dvv-international.de

DVV International is the international cooperation institute of the Deutscher Volkshochschul-Verband e.V. (DVV), the German association of adult education centres. It supports the building of sustainable youth and adult education structures worldwide. Focus areas include literacy and basic education, vocational training, global and intercultural learning, environmental education, migration and integration, health education, conflict prevention and democracy education.

The institute works with more than 200 civil society, governmental and academic partners in over 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe, through country and regional offices. Its work is financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Federal Foreign Office, the European Union and other donors. It also provides adult education tools, methods and approaches free of charge through the ALE Toolbox, and runs the Globales Lernen in der vhs funding programme for Volkshochschulen.

The organisation has worked for over 50 years on lifelong learning. It organises conferences, seminars and publications for European and global exchange in adult education.

Product: Development cooperation projects, adult education tools (ALE Toolbox), and the Globales Lernen in der vhs funding programme