Events & Contests

The 2024 Challenge of Germany alumni community calls on visionaries, social entrepreneurs and innovators to submit breakthrough ideas that promise to transform education.You are invited to develop social entrepreneurship ideas to address critical issues in education and contribute to SDG 4.

Climate change, rapid urbanisation, infrastructural deficiencies and many other aspects are negatively impacting living conditions in our towns and cities. How can we make them more resilient and liveable? These were topics that Germany alumni addressed in the context of Community Challenge 2023. 

From environmental sensors to solar dryers: we look back on Community Challenge 2022. Read on to discover how committed Germany alumni are shaping the future of agriculture.

Italian pasta, German potato pancakes, French macarons or Polish bigos? The cuisine of Europe has a lot to offer! For this reason, we want to celebrate this year's Europe Day from a culinary perspective and have invited our alumni to participate in our campaign #EatingEurope.

Beyond your birthplace, how does home manifest for you? Is it familiar people or personal things? Certain locations or treasured memories? And can a foreign country – like Germany – become something like home? We are looking forward to reading your statements in the Community!

Now your story and creativity counts! Tell us about your experience abroad in a short video. What moved you during your stay and which memories are you fond of?

Modern cities, magical landscapes, places of stillness or great enjoyment: As part of our photo competition “My favourite place in Germany”, we asked Germany-Alumni to tell us about the places that they grew to love and appreciate in Germany.

26 September is European Day of Languages. We want to celebrate with a video in our Community! We need your participation and contributions to produce this video! Given that you all have a connection to Germany, we want you to tell us your favourite German word.

This social innovation challenge of the community of Germany alumni aims at tapping the vast resource of knowledge of the members and supporting the development of ideas with a positive impact on society and environment. The challenge for 2022 related to SDG 2 “Zero Hunger” formulated by community members is "Can your idea contribute to ecofriendly intensifications of agricultural systems?"