural Studies, and the Social Sciences, Mathematics, Informatics and the Natural Sciences, Economics, and Engineering. A total of 1,513 prospective students participated in the two test events held in the year under report. In the spring, university applicants in China were also able to take the TestAS in due form. Since last year, the DAAD has given intense funding to facilitating the option of international mobility within the scope of the undergraduate Bachelor course. The Bachelor Plus Programme gives German higher education institutions the

35 33 possibility of setting up a (partial) study course at Bachelor level in the course of which students go abroad for a year to acquire particularly interdisciplinary and/or career-preparing qualifications. These courses lead to a Bachelor degree at the German home university, supplemented by certification by the guest university and/or German home university, of the additional qualifications acquired abroad. The four-year Bachelor programmes boost the mobility of students and simultaneously improve their specialist and intercultural skills. In addition, the diversity of courses offered by German universities is to be enhanced by supporting this previously little used model. Funding is currently given to around 40 four-year Bachelor courses with an integrated study year abroad. This successful programme is to be developed further by putting out additional calls for applications. In the field of specialist and special programmes, a new programme entitled Bi-nationale Nachwuchsgruppen mit China (Binational Junior Researcher Groups with China) was established in the year under review. This funding programme supports research cooperations between three German-Chinese and three Chinese-German biotechnology research groups and is set up for a period of five years. It is a scientific and technological cooperation project jointly conducted by Germany s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and China s Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and administrated by the DAAD and the China National Center for Biotechnology Development (CNCBD). Also new to the field is the specialist programme Postdoc-Austausch mit China (Postdocs Exchange with China) which is cofinanced by China s Ministry of Education. In 2009, the junior researcher groups were given around 1.2 million in funding; the planned budget for 2010 is around 1.86 million. The programme Internationale Qualitätsnetzwerke im Bereich Klimawandel (Klimanetze) (International High-Quality Climate Change Networks [Climate Networks]) is funded by resources from the Außenwissenschaftspolitik (Research and Academic Relations Initiative) of Germany s Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) and put out a first call for invitations in the autumn of Its goal is to enable the relevant German institutes working in this field, in cooperation with at least two partner institutes in two ODA countries, to establish education and further training partnerships in Agriculture, Forestry and Timber, and Fishing/Aquaculture. Eligible for funding are grants and scholarships for foreign Masters students, PhD students, postdocs and senior scientists and German PhD students, postdocs and senior scientists as well as summer schools and conferences at home and abroad. Following the selection made in the spring of 2009, two climate networks began their work in June By way of funding agreement, financial support is given to the projects Cross-continental network for sustainable adaptation of grassland systems vulnerable to climate change (Universität Hohenheim together with partners in Argentina, Kenya, and China) and Climate Change Network for Central Asia (Giessen University with partners in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan). Funding in 2009 totalled 271,000 and in 2010 the volume of funding for the two networks is expected to reach 520,000. The programme issued a call for invitations a second time at the end of 2009.

36 34 The DAAD in 2009 At the start of 2009, a first-time call for invitations was issued for the specialist conference programme Deutsch-Italienische Dialoge (German-Italian Dialogue) whose objective is to intensify the level of cooperation between German and Italian scientists and researchers. Using resources provided by Germany s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the programme funds specialist conferences conducted in Germany or Italy by German university teachers in cooperation with their Italian partner universities. The programme is open to all branches of study. Each conference receives a maximum funding of 20,000. In view of the highly qualified applications, ten specialist conferences in various disciplines were funded in The programme is being continued in 2010 and will be cofinanced by the Italian government as of Since the spring of 2009, the DAAD has funded and administrated the German- Italian Historians Commission. Set up by the Italian and German governments for a period of three years ( ), the objective of this commission of experts is to establish a joint and lasting appraisal of German-Italian war history between 1943 and 1945, particularly in respect of the military internments, as a contribution to creating a joint remembrance culture. d) Promotion of German Studies and the German Language in Foreign Countries As part of the Außenwissenschaftsinitiative (Research and Academic Relations Initiative), the programme Studiengänge DaF Master (German-as-a-Foreign- Language Masters Courses) was set up in Germany in order to support German Institutions of higher Education to develop and implement an attractive further training offering for those who have very successfully graduated from undergraduate DaF courses abroad and have possibly already acquired their first professional experience. Grants and funding resources are provided for up to eight graduates per university at a maximum of three universities. Simultaneously the new programme Germanistische Meisterklassen (German Studies Master Classes) was established. Its goal is to offer foreign graduates the opportunity of attending summer courses at German institutes under the guidance of experienced faculty representatives from home and abroad, giving these graduates not only state-of-the-art impulses for their own philological research but also, and particularly, acquainting them with the intercultural perspective of their common subject. In addition, they are to be given an insight into the German educational and research landscape and establish lasting contacts with German colleagues in the field. In 2009, a masterclass was funded on application by the Deutsche Literaturarchiv Marbach (German Literature Archive in Marbach). In the field of German language preparation of grant recipients and scholarship holders, the first activations for the Deutsch-Uni online (DUO) (German Online University) were awarded to Erasmus students via the national Erasmus agencies in Denmark, Finland, the UK, Italy, Norway, Sweden, and Spain, as well as via the international offices of the German universities. In next to no time the offering was snapped up by around 700 students coming to Germany from abroad.

