Welcome to the German Embassy Kampala
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With the campaign “German – Language of Ideas” Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle aims to promote learning German as a foreign language abroad. Minister of State Pieper introduced the campaign at the Federal Foreign Office. German is the most widely spoken language in Europe. Nearly 15 million people speak and learn German as a foreign language. However, in recent years there has been a decline in the number of people learning German. Pieper called this trend an “alarming sign” that the German Government was determined to counter. After all, language was a foundation for establishing good relations between countries.
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As a bulwark of concrete and barrier fences the Wall cut through Berlin for a length of over 43 kilometres – dividing the city and the whole of Germany. Now, 20 years after the fall of the wall on 9 November 1989, the symbol of almost three decades of German division will fall again on the same date, but this time it will be purely symbolic.
“Festival of Freedom”
Energy Efficiency Award
Pioneers wanted
Companies can apply for the Energy Efficiency Award 2010 with their energy efficiency projects
That is the motto of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) in Nuremberg. The BAMF has now presented a study on Muslim life in Germany, demonstrating once again its considerable competence in the area of migration and integration research. The survey was conducted among 6,004 persons over the age of 16 (counting other members of the households interviewed, the survey actually covers some 17,000 people). The BAMF study, commissioned by the German Islam Conference (DIK), is the first nationally representative collection of data on the subject. It confirms that Muslims form an integral part of German society.
“Concentrating on People”
In August, archaeologists from the German Archaeological Institute made a sensational find: in Waldgirmes, a small town north of Frankfurt am Main, they discovered a more than 2,000-year-old horse’s head from a gold-plated bronze equestrian statue that is believed to have depicted the Emperor Augustus himself.
Horse Seeks Rider
CeBIT attracts African interest
Ugandan State Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Alintuma Nsambu, attended the opening ceremony of the CeBIT trade fair in Hannover. His visit is part of the Ugandan government's plans to promote information technology in Ugandan schools and the public sector, as well as strengthen the link in the IT sector between Germany and Uganda.
Read more : www.germanyandafrica.diplo.de
Global Green Recovery: Recommendations for Immediate G20 Action
The world is facing its worst economic crisis in many decades, caused by
massive strains in the global financial system, falling asset prices and a sharp
drop in wealth and aggregate demand. To re-start growth, ambitious fiscal
stimulus measures have been announced in most G20 member countries and
further measures are under consideration.
The need for a substantial fiscal
boost in the short term provides a great opportunity to undertake projects
with a high social return, at a time when inputs are relatively cheap and underutilised
resources and workers are available. But additional measures should be
timely, well targeted, and taken within a clear long-term framework if they are
to help lay the foundations of sustainable growth in the medium and long term
without threatening fiscal sustainability when recovery comes.
http://www.pik-potsdam.de/globalgreenrecovery
The Goethe Institut is a main sponsor of the Women of the Sun film festival, which is shining the spotlight on African women filmmakers for seven days in Johannesburg. Parallel to it was the two-day “African Women Filmmakers Forum” held on the institute's premises (September 1- 4), which ended with an insightful open-session with the public.
The President of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika completed a four-day state visit to Germany on Saturday, September 4. During his trip, he met with Chancellor Merkel, President Wulff, and numerous government and private sector representatives, as well as secured vital commitments to encourage further foreign investment in the southern African nation.
The second round of “Afrika Kommt!”, an extensive and practically-based professional business internship program in Germany has been announced. The initiative by German industry is aimed at young professionals and junior executives from sub-Saharan Africa. Applications for the 2010-2012 program will be accepted for consideration until October 31, 2010.
