Cooperations

The Agency for Adult and Continuing Education (AEWB) is the first point of contact for funding and training, quality management and counselling, networking, development and innovation in areas of adult and continuing education in Lower Saxony.

The AEWB's services are aimed at all recognised, publicly funded institutions and their employees. The AEWB is an organisationally independent body in accordance with the Lower Saxony Adult Education Act (NEBG). It is supported by the Niedersächsischer Bund für freie Erwachsenenbildung e.V. (NBEB) and operates at the interface between administration, science and practice.

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The Waldschlösschen Academy promotes acceptance of sexual and gender diversity and supports the visibility and participation in society of such groups through education and networking.
As part of its educational mission, the Akademie Waldschlösschen cooperates with individuals, groups, and networks which actively engage against homo-, trans*- and interphobia, as well as racism and hostility toward immigrants. Initiating and supporting self-help and interlinking civil and social structures are an important aspect of this mission; in-service training – especially for those in social professions (e.g. – those working with people with disabilities, homophobia in sport, and gender diversity education) – are part of the program.

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Queere Bildung e.V. is the federal association of clubs, projects and initiatives that offer education and awareness-raising work on the subject of sexual and gender diversity. There is also a focus on anti-discrimination work on sexual and romantic orientations and gender identities.

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As a division of the Staatstheater Braunschweig, the JUNGES! Staatstheater has included productions for young audiences in music theatre, drama, dance theatre and concerts as well as the comprehensive area of education since the 2017/18 season. In addition to communicating topics, content and forms relevant to the repertoire in schools, projects by and with children and young people are realised in this area. Clubs and projects are distinguished from each other by their rehearsal structure and the different ways in which they address their participants.

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The Queeres Netzwerk Niedersachsen e.V. (QNN) is the state and professional association of queer associations, groups and initiatives. It takes a stand towards the public and politics, develops concepts and carries out professional work through its own projects and specialist departments.

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SCHLAU Niedersachsen is the state association of SCHLAU local organisations such as SCHLAU Braunschweig. SCHLAU offers educational and awareness-raising events on gender identity and sexual orientation. The volunteers come visit schools and other institutions in their region to provide expert advice and information on these topics.

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The Department of Culture and Science comprises the division of Culture and Science with the departments of Administration, Cultural Institute and Municipal Music School as well as the City Library, Municipal Museum and City Archive.
This has created a large, efficient organizational unit that has been given far-reaching competencies in matters of organization, personnel and finance and is therefore able to react and act flexibly to changing conditions in the interests and for the benefit of Braunschweig's culture and its citizens. The municipal institutions currently employ around 110 staff from a wide range of academic disciplines, careers and professions.

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Since it was founded in 1989, the Verein für sexuelle Emanzipation (VSE) e. V. has developed into an advocacy organisation for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and trans* and intersex people (LGBTI*) in Braunschweig and the region. The organisation is supported by volunteer members and supporting members. Its aims include reducing discrimination through information and public relations work, strengthening the gay, lesbian, bi-trans and intersex scene, making diverse lifestyles visible and promoting health.

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The AK Queer is a working group within the Trade Union for Education & Science in Lower Saxony. The people involved come from different areas and have set themselves the goal of bringing queer topics into (higher) education and increasing the visibility of queer lifestyles. 

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Since January 2010, the Fachgesellschaft Geschlechterstudien/Gender Studies Association (Gender e.V.) has been committed to the further development of gender studies in German-speaking countries. It therefore supports the interdisciplinary networking of researchers and teachers in academic gender studies in Germany and in international contexts.

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Gender und Diversity in Teaching (net-g+d-lehre) is an informal association of academics who aim to bring the topic of gender into university teaching. 

Since 2007, the Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Einrichtungen für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung in Niedersachsen (LAGEN) has been the networking umbrella structure for various institutions and several associated members. The focus is therefore on networking researchers in the field of women's and gender studies in Lower Saxony and supporting academic careers in gender studies.

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The KEG organises regular, usually annual, working conferences. These provide a framework for institutions and individuals to discuss issues and problems in women's and gender studies and to act on this basis in terms of science and higher education policy, e.g. to pass resolutions and publish them. If necessary, meetings of individual working groups or scientific conferences are organised between the annual meetings.

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The Section for Women's and Gender Studies in the German Sociological Association 

• • promotes women's and gender studies,
  • discusses sociological problems related to gender,
    
  • networks researchers in women's and gender studies,
  • contributes to the dissemination and deepening of feminist ways of thinking,
  • participates in the clarification of specialised and academic issues in women's and gender studies,
    
  • and fosters international relations in women's and gender studies.

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»Vielfalt Lehren!« isa project at Leipzig University as part of the Waldschlösschen Academy's pilot project "Akzeptanz für Vielfalt - gegen Homo-, Trans*- und Inter*feindlichkeit" within the BMFSFJ's federal programme "Demokratie leben!". The aim of the project is to raise awareness of gender and sexual diversity issues among young teachers during their studies in order to turn schools into diversity- and LGBT*I*Q-friendly and anti-discriminatory places.

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