37 35 Figure F DAAD Funded Foreigners and Germans in 2009, by Home and Host Regions North America 1,929 4,058 Latin America 4,802 2,674 Western Europe 3,170 Central/Eastern Europe/CIS 5,510 16,842 Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa North Africa/Middle East 3,762 5,506 4,328 1,158 Asia/Australia/ Oceania 1,453 6,856 4,905 Total 41,689 Foreigners 25,264 Germans

38 36 Der DAAD im Jahr 2008 Supplementing the previous funding instruments, the DAAD set up a new programme entitled Förderung von DaF-Studiengängen zur Unterstützung deutscher Hochschulen im Ausland (Promotion of German-as-a-Foreign-Language Courses in support of German Universities Abroad) with funds of the Federal Foreign Office in Especially university spin-off ventures which either teach in German or increasingly offer German courses have difficulties finding sufficiently qualified German teachers on the respective job market. The programme is therefore dedicated to setting up German-as-a-foreign-language courses abroad in cooperation with a German university. e) Educational Cooperation with Developing Countries The programme exceed Excellence Centers for Exchange and Development has the objective of honouring the role played by German universities in development work and strengthening scientific contributions which point the way ahead to development goals such as food security, education, and public health in the future. The programme is directed at universities which already have cooperations with universities in developing countries and have recognised competence in development work. Of the 44 universities that submitted project applications, each involving cooperations with several foreign partners on three continents, the following five concepts for establishing and expanding development work competence centres were selected by an international commission of experts: TU Braunschweig with its Excellence Center for Development Cooperation Sustainable Water Management, Universität Hohenheim with its Food Security Center (FSC), the University of Kassel with its International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD), the University of Applied Sciences of Cologne with its Centre for Natural Resources and Development (CNRD), and the LMU Munich with its LMU Center for International Health (CIH). The programme has a total budget volume of 5 million per year and is sponsored by Germany s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Since the programme s initiation in July 2009, all excellence centers are up and running, having kicked off with several days of network meetings between the German and foreign partners to decide the planning and strategic development of the centres. The first joint lectures took place both in Germany as well as abroad. The technical and curricular development of e learning courses was initiated, the centres grants and scholarship programmes started up by calling for invitations for grants and scholarships at various academic levels (students, PhD students, postdocs, researchers and scholars) and conducting the first student mobility ventures, and the competence centres began building up their own public relations work. 7. Exchange Track Record The key programme performance data in 2009 is summarised and compared with the previous year s figures in Table 2. The table structure is based on the academic

