The UK meets Germany: A Forum of young leaders. Applications welcome

The UK Meets Germany: A Forum for Young Leaders (UKMG) is a network of young, influential people from both sides of the North Sea who have an active interest in supporting the UK-Germany relationship.

Members join the Forum by taking part in a Weeklong Seminar, during which they will learn about the field of cultural diplomacy, explore the UK-Germany relationship, and take part in challenging group discussions on important issues.

Once they have become a member of the Forum the ICD will support the young leaders in conducting research into the bilateral relationship, which can either be published on our online media service (Cultural Diplomacy News, www.cd-n.org), online in the ICD research section, or in our forthcoming book “Case Studies in Cultural Diplomacy”. The Forum will also organise a number of shorter, academic conferences throughout the year that the members are invited to attend and to help organise. Through the ICD Online Forum, members are able to keep in touch with one another and members of the other ICD Forums and share important information about job opportunities and related events. Finally, the ICD will support and offer guidance to members who are interested in organising their own cultural exchange initiatives.

Advantages of joining the Forum

The Weeklong Seminar- The program for the Weeklong Seminar will involve seminars and workshops with experts on the German-British relationship including academics, politicians, journalists, and practitioners from other civil society organisations. During this week you will have the opportunity to meet with these figures, discuss key issues with them, and take part in structured group discussions with the other participants. The program will be designed to give you ideas and advice for your own cultural exchange initiatives, and to facilitate strong relationships between the participants.

Taking part in the Weeklong Seminar will also offer you a unique opportunity to experience Berlin. As an established NGO with strong connections to Berlin’s political and civil society spheres, we are able to organise seminars in locations such as the German Foreign Ministry, the German Parliament, the Berlin Philharmonic, the City Hall, and the European House.

The Forum - One of the main goals of the forum is that the members have the encouragement and support to organise their own cultural exchange initiatives. During the Weeklong Seminar we will provide you with information about how you can do this, and encourage you to generate ideas for possible initiatives. At the end of the Weeklong Seminar we will provide you with a document outlining the issues you need to address, how you can plan your initiative, and giving you information about where you can apply for funding.

Following the completion of the Weeklong Seminar you will become a member of the ICD Young Leaders Online Forum. The Online Forum was created to allow members of the different ICD Forums to keep in touch and share information about job opportunities, their leadership initiatives, and other related events, with each other.
Forum members are encouraged, in consultation with the ICD, to conduct research into the British-German relationship, in particular relating to cultural exchange between the two countries. When completed, the ICD can publish these case studies on our online media service “Cultural Diplomacy News”, in the research section on the ICD homepage, and in our forthcoming publication “Case Studies in Cultural Diplomacy”. The publication will allow academics and practitioners to evaluate previous examples of cultural diplomacy, and encourage the establishment of best practice guidelines.

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