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The Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO) is an international organization that relies on the commitment and involvement of its large Franco-German network.

As an international autonomous organization, FGYO was founded in 1963 as a part of the Elysée Treaty by the French and German governments with aims to foster Franco-German friendship and cooperation. Working to support intensive international exchanges in the youth and education sectors, more than a hundred people actively contribute to this goal. Meet them and learn more about FGYO’s structure and operations!

The Board of Governors, presided over by Jean-Michel Blanquer, French Minister of Education, and Franziska Giffey, the Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in Germany, lead the FGYO.

The General Secretariat

As the executive body of the Board of Governors, the General Secretariat is responsible for overseeing and managing the FGYO. It is made up of two General Secretaries, one from France and one from Germany, who are appointed in agreement by both governments. The duration of a term is six years each, can be renewed once, and begins time-displaced by three years. Since 2019, the FGYO is led by Tobias Bütow and N.N. 

N. N.
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Tobias Bütow
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Their mission

The General Secretaries are jointly responsible to manage and represent the FGYO, as well as to coordinate partner organizations in France and Germany.

They organize meetings between the Board of Governors and the Steering Committee and assist in advisory capacities. They also prepare reports and ensure proper budget management. Additionally, they are responsible for staffing and personnel management.

As part of their representation and leadership roles, the General Secretaries are the FGYO’s spokespeople not only in France and Germany, but also in Europe and throughout the world. With representation comes the commitment to the development of an international dialogue in the youth work and education fields. They introduce initiatives on current issues to highlight the benefits of youth involvement and to improve and even create the political and social framework for Franco-German partnership and international cooperation. To this end, the cooperation and consultations with non-profit and institutional partners are also of great importance to this work.

Jérémy Rossignol
General Secretary Paris
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Gabriella Frenzel
General Secretary Paris
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Florence Gabbe
Trinational Programs
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Lisa Kenning
General Secretary Berlin
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Luc Hermant
Internal audit
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+33 1 40 78 18 61

Department I: Finance, Human Resources and Administration

Karl Boudjema
Finances, Human Resources and Administration
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+33 1 40 78 18 19
Maren Lütjens
Finances, Human Resources and Administration
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+33 1 40 78 18 59
Sylvain Druais
Internal administration
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+33 1 40 78 18 17
Dr. Stefanie Lüer
Conseil juridique et processus administratifs
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+33 1 40 78 18 44
Karl Boudjema
Finances, Human Resources and Administration
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+33 1 40 78 18 19
Guido Baas
Finances
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+33 1 40 78 18 53
Lucie Deleersnyder
Finances
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+33 1 40 78 18 27
Gabriella Frenzel
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+33 1 40 78 18 58
Sabine Busch
Finances
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Rukiye Kurt
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Laurent de Tienda
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Blandine Calov
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Karl Boudjema
Finances, Human Resources and Administration
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+33 1 40 78 18 19
Juliane Braasch
Human resources
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+33 1 40 78 18 63
Sofia Joly
Human resources
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+33 1 40 78 18 39
Katja Brandenburg
Human resources
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+49 30 288 757 93
Karl Boudjema
Finances, Human Resources and Administration
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+33 1 40 78 18 19
Georg Kubina
IT
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Thomas Baumann
IT
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Gwendolin Hoffmann-Hourie
Shared Services Center
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+33 1 40 78 18 70
Sylvain Druais
Internal administration
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+33 1 40 78 18 17
Thomas Fraikin
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+49 30 288 757 52
Martine Dumoulin-Witjaksono
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Léa Giboni
Accounting center
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Lea Barten
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+33 1 40 78 18 10
Khadidja El Zinari
Accounting center
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+33 1 40 78 18 37

Department II: School Exchanges and Extracurricular Exchanges

Regine Dittmar
Academic and extracurricular exchanges
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+49 30 288 757 16
Agnès Pruvost
General schooling
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+49 30 288 757 12
Anne Sandner
Secondary education
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+49 30 288 757 14
Patricia Paquier
Incentive programs, IN-Projects and encounters at a third location
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+49 30 288 757 30
Anett Wassmuth
Brigitte-Sauzay-Program (German) and Voltaire-Program
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+49 30 288 757 15
Ulrike Papendieck
Brigitte-Sauzay-Program
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Leonie Schmale
Discovery Day
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France Vodovar
School Exchanges
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Dylan Verdin-Pol
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Regine Dittmar
Academic and extracurricular exchanges
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Anne-Sophie Lelièvre
Ccultural, sporting and scientific exchanges
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+49 30 288 757 18
Heike Hartmann
Youth and Town twinning
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+49 30 288 757 17
Killian Lynch
Inidividual scholarships
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+49 30 288 757 31
Regine Dittmar
Academic and extracurricular exchanges
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Anna Fudala
Trionational Franco-German-Polish Contest « Young Europeans Award »
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+49 30 288 757 73