39 37 Table 2 DAAD Funding for Foreigners and Germans General Overview 2008, 2009 Foreigners funded Germans funded Total funded of whom newly funded A Students and graduates 28,271 32,861 15,531 16,824 43,802 49,685 40, One-year and one-semester scholarships 9,930 10,694 3,888 3,911 13,818 14,605 7, General one-year scholarships (selected by the DAAD) 3,325 3,807 1,445 1,298 4,770 5,105 2, One-year sur-place and non-eu-country scholarships 1,590 1,764 1,590 1, Foreign government scholarships administered by the DAAD 1,740 1, ,135 2, Other regional and subject-specific one-year scholarships 2,725 2, ,106 3,199 1, One-semester scholarships ,667 1,774 2,217 2,296 1, Short-term scholarships 1,393 1,683 1,223 1,270 2,616 2,953 2, Specialist and language courses 3,354 3, ,882 4,020 3, Work placements 1,310 1,238 4,080 4,290 5,390 5,528 5, Group programmes 1,885 2,176 2,714 3,035 4,599 5,211 5, International study and exchange programmes (ISAP) ,052 1, Other partnership and university programmes 5,827 7,746 2,118 2,867 7,945 10,613 9, Scholarship and guidance-counselling programmes (STIBET) 4,407 5,644 4,407 5,644 5, Other funding programmes B Academics, scientists, artists, administrators 7,921 8,828 5,791 8,440 13,712 17,268 16, Lektors Postdoctoral programmes Long-term lectureships, visiting lectureships, professorships Short-term lectureships Bilateral exchange of academics and scientists Exchange involving projects (PPP) ,673 1,855 2,161 2,460 2, Other partnership and university programmes 4,716 5,342 2,164 2,334 6,880 7,676 7, Research and study visits, follow-up visits (re-invitations) 922 1, , Artists-in-Berlin Programme Information visits, in-service training 1,188 1, ,734 1,623 3,940 3, Other funding programmes Total (A + B): Students, graduates, academics, scientists, artists, administrators 36,192 41,689 21,322 25,264 57,514 66,953 56,631 EU mobility grants 1. ERASMUS student mobility grants for studies abroad 23,556 23, ERASMUS student mobility grants for internships abroad 26 3,450 4, Staff mobility grants (lecturers, other personnel) ,991 3,084 Total: EU mobility grants ,997 30,978 Participants in DAAD support and follow-up contact measures 19,241

40 38 The DAAD in 2009 status of the funding recipients (students and graduates, scientists and academics) and categorises the various programmes on the basis of their duration of funding (short-term or long-term projects). The overall track record of funding approvals granted in 2009 shows that the DAAD financed 66,953 students, scientists and researchers in 2009, marking a year-on-year increase of 9,000 (16%). This rise is attributable both to foreign funding recipients (+15%) as well as German funding recipients (+18%). Furthermore, within the scope of the ERASMUS programmes, a total of over 31,011 mobility grants were awarded to German students, scientists and researchers, representing an increase of some 3%. Hence, in so-called outgoings (students going abroad to study), Germany once again led the field of 31 European countries participating in the EU mobility programmes. The figures for foreign students, scientists and academics coming to Germany as part of the ERASMUS programme (so-called incomings ) are not shown here since the latter were not funded by the DAAD but via the corresponding agencies in their respective home countries. More details on the EU programmes are given in the Chapter Western Europe, only available in the full German version of the Annual Report (Page 140 ff.). The rise in the number of DAAD foreign funding recipients is mainly attributable to the greater availability of funds from Germany s Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) and the new programmes outlined in the preceding chapter. The increase in German funding recipients sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is also explained by the higher appropriation of funds. What is more, there is a visible trend towards shorter stays abroad which is probably attributable to the changeover to the Bachelor s/master s system. As regards the distribution of subject funding among German recipients (excluding EU programmes), the disciplines Law, Economics, and the Social Sciences lead by a small margin (27%). In second place come Linguistics and Cultural Studies (26%) followed by Mathematics and the Natural Sciences (20%). Engineering accounts for 14%. Among foreign funding recipients, Languages and Cultural Studies lead the field at 23%. In second place come Law, Economics, and the Social Sciences (22%), followed by engineering (almost 21%), with Mathematics and the Natural Sciences (19%) bringing up the rear. However, the distribution of subject funding in the individual programme categories differs quite substantially, as the charts in Chapter III (only available in the full German version of the annual report) clearly show. The proportion of women among DAAD funding recipients (excluding EU programmes) rose to 46%. There are, however, substantial differences between the various target groups: for example, the share of female students and academics receiving DAAD funding was 54% in the case of German recipients and 53% among foreign recipients; the share of female graduates and PhD students receiving funding was 46% among foreign recipients and 45% among German recipients. In the case of foreign scientists and researchers, the proportion of female recipients rose to 35% whereas the share of German female recipients came to 26%. These

