German-Ghanaian Government Consultations to take place 16-17 May
Ghana and Germany enjoy a long-standing and amicable relationship in many spheres for many decades. Development Cooperation started soon after independence in several crucial areas. Germany’s present commitment for the period 2010 – 2012 amounts to more than €150.0 million, mainly in the areas of Agriculture, Private Sector Development including Vocational Training and Financial Sector Development, Decentralisation and Good Financial Governance. Germany also directly contributes to the state budget under the Multi Donor Budget Support Programme.
The forthcoming negotiations will build upon this good basis and likely conclude on a continuation of the above mentioned areas. One additional area under consideration is the Renewable Energy sector.
Joachim Gauck was elected as the new head of state of the Federal Republic of Germany on March 18, 2012 in Berlin with one of the best results in the history of the country’s federal presidential elections. Gauck received 991 of the 1,228 valid votes. An overwhelming majority of the electors in the 15th Federal Assembly chose Joachim Gauck for the highest office in the land during the first round of voting.
Germany’s new President Joachim Gauck
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Germany is strongly involved in the preservation of cultural monuments around the world. Now Germany has again been elected as a new member of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee until 2015.
Fascinating World Heritage
German Chamber Network (AHK)
The members of the German Chamber Network, the AHKs, are present in all countries of particular interest for the German industry and commerce.
German Chamber Network (AHK)
Aktion Afrika
"Aktion Afrika" is the name of a programme with which Germany intends to further develop its partnership with Africa, starting this year. Germany will be investing a total of 20 million euros in cultural exchange projects and programmes in 2008 to ensure even closer cooperation with African countries in the future. With this initiative Germany is consolidating its political commitment to its neighbouring continent and demonstrating that Africa has a special role to play for Germany.
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Young Germany - International Engagement
Young people today are more globally connected than ever before. They want to become involved in the world around them and solutions to interconnected challenges. Follow Young Germany as we follow young people who are making a difference: From those volunteering at orphanages in South America to others working with German schools and cultural institutes worldwide and many more. All have something to share in YG's special on international engagement.
www.young-germany.de
225th Anniversary of the Birth of Wilhelm Grimm, * 24 February 1786
Wilhelm Grimm would have celebrated his 225th birthday on 24 February. Like his brother Jacob, Wilhelm was a scholar of language and literature as well as a collector of folk tales and legends. The brothers are regarded as the co-founders of German studies in the 19th century. But they are known best of all for their great anthology of Children’s and Household Tales. There are numerous book and film adaptations of these tales, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, an early animated film produced by the Walt Disney Studios in 1937.
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