Department III: Vocational Training, University Exchanges and Volunteering

Thekla Schödel
Volontariat Franco-Allemand
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Victoria Seidl
Franco-German Voluntary Service
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+33 1 40 78 18 12
Kristina Franz
Franco-German Voluntary Service
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+49 681 947 492 35
Rindra Rakotomanana
Franco-German Voluntary Service
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Aurélie Sobhan
Franco-German Voluntary Service
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+33 1 40 78 18 28
Elsa Monnot
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Michaela Christmann
International voluntary projects
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+33 1 40 78 18 79
Sebastian Kral
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+33 1 40 78 18 86
Eva Philippon
Vocational training and Academic exchanges
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+33 1 40 78 18 54
Christiane Thies
Exchanges: Vocational training and technology - professional integration
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+33 1 40 78 18 50
Petra Breton
Exchanges: Vocational training and technology - professional integration
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+33 1 40 78 18 04
Frédéric Schmachtel
INTERREG
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Noëlle Marceaux
Stages enseignement professionnel et technologique – Travail chez le partenaireVocational courses and Job at the partner
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+33 1 40 78 18 34
Antoine Daelman
Project 'Franco-German trainee-status'
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+33 1 40 78 18 31
Svea Fuchs
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+33 1 40 78 18 23
N. N.
Vocational training and Academic exchanges
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+33 1 40 78 18 26
Aurore Monflier
Stages, enseignement supérieur
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Sandra Schmidt
Deputy head of Division
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Michaela Christmann
Multipliers, Professional artists and Academic seminars
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+33 1 40 78 18 79
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Vocational training and Academic exchanges
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Bureau IV : Intercultural Training

Elisabeth Berger
Intercultural formation
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+49 30 288 757 21
Lucile Poulteau
Intercultural formation
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+49 30 288 757 24
Dominique Granoux
Training in the sector Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Vocational Schools
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Sandrine Debrosse-Lucht
Trinational further training
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Géraldine Boiteau
Binational further training and Pedagogical Assistants
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Lucile Poulteau
Further trainings and Certified Animator Database
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Camille Dueymes
Volunteer
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Julia Gottuck
Early Learning
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Elisabeth Berger
Intercultural formation
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Anya Reichmann
Research and Evaluation
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Elisabeth Berger
Intercultural formation
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Karin Passebosc
Languages courses and Tele-Tandem
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Camille Farnoux
E-Learning Plattform, Mobidico
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+49 30 288 757 44
Anne Jardin
Linguistic training
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+49 30 288 757 29
Christiane Behling
Tandem and New Media
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+49 30 288 757 28
Yvonne Holtkamp
language animation, animator interpeteurs, language training
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Bureau V :Communications and Events

Stephanie Schaal
Communication and Events
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+33 1 40 78 18 24
Florence Batonnier-Woller
Press, Publications and Multimedia
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+33 1 40 78 18 43
Michael Langenfeld
Web
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+33 1 40 78 18 56
Luisa Jendrek
Web
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Myriam Djahi
Volunteer
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+33 1 40 78 18 07
Annette Schwichtenberg
Publications
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+33 1 40 78 18 16
Elise Benon
Publications
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Johanna Haag
Press
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+33 1 40 78 18 45
Mona Lenssen
Networks
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+33 1 40 78 18 49
Aurore Monflier
Réseaux
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Stephanie Schaal
Communication and Events
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Annaïg Cavillan
Events and Special Projects
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+33 1 40 78 18 33
Anne Gainville
Events and Special Projects
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+33 1 40 78 18 30
Florence Saby-Siskos
Marketing and Networks
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+33 1 40 78 18 52
Matthias Wandel
Information / Networks / mobiklasse.de and FranceMobil
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Sofia Terhalle
Information / Reception Paris
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+33 1 40 78 18 18
Anke Ben Abdessalem
General Secretary Berlin
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+49 30 288 757 0
Elise Benon
Writing and Translation Unit
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+33 1 40 78 18 67
Alain Le Treut
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The Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO) is an international organization working for Franco-German cooperation, which has enabled nearly 9 million young people from France and Germany to participate in 320,000 exchange programs since 1963.

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