41 39 Table 3 Standard DAAD Programmes: Funding Recipients in 2009, by Region D = Germans A = Foreigners Western Europe Central/Eastern Europe/CIS North America Latin America Africa/Sub- Saharan Africa North Africa and Middle East Asia, Australia and Oceania Sum total A Students and graduates D 3,641 3,087 2,769 1,817 1, ,529 16,824 A 2,765 12,800 1,698 3,934 2,572 3,522 5,570 32, One-year and one-semester D 1, ,911 scholarships A 582 2, ,307 1,371 1,261 2,005 10, General one-year scholarships D ,298 (selected by the DAAD) A 417 1, , One-year sur-place and D non-eu-country scholarships A , Foreign government scholarships D administrated by the DAAD A , Other regional and subject-specific D one-year scholarships A , One-semester scholarships D 1, ,774 A Short-term scholarships D ,270 A , Specialist and language courses D A 608 1, , Work placements D ,148 4,290 A , Group programmes D ,035 A 299 1, , International study and exchange D programmes (ISAP) A Other partnership and D 239 1, ,867 university programmes A 267 4, ,075 7, Scholarship and guidance- D counselling programmes (STIBET) A 497 1, ,318 5, Other funding programmes D A B Academics, scientists, artists, D 1,869 2,419 1, ,376 8,440 administrators A 405 4, , ,286 8, Lektors D A 2. Postdoctoral programmes D A Long-term lectureships, visiting D lectureships, professorships A Short-term lectureships D A Bilateral exchange of academics D and scientists A Exchange involving projects (PPP) D ,855 A Other partnership and D 14 1, ,334 university programmes A 177 2, , Research and study visits, follow-up D visits (re-invitations A , Artists-in-Berlin Programme D A Information visits, D ,734 in-service training A , Other funding programmes D A Total (A+B) Students, graduates, D 5,510 5,506 4,058 2,674 1,453 1,158 4,905 25,264 academics, scientists, artists, administrators A 3,170 16,842 1,929 4,802 3,762 4,328 6,856 41,689 Summe Deutsche und Ausländer D + A 8,680 22,348 5,987 7,476 5,215 5,486 11,761 66, ERASMUS student mobility grants D 21,682 1,725 23,407 for studies abroad A 2. ERASMUS student mobility grants D 4, ,487 for internships abroad A 3. Staff mobility grants D 2, ,084 (lecturers, other personnel) A

42 40 The DAAD in 2009 figures reflect the phenomenon that the respective share of female recipients tends to drop more sharply the higher the level of academic qualification. Figure F (Page 35) illustrates the regional distribution of DAAD funding recipients by region of origin and target region. Excluding the EU programmes once more, the region Central and Eastern Europe/CIS (33%) continues to lead the field with over 22,000 funding recipients. In second place once again (18%) is the region Asia, Australia, and Oceania. Gaining one percentage point (from 12% to 13%), the region Western Europe is back in third position. Latin America again reached 11% and North America increased its share of funding recipients to 9% in As in the previous year, each of the regions of North Africa, Near East, and Sub-Saharan Africa had an 8% share. Table 3 shows a breakdown by DAAD key programme of the overall figures of the seven regions, differentiating between German recipients (D) and foreign recipients (A) and showing students and graduates on the one hand and scientists, academics and researchers on the other. Tables showing a breakdown of individual countries are to be found in the regional chapters (Chapter IV). This is also where the development in the respective world regions is described and evaluated in detail. Finally, Table 5 (Page 105 of the full German version of the Annual Report) provides more details on programmes primarily oriented to universities ( Institutional Programmes ) which are aimed at promoting internationalisation in research, lecturing and studying. These programmes embrace the individual mobility concepts integrated into the institutional strategies of the respective universities. 8. Origin and Use of Funds Table 4 shows the contributions made by the various sponsors to DAAD total expenditure in 2009 (Page 41) with comparison figures for previous years. The total budget saw a year-on-year increase of 44.0 million in the reporting year. This growth is mainly attributable to a rise in contributions from Germany s Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) ( 29.8 million), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) ( 10.6 million), the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) ( 4.0 million), and other (secondary source) sponsors ( 0.9 million). By contrast, EU expenditure declined by 1.3 million. The reason for this is the expired LEONARDO programme sponsored by Germany s Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB). The rise in funding from Germany s Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) is mainly attributable to additional resources from its Außenwissenschaftsinitiative (Research and Academic Relations Initiative) and its assumption of the congress visits programme. Germany s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) increased its funding of the budget item grants, scholarships and scientist exchange programmes ( 5.6 million) and sponsored new special programmes (A New Passage to India 1.9 million, PROFIN 1.9 million, German-Turkish University 0.4 million, Megacities 0.5 million).

