the german academic exchange service (daad): its institutional form, internal structure, and...

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD):Its Institutional Form, Internal Structure,

and International Strategy

Dr. Siegbert KleeHead of DAAD Information Center Kiev

EXPERT Congress „Higher Education and Labor Market: Partnership

between Universities, Business and State“ Kiev, March 26, 2010

2Dr. C. Bode, Sercretary General DAAD, December 1st, 2009, Istanbul

a self-governing organization of the German institutions of higher education (“Verein”)

founded in 1925 and re-founded in 1950

with 229 member institutionsand 124 student bodies

Deutscher Akademischer AustauschDienst

The DAAD is...

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The Role of National (Funding) Agencies

GovernmentScience

OrganizationsInternational

Partners



The Principle of Self-Governance

Fundraising

Independentcommissions

GrantAllocation

of funds

Promotion of new ideas

and…?

Negotiation of programs and

projects



DAAD – Autonomy and Accountability

Federal Government

sets strategic guidelines and program design

-------------------------------------controlling / audit

-------------------------------------budgeting

DAAD

90 committees600 professors

provides advice, concepts, service------------------------------------

takes the individual decision by independent peer review

-------------------------------------reports and accounts

individual recipients institutional recipients

H.E.I.

The DAAD negotiates with different federal departments (and other donors) over the annual budget and the respective programme design. The individual allocation decisions are left to independent academic committees which evaluate the quality of people and projectsllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll


DAAD: Synergies for the Federal Ministries

German UniversitiesDAAD

Foreign Networks

EU, Federal States,Partner Countries

FederalDepts.

DAAD is the bridge to other departments active in development cooperation and activities focused on specific countries(40% of DAAD funding is directed towards developing countries)

DAAD is the bridge to the German universities• as actors in the development

cooperation in education and research

• as forum for German executive elites

DAAD is the bridge to the international DAAD network (250,000 alumni, 80 alumni-clubs) and to universities abroad



Regional Offices Information Centers

Advisory Board

General Assembly

PresidentProf. Dr. Stefan E. Hormuth †

Vice PresidentProf. Dr. Max Huber

Secretary GeneralDr. Christian Bode

Structure and Organisation

Head Office BonnBerlin Office

ExecutiveBoard

Selection Committees

Student BodiesUniversities



DAAD Boards: the General Assembly


The general assembly decides in all matters of the organization unless the statutes determine another board as being in charge.

Participants of the general assembly entitled to vote are:

all universities, 36 universities of applied sciences, 6 specialized universities (of pedagogy, art, music, philosophy/theology, confession, other field) and their student bodies.

Each university has two votes cast by the rector or his deputy.

The student bodies of the universities entitled to vote have one vote each.

The general assembly elects the executive body and two members of the advisory board.

The general assembly has a quorum if at least half of the total number of votes is represented.

The general assembly decides in all matters of the organization unless the statutes determine another board as being in charge.

Participants of the general assembly entitled to vote are:

all universities, 36 universities of applied sciences, 6 specialized universities (of pedagogy, art, music, philosophy/theology, confession, other field) and their student bodies.

Each university has two votes cast by the rector or his deputy.

The student bodies of the universities entitled to vote have one vote each.

The general assembly elects the executive body and two members of the advisory board.

The general assembly has a quorum if at least half of the total number of votes is represented.


DAAD Boards: the Advisory Board


The advisory board gives advice to the executive board and is entitled to file petitions and claims in the general assembly.

The advisory board finalizes the budget and verifies the annual accounts.

The members of the advisory board are nominated or elected. Nominated members (27) are: 1 representative of each of the German ministries: Foreign, Interior, Education and Research, Economic Cooperation and Development, Labor and Social Affairs, Economy, Culture; 3 politicians nominated by the Conference of Ministers of Culture (KMK), 5 professors nominated by the Conference of University Rectors (HRK), 3 students of member universities, 1 representative of each of the following academic or educational institutions: AvH, DFG, DSW, German UNESCO Commission, Goethe-Institut, Hochschulverband, Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Deutscher Verband Technisch-Wissenschaftlicher Vereine von Inter Nationes

The general assembly elects two more representatives. The terms of office are 4 years (student representatives 2 years).

The executive board and the secretary general participate in the meetings of the advisory board without the right to vote. The president takes the chair.

The advisory board gives advice to the executive board and is entitled to file petitions and claims in the general assembly.

The advisory board finalizes the budget and verifies the annual accounts.

The members of the advisory board are nominated or elected. Nominated members (27) are: 1 representative of each of the German ministries: Foreign, Interior, Education and Research, Economic Cooperation and Development, Labor and Social Affairs, Economy, Culture; 3 politicians nominated by the Conference of Ministers of Culture (KMK), 5 professors nominated by the Conference of University Rectors (HRK), 3 students of member universities, 1 representative of each of the following academic or educational institutions: AvH, DFG, DSW, German UNESCO Commission, Goethe-Institut, Hochschulverband, Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Deutscher Verband Technisch-Wissenschaftlicher Vereine von Inter Nationes

The general assembly elects two more representatives. The terms of office are 4 years (student representatives 2 years).

The executive board and the secretary general participate in the meetings of the advisory board without the right to vote. The president takes the chair.


DAAD Boards: the Executive Board


The executive board consists of 15 members:

president, vice-president, 9 personalities experienced in foreign relations, 1 representative of the Funding Organization of German Science (Stifterverband) und 3 student representatives.

The students are nominated by the student representatives of the general assembly.

