Youth Organization
Understanding Europe Germany
Team Understanding Europe Germany 2023
The non-profit association Understanding Europe Germany e.V. was founded as a spin-off of the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe’s project Understanding Europe in 2019. Currently, 15 trainers from all over Germany are active. We are young educators who want to bring politics and European topics into the classroom. We want to facilitate discussions at eye level and aim to give young people a space to discuss these topics. We promote understanding of democracy, impartial political participation and political education of young people. Diversity, anti-discrimination and sustainability are the core values of our work.
Coordinators
Elisa Mauke
Coordinator
“Since 2018, I have been part of the Understanding Europe project, which gives me the feeling of being able to act effectively as a young person in Europe. It is close to my heart to offer low-threshold educational formats in schools of all conditions.”
Michel Wicke
Coordinator
“As part of my political education work, it’s important to me that young people get to talk to each other in order to learn from one another. Because getting to know new perspectives strengthens our understanding of participation. In this way, they become part of a European community and help shape the European idea”