43 41 The increase in funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) stems from a strengthening of existing programme lines and the new programme Exzellenz in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (Excellence in Development Cooperation) ( 2.5 million). The other sponsors were once again particularly affected by the considerable increase in scholarship programmes with (co-)financing from foreign partners. In calculating the reporting year s total budget of million, there are a number of funding contributions which come to the benefit of the DAAD s activities indirectly and are not factored into the annual budget. This especially applies to the insurance funds held in trust by the insurance office at the DAAD ( 2.4 million) and third-party contributions which flow straight into the exchange programmes. These indirect third-party contributions amounted to 42.9 million in the year under review and include salary payments from foreign universities for lecturers and lektors placed by the DAAD, reciprocal scholarships funded by foreign partners, cofinancing arrangements (matching funds) for academic and research exchange and project-related funding of individuals, and tuition fee waivers, etc. Not factored in at all are the own funding contributions of Germany s universities and federal states as institutional sponsors, without which the DAAD s exchange activities would be unimaginable. The financial commitment of the universities and the federal states is quite comparable to that of the federal government, taking into account the cost of still predominantly fee-exempt university places for foreign grant or scholarship recipients, the guidance and support provided by university teachers and scientific and academic staff, sabbaticals and leaves of absence granted to academics and researchers, the voluntary work performed by the DAAD s selection committee members, and the administrative Table 4 The DAAD Budget by Financial Sources (in Million Euros) AA BMBF BMZ BMWi/ERP Federal Institutes Subtotal: Federal Government Länder EU Other sources Total ) Including the DAAD s administrative budget of 22.5 million (staff, materials and investments). 2) Including EU funds received via BIBB.

44 42 The DAAD in 2009 assistance provided by the administrative departments of the universities in particular by every international office (Akademisches Auslandsamt AAA). As regards the visible part of the DAAD budget, by far the largest share of administrative expenses and the lion s share of programme expenditure is borne by Germany s Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) as the DAAD s institutional sponsor. Traditionally this particularly includes the resources for funding foreigners on study and research visits to Germany ( 97.7 million), collaborative scientific and academic projects and programmes including the placement of German academics and researchers abroad ( 22.9 million), and the funding of lektors (language assistants) on teaching assignments at foreign universities ( 20.7 million). The DAAD also received special grants, for example for the Tsunami programme ( 0.8 million), for the establishment of institutes of science and innovation in Moscow and New York ( 0.5 million), as well as renewed additional funding for the Stability Pact Programmes for South Eastern Europe ( 3.0 million) and Afghanistan ( 2.2 million). The funds provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) are primarily intended to support German students and graduates abroad ( 33.9 million), bilateral university lecturer exchange, Bilateral DAAD Programmes for Co-operative Research Grants (PPP), and Study Programmes offered by German Universities Abroad ( 18.1 million), and the programme line Marketing and Information ( 8.5 million). In addition, the BMBF also funded special programmes such as PROFIN ( 1.9 million), PhD Net ( 1.9 million), the programme Verstärkung des Internationalen Marketings für den Forschungsstandort Deutschland (Boosting International Marketing for Germany as a Centre of Research) ( 1.7 million), and the programme Studieren und Forschen für Nachhaltigkeit (Studying and Researching for Sustainability) ( 1.1 million). Funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) serves to promote young scientists, academics and researchers and the further training of experts and leaders from developing countries. The key sponsoring fields are the sur place In-Country/In-Region Postgraduate Scholarship Programme, the postgraduate courses dealing with developing country issues offered at German universities, the promotion of subject-specific university partnerships, the alumni programmes offered at German universities for their graduates from developing countries, and the university management advisory and educational programme DIES (Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies). The DAAD s third biggest sponsor is the European Commission, especially in the form of its new Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) under which the previous educational programmes COMENIUS, ERASMUS, LEONARDO, and Grundtvig were continued and partially readjusted. In this respect, the DAAD acts as the national agency in the field of higher education and distributes partial scholarships granted to German students and lecturers and mobility management funds to the German universities. The Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) provides the DAAD with funding from the European Recovery Programme (ERP) for promoting

