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Sports activities offer low-threshold opportunities to come into contact with each other. People who have agreed on shared rules can play with or...

Town and regional twinning are immensely important to the FGYO and to Franco-German relations. They laid the groundwork for the encounters between the...

An intercultural exchange fosters personal growth, mutual understanding and a deepening of international friendships. These positive impacts are...

Many people in Germany and France are dedicated to understanding, exchange and friendship with the neighbouring country. This commitment is an...

Climate change concerns us all. Already today, children, adolescents and young adults are more affected by the impacts than previous generations...

One of the most important concerns of the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO) is to maintain democracy as a cornerstone of our societies in Germany and...

The FGYO itself is active in many areas of youth encounters, but it would not be possible to achieve the diversity and quality of the numerous...

The close cooperation between Germany and France is based on the goal of securing peace in Europe. Franco-German relations are at the heart of a...

Based on fundamental and applied research, current projects within the FGYO encompass a large scope of subject matter.

A three-year Franco-German research project investigating the social structures and living conditions of marginalized young people from migrant...

by Corine Defrance and Ulrich Pfeil

Many of the meetings sponsored by the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO) bring participants together from Germany, France and other countries. In this...

Germany and France have a special responsibility within and for Europe. Today, these erstwhile ‘traditional enemies’ are ‘nearly best friends’...

Since the eastward expansion of the European Union (EU), the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO) has been in a position to establish and deepen quite a...

The ‘Work with a partner’ programme brings together career starters and clubs, cultural or social institutions in Germany and France. The FGYO...

The mission of student unions is to promote young people’s social, economic, cultural and health interests. They offer students in the individual...

One of the major objectives of the FGYO is the development of language learning in the formal education environments of its partnering countries. To...

State representatives in Germany and the correspondantes and correspondants régionaux in France serve as points of contact for international youth...