“Schulen: Partner der Zukunft (PASCH)” initiative

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  • Initiative „Schulen: Partner der Zukunft“ © Kai Uwe Oesterhellweg
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  • Initiative „Schulen: Partner der Zukunft“ © Kai Uwe Oesterhellweg
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The PASCH initiative ("Schools: Partners for the Future“) is a global network of more than 2000 schools that maintains a close relationship to both, Germany and German language.  The Goethe-Institut supports over 600 schools in the national education systems of over 100 countries.

The “Schools: Partners for the Future” (PASCH) initiative was launched in February 2008 by Germany’s Federal Foreign Office. PASCH is coordinated by the Federal Foreign Office and implemented in cooperation with the Central Agency for Schools Abroad (ZfA), the Goethe-Institut, the German Academic Exchange Service and the Educational Exchange Service of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Guiding principles and goals

PASCH is organized according to four guiding principles:
  • prospects through education
  • broadened horizons through multilingualism
  • access to language and education and
  • joint tackling of future problems as an international community of learners