45 43 young students of Economics and Business Administration from Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Kazakhstan, the Ukraine, and Belarus. Added to this also funded by ERP resources and via the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau there is a partial financing of individual German-American cooperation projects ( Journalistenprogramm /Journalists Programme). Income posted under the item Other stems primarily from grant and scholarship programmes run by the following sponsors: the Open Society Institute (OSI) ( 1.0 million), Siemens AG ( 0.1 million), foreign governments and universities ( 10.2 million), Dr. Mildred Scheel Foundation for Cancer Research ( 0.7 million), the Helmholtz Association ( 0.5 million), Inwent Capacity Building International, Germany ( 0.4 million), the German Aerospace Center (DLR) ( 0.3 million), and Roche Diagnostics GmbH ( 0.2 million). This item also includes the DAAD s own income and income from its membership fees. Funding received from the Donor s Association for the Promotion of Science and Humanities in Germany (Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft) is used for individual support and pilot projects in cases where government funding is not (yet) available, such as the Emeriti Programme, the establishment of professorships at the Tongji University in Shanghai, and is also used to provide infrastructural support to strengthen the DAAD s self-governing structures. In 2009, the DAAD received a total of 1.6 million from the Stifterverband for jointly agreed programmes. 9. The Work of the DAAD s Executive Bodies Among their various other tasks, the DAAD Executive Committee, the Board of Trustees, and the General Assembly are charged with the responsibility of supporting and developing the DAAD s strategic planning and new programme concepts. In connection with the impact of the Bologna process on the DAAD s funding policy and programmes, concepts for developing and increasing mobility in the 2009 study courses became a key point of discussion in its various organisational bodies. A further important consultancy topic was the new programme proposals put forward by the DAAD to Germany s Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The DAAD s executive bodies discussed various strategies for continuing the individual projects and debated the development of the continued participation of the DAAD, not only for 2010 but in particular also for the new legislative period. The European Charter for Researchers was signed by the DAAD after adoption by its Executive Committee and a declaration offering a series of clarifications was issued in this connection. These particularly addressed the legitimacy of national funding programmes, the use of grants and scholarships in sponsoring young scientists and researchers, and the promotion of certain language prerequisites. EU Commissioner Janez Potočnik confirmed that the clarifications made by the DAAD were in compliance with the intentions of the charter.

46 44 The DAAD in 2009 The DAAD s Executive Committee also debated the goal of promoting German as a scientific language. On the basis of a paper submitted by the German studies advisory council, the DAAD has drawn up a memorandum demanding that the German language must retain its traditional position in an international scientific landscape increasingly dominated by the English language. The paper specifies three DAAD language promotion levels: firstly, the DAAD shows a great commitment to the language preparation of its foreign grants and scholarships holders by providing real and online language courses. Secondly, it provides attractive incentives for learning German as a foreign language via numerous faculty cooperations and partnerships across all disciplines. Thirdly, the DAAD promotes the German language abroad and underlines its key mediator role, among other ways, by means of its worldwide network of lektors (German Studies lecturers). The DAAD s Executive Committee also debated the issue of a self-commitment by the German higher education institutions regarding their handling of foreign students. A point of discussion in this context was, among others, the Nationale Kodex für das Ausländerstudium an deutschen Hochschulen (National Code for Foreign Students at German Higher Education Institutions). Among other aspects, this regulates how foreign students are informed and advised about studying in Germany, how they are admitted, and what help they may expect from the universities as regards the subjects studied and language and social support. It also determines the standards of the universities in respect of the final certificate and how complaints made by international students are to be handled. The universities thereby reaffirm their sustained interest in qualified international students, PhD students, and (young) scientists and researchers. The General Assembly of the German Rectors Conference (HRK) adopted the code in Leipzig in November German higher education institutions may now accede to the code as an act of voluntary self-commitment. The DAAD s Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Prize (international prize for German Studies) for 2009 was awarded to the internationally renowned British Germanist Prof. Patrick Stevenson. Stevenson is one of the most prominent and versatile German linguists throughout the non-german-speaking regions of Europe. To increase the visibility of the prize, the prize money was raised from 5,000 to 10,000 and hence readjusted to match comparable awards given to humanities scholars at home and abroad was the first year for the new prize level and the prizewinner was also awarded the opportunity to undertake a four-week research visit to a German university. Another item on the agenda in 2009 was the appointment of the DAAD selection committees for the 2010 to 2013 term of office. The Executive Committee determined new appointments and reappointments and set up new commissions. As of 2010, over 600 professors sit on 90 DAAD selection committees. At the General Assembly in June 2009 new student representatives were elected to the DAAD Executive Committee and the DAAD Board of Trustees. Their term of office begins on 1 January 2010 and ends on 31 December 2011.

