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Communicating with the world.  
For?diversity,?understanding?and trust.? 

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Rym Hayouni � Arthur Tainturier Rym Hayouni � Arthur Tainturier

151

branches of the Goethe-Institut are active in 98 countries around the world. 

12

of the institutes are in Germany.

1952

the first Goethe-Institut opened in Athens.

4,070

employees are at work worldwide.

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Culture and security

Culture and education shape how societies see themselves. They create free spaces and can strengthen and support social cohesion. In international politics, they thus have a role to play in security policy.

A group of people sit around a laid table at the Munich Security Conference 2024. Munich Security Conference � Stephan Goerlich

50 Jahre �bersetzungsf�rderung

Autor Sa�a Stani�ic

Geschichten, die auf Reisen gehen

�Herkunft�, �Wolf� oder �Vor dem Fest�: Nicht nur seine B�cher sind dank der �bersetzungsf�rderung des Goethe-Instituts zu Reisenden geworden. Auch der Autor selbst, Sa�a Stani�ic, ist h�ufig in anderen L�ndern zu Gast, seit seine deutschsprachigen Texte in andere Sprachen �bersetzt werden. Wie diese �bersetzungen seine Arbeit als Schriftsteller bereichern, erz�hlt er uns im Interview.

Foto des Autors Sa�a Stani�ic vor dunklem Hintergrund Sa�a Stani�ic � Magnus Terhorst

�bersetzerin Scilla Forti

Den Geist f�r die Vielfalt �ffnen

�Je komplexer eine Sprache ist, desto mehr begeistert mich dieser Prozess." Scilla Forti �bersetzt deutschsprachige Werke ins Italienische, etwa von Mariana Leky. Sie verr�t uns, was ihr an dieser T�tigkeit gef�llt und welche Herausforderungen damit einhergehen.

Foto der �bersetzerin Scolla Forti und zwei italienische Buchcover Scilla Forti � privat | Buchcover � Keller Editore

Verleger Roberto Keller

Ein lebenslanger Sch�ler

Mit seiner Lage in der Grenzregion Trentino-S�dtirol hat der italienische Verlag Keller Editore ein offenes Ohr f�r Sprachen jenseits der Landesgrenzen und ist in der Vermittlung deutschsprachiger Literatur sehr engagiert. Im Interview gibt Roberto Keller Einblicke in seine Arbeit als Verleger.

Verleger Roberto Keller vor einer Wand Roberto Keller � Lucia Baldini

German Language

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in the background, a brick building and a bicycle, which leans against a railing, are blurred; in the foreground two men whose faces are shown with dark hair and beards, to the right in front of the men a woman with blonde dutt, whose face you can not see, she wears a blue sports jacket and black handle bag, where green water bottle looks out � Goethe-Institut/ Sonja Tobias

Here to stay

The �Training Partnerships in Latin America� (APAL) programme prepares school students and alumni of PASCH schools in El Salvador and Mexico for a dual training course in Germany. �mbar Navarro Becerra, currently training as a radiology assistant at the University Hospital Bonn, reports on her experiences.

Participants in the �Training Partnerships in Latin America� (APAL) programme after the B1 examination in October 2022 at the Goethe-Institut in Mexico City. Goethe-Institut / Irving Cabello Sierra

Increasing Demand

The Goethe-Institut has been involved in the area of training and advising skilled workers from abroad since 2007. In interview, Ulrike Dri�ner, Director of Language Work in Southeast Asia, and Regional Director Stefan Dreyer talk about limits to capacity and transparent recruitment processes.

The Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin (left) and Regional Director for Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Dr. Stefan Dreyer, after signing the memorandum of understanding in Jakarta. Goethe-Institut Indonesien / Ryan Rinaldy

15.5 million

people learn German worldwide. 9.4 million of them in Europe.

925,000

German exams were taken at the Goethe-Institut exam centres in 2023.

10,000

teachers of German as a foreign language took part in our certification programmes within one year.

Culture

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Exterior view of Villa Kamogawa in Kyoto. � Noriko Sawai/Goethe-Institut

Goethe-Institut in Exile

Goethe-Institut in Exile is a meeting place, shelter and stage for cultural professionals who can no longer work in their home country because of war or censorship. In countries where the Goethe-Institut and other international cultural institutions have had to close their locations, many artists and intellectuals have lost spaces for dissent, dialogue and intercultural exchange.

Key Visual Goethe-Institut im Exil � Goethe-Institut

Black Sea Lit

The literature project "Geschichten vom Schwarzen Meer - Black Sea Lit" reopens the dialogue with the Black Sea region. Until the end of 2024, the Goethe-Institut and the curators Nino Haratischwili and Laura Cwiertnia invite authors to overcome the powerlessness of speechlessness.

Key Visual Black Sea Lit Photo: � Kakhaber Emiridze

24,000

cultural events delighted 12 million people worldwide in 2020.

100 million

people were reached with 200 digital and physical events for the German EU Council Presidency 2020.

345

book translations into 42 languages were funded in 2021.

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Network

The Goethe-Institut is represented by 151 institutes in 98 countries around the world. In 1952 the first Goethe-Institut opened in Athens.

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