AMMAN — The German-Jordanian Student Dialogue project
concluded on Monday. The project focused on the importance of digitalization in
overcoming social boundaries and distances to bring people together.
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The Dannewerk School and the Domschule in Schleswig worked together with the
Al-Asriyya School and the Al-Saadah College School in Amman for more than six
months on the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were given to
the students from all over the world, who had set themselves tasks that were
then presented live via video conference.
"Most of you probably first had to look at the map to
find out exactly where the two cities — Schleswig in Germany and
Amman in
Jordan — are located," said Norbert Spitz, director of the
Goethe-Institute in Amman, in his welcoming address to the students. The director’s
remarks came as he summed up the first learning objective of the project, which
offered students the opportunity to learn from each other, to overcome fears of
contact, and to discover similarities, regardless of the geographical distance.
For the final event, Delara Burkhardt, member of the European Parliament, was
also present and answered questions from the students from both countries. She
did not hesitate to answer personal questions, such as how she herself is
perceived as a young woman in the political environment and whether family and
career can be combined in the political environment.
For the topic "climate change," two special guests
joined the discussion: Robert Habeck, federal chairman of the Alliance 90/The
Greens, together with candidate for chancellor Annalena Baerbock, who discussed
with the students the reasons and effects of climate change — and what, in Habeck's
view, can be done on a political level to flatten the upward curve.
"I would like to take the opportunity to thank my team and the German
team. It was a new and unique experience, I really enjoyed working on
interesting topics such as climate action and peace, justice, and strong
institutions." remarked Afnan Hasan, a student at the Al Asriyya School
and participant in the project.
The project was developed by Klaus-Peter Katzer and was
executed in cooperation with the Domschule, the Dannewerk School Schleswig, the
Al-Asriyya School, and the Al-Saadah College School Amman, and the
Goethe-Institute Jordan, with the support of the German Ministry of Education,
Science, and Culture of the State of Schleswig-Holstein.
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