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48 46 The DAAD in 2009 Baghdad: in the company of Germany s foreign minister Dr. Frank- Walter Steinmeier and Iraq s Premier Nuri al-maliki, DAAD Secretary- General Dr. Christian Bode and Iraq s Minister of Education Dr. Abid Thyab Al-Ajeeli sign the Strategic Academic Partnership in February. Vice-President Prof. Max Huber in conversation with Prof. Hu Chunchun, Director of the Hanover Confucius Centre and Gu Shiyuan, Deputy Director, at the opening ceremony of the Bonn exhibition on Dr. Erich Paulun, the founding director of Tongji University (from right to left). On the occasion of the Erasmus Mundus II national kickoff conference in March, the German university coordinators are awarded a symbolic prize.

49 47 The choir of the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, singing at the invitation of the DAAD in the Passionskirche in Berlin as part of the 2009 Election Observation Visit on 26 September. Together with the Ruhr University of Bochum and the Humboldt University of Berlin, the DAAD opens the South African-German Centre for Development Research and Criminal Justice in Cape Town. Honorary guest is the Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jordan s Minister of Education, Prof. Walid Maani, and his German counterpart, Prof. Annette Schavan, sign a Memorandum of Understanding in Berlin on 3 July. They are accompanied by the Jordanian Ambassador His Excellency Issa Nasser Tawfig Ayyoub, Dr. Jürgen Werner (DAAD), Peter Greisler (Germany s Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF), and DAAD Secretary-General Dr. Christian Bode (from left to right).

50 48 The DAAD in 2009 At the start of the programme University Partnerships with Iraq, the University and Education Minister of the region of Kurdistan in Iraq, Dr. Idris Hadi Salih (4 th from the left) visits German universities at the invitation of the DAAD. In Bonn he also meets Dr. Michael Stückradt, Secretary of State in North Rhine- Westphalia (3 rd from the right). Dr. Helmut Blumbach, Director of the DAAD s Southern Hemisphere Department, DAAD Vice-President Professor Max Huber, Innovation Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Professor Andreas Pinkwart, and Professor Joachim Metzner, President of the University of Applied Sciences of Cologne (from left to right) on the occasion of the Scholarship Student Meeting at the University of Applied Sciences of Cologne from 20 to 22 March. DAAD Secretary-General Bode and the Director of the Information Centre in Yerevan, Alexandra Gerstner, present the poster on the occasion of the first DAAD alumni meeting in Armenia.

51 49 DAAD President Hormuth accompanies Germany s Federal Minister for Research and Technology Annette Schavan on her trip to Chile, Brazil, and Columbia in March. At the German- Brazilian environmental technologies trade fair ECOGERMA in São Paulo they meet the Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology Sergio Rezende (left). On 21 and 22 May, an alumni meeting is held for Estonians and Finns. Wilfried Grolig, German ambassador to Helsinki, Joachim Bussian, press officer of the German embassy, and DAAD Vice-President Professor Max Huber in conversation (from left to right). On the occasion of the annual congress of the German Academic International Network (GAIN) in San Francisco, DAAD President Professor Stefan Hormuth meets German scientists and researchers. In June, Germany s Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul and DAAD Secretary-General Bode announce the five winning universities of the competition Excellence Centers for Exchange and Development which will receive a total of 25 million in funding over the next five years.

52 50 The DAAD in 2009 At the invitation of Germany s Federal Foreign Office, DAAD Secretary-General Dr. Christian Bode meets DAAD alumna Dr. Auma Obama, the half-sister of the American president Barack Obama in Berlin on 13 July. The renowned British Germanist Professor Patrick Stevenson receives the award of the Jacob- und Wilhelm-Grimm-Preis 2009 from DAAD President Professor Stefan Hormuth at the award ceremony on 3 November. DAAD Vice- President Huber enjoys the atmosphere at the scholarship students meeting in Kiel. Meeting of alumni: the German ambassador to Muscat, Angelika Storz- Chakarji (centre), Dr. Nicola Huson, DAAD German Studies lecturer (lektor) at the German University of Technology in Oman (right), and DAAD Secretary- General Bode meet DAAD alumni in Oman in December.

53 51 The Freiburg University of Music and the Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences were admitted as new member universities of the DAAD in a resolution passed by the DAAD s Executive Committee. In 2009, DAAD executive body members once again actively participated in numerous events and fairs to aid and support the activities of the DAAD and GATE Germany both at home and abroad. 10.The DAAD s Head Office The DAAD s head office is located in Bonn, Germany s former capital. The DAAD also maintains an office in the German capital of Berlin, in the Wissenschaftsforum on the Gendarmenmarkt, where the Artists-in-Berlin Programme (BKP) enjoying a successful track record of over 30 years is also based. The DAAD has 14 branch offices around the world which maintain contacts with the key partner countries and ensure that the DAAD s programmes are run efficiently with support provided at local level. These regional offices are located (listed in order of their establishment) in London, New Delhi, Cairo, Paris, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Nairobi, Tokyo, Jakarta, Moscow, Peking, Warsaw, Mexico City, and Hanoi. This network of branch offices is supplemented by some 50 so-called information centres (cf. Figure C, Page 23) which are usually staffed by a lektor (German Studies lecturer) and a local employee and perform advisory, marketing, and programme work. A new office was established in Brussels initially on a project basis in support of maintaining the DAAD s fast-growing contacts with the representatives of the EU Commission and other European organisations who are stationed there. In addition, the DAAD is legally and administratively affiliated with the Maison Heinrich Heine in Paris, a German hall of residence run by the DAAD at the Cité Universitaire possessing an extensive cultural programme, which looks back on a history spanning over 50 years. The number of permanent staff members, project staff members, and external staff members in Germany and abroad came to by the end of the year under review thereof were based at the DAAD s head office in Bonn, 13.5 thereof were based at the Berlin office, and the remaining 102 were based at the DAAD s branch offices around the world and the Maison Heinrich Heine in Paris. The DAAD also had 13 trainees, 111 interns, and 187 temporary staff members. Again in the year under review, cost increases from collective pay agreements had to be counterbalanced by hard-hitting cost-cutting measures. Nevertheless, increased programme funding from third-party sponsors led to the creation of new staff positions. Administrative expenses as a share of total expenditure (11.2%) remained constant compared to previous years. This calculation considers all contributions to administrative expenses made by third-party sponsors while also taking into account the expenses paid by partners in joint programmes that are not included in the DAAD budget (so-called adjusted share of administrative expenses ). The

54 52 The DAAD in 2009 institutional administrative budget financed by Germany s Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) has remained practically frozen for a decade. Meanwhile more than half of the DAAD s staff members are paid from project funds and third-party funds and are initially employed on a temporary basis. This is, firstly, an indication of the huge creativity and flexibility which leads to the continual development of new programmes and corresponding sponsors and, secondly, it marks a departure from former institutional funding models, which also poses considerable challenges for the DAAD s management team. In the last year of its current tenure, ending in May 2010, the workers council (Betriebsrat) is again comprised of eleven employees (the chairman of the workers council being the only person who is released from all other responsibilities) and a workers council secretary. As in the previous year, the workers council, together with the HR department, dealt with optimising the employer/employee agreement on so-called performance-oriented payment (LOB), a new development arising from the entry into force of the new collective pay agreement (TVöD). The introduction of this assessment system, including an annual employee development discussion, also created an obligation to set up a committee with equal representation, the workers council being represented by two members. Within the scope of introducing corporate health management, the workers council was also involved in talks on corporate integration management and, with the support of various health insurance funds and the company doctor, organised a health day whose main focus was on ergonomic behaviour and healthy nutrition at the workplace. As a result of the smoking ban on all DAAD premises, the workers council initiated a talk on the Blue Haze and its Consequences and the possibility of a give-up-smoking programme with the prospect of the health insurance funds assuming part of the costs. As in previous years, members of the workers council administrate the job ticket for the employees and the parent-child room and perform company sports duties. The workers council also dealt with the usual main aspects of its work arising from the co-determination and participation rights set out in Germany s Workers Council Constitution Act (BetrVG). This includes participating in organisational restructuring measures, job descriptions and job assessments of new and changed positions, reconcilability of career and family, non-discrimination, job security and workplace ergonomics, education and further training of employees and trainees, and cooperation with the representatives of severely challenged persons. In the field of IT, the workers council supported the introduction of online job applications and the transition of all IT platforms to SAP, ultimately leading to a review of all work processes at the DAAD s head office. In addition, it also participated in an extensive relocation process involving a total of around 650 employees.

55 53 II. Appendix