The other members of the executive board are nominated by the advisory board.

All members of the executive board are elected by the general assembly.

The term of office is 4 years (for students 2 years).

The president is chairman of all boards.

The executive board passes its resolutions by majority. Each member of the executive board has 1 vote. In the event of a tied vote the president has the casting vote.

The executive board consists of 15 members:

president, vice-president, 9 personalities experienced in foreign relations, 1 representative of the Funding Organization of German Science (Stifterverband) und 3 student representatives.

The students are nominated by the student representatives of the general assembly.

The other members of the executive board are nominated by the advisory board.

All members of the executive board are elected by the general assembly.

The term of office is 4 years (for students 2 years).

The president is chairman of all boards.

The executive board passes its resolutions by majority. Each member of the executive board has 1 vote. In the event of a tied vote the president has the casting vote.


The Central Office in Bonn


The president establishes a central office headed by a general secretary.

The secretary general leads the running business.

The secretary general represents the organization in court and out of court.

The organization is serving exclusively and directly non-profit-purposes and is therefore entitled to tax relief.

It serves the cultivation of academic relations to foreign countries, fosters spiritually as well as financially the exchange of researchers and students and supports the activities of German universities serving the same purposes.

Full members of the organization are universities which joined the University Rectors´ Conference (HRK) and their student bodies.

The employees of the DAAD are employed and paid according to the principles of the public sector.

The president establishes a central office headed by a general secretary.

The secretary general leads the running business.

The secretary general represents the organization in court and out of court.

The organization is serving exclusively and directly non-profit-purposes and is therefore entitled to tax relief.

It serves the cultivation of academic relations to foreign countries, fosters spiritually as well as financially the exchange of researchers and students and supports the activities of German universities serving the same purposes.

Full members of the organization are universities which joined the University Rectors´ Conference (HRK) and their student bodies.

The employees of the DAAD are employed and paid according to the principles of the public sector.


DAAD Profile Data in 2009

356 mio €

budget

250

programs

140 partner countries

57,500 grantees



DAAD Budget 2009 / Results in 2008

20% students60% graduates, PHD20% staff

250 programs

About 550 professors in 88 selection committees

20% students60% graduates, PHD20% staff

250 programs

About 550 professors in 88 selection committees

Federal Ministry of Education

and Research78 mio € =

22%

Federal Ministry for Economic

Cooperation and

Development30 mio € = 8%

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

171 mio € = 48%

Other sources

27 mio € = 8%EU

50 mio € = 14%

356 mio EUR

Foreigners(DAAD: 36,200)Foreigners(DAAD: 36,200)

Germans(DAAD: 21,300)Germans(DAAD: 21,300)

ERASMUS/LEONARDOgrants for Germans(EU: 30,000)

ERASMUS/LEONARDOgrants for Germans(EU: 30,000)

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Development of DAAD Budget from 1987 to 2010

134,6

101,3

397,3

347,9

303,9

280,6

263,3

247,8

237,5

251,2256,2

238,7

218,8

215,9202,4

189,5184,3187,3

92,890

140

190

240

290

340

390

1987 1988 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009vorl.

2010Soll



Goals and Expenditures of the DAAD in 2009

Educational cooperation with

developing countries

Promoting academic, economic,and democratic development

in developing and reform countries

70 mio €

Internationalisationof German universities

Increasing the international appeal of German universities

and promotingthe international dimension in

German higher education

64 mio €

PromotingGerman Studies and

the German language abroad

Promoting the German language and German Studiesat foreign universities

43 mio €

Scholarshipsfor foreigners

Supporting future foreign elitesat German universities and

research institutes

83 mio €

Scholarships for Germans

Supporting future Germanleaders in their studies and

research abroad (including ERASMUS)

96 mio €



Strategic Areas Based on Financial Sources

BMZ

AA

AA

AA

BMBF

BMBF

Scholarshipsfor Foreigners Scholarships

for Germans Internationalisationof German universities

BMBFBMBF

AA

Promoting German Studies and

the German language abroad

Educational cooperation with developing countries



DAAD Program Areas Financed by theMinistry of Foreign Affairs (2009)

Total Fundingby Ministry of

Foreign Affairs:

171 Mio. €

Sponsorship ofGerman studies /

Germanistik and the German language at universities abroad

31.5 Mio. €

Sponsorship ofGerman studies /

Germanistik and the German language at universities abroad

31.5 Mio. €

Institutional sponsorship by the DAAD

22.4 Mio. €

Institutional sponsorship by the DAAD

22.4 Mio. €


17.3 Mio. €


17.3 Mio. €

Sponsorship offoreign cultural and educational politics

in developing countries

29.1 Mio. €

Sponsorship offoreign cultural and educational politics

in developing countries

29.1 Mio. €

Sponsorship of new generation

of academics from foreign countries

for a study or

research stay in Germany

70.7 Mio. €

Sponsorship of new generation

of academics from foreign countries

for a study or

research stay in Germany

70.7 Mio. €

[Basis: Sollzahlen aus dem WPL 2009, 3. Fassung]



DAAD Programs Financed by the Federal Ministery of Education and Research (2009)

Scholarships for Germans:

56.4 Mio. Euro

BMBF-Specialized Programs:

3.8 Mio. Euro

Marketing: 4.3 Mio. Euro

EU-Programs: 1.9 Mio. Euro

Export of German higher education:

5.3 Mio. Euro

78 Mio.Euro

Internatio-nali-

sationof

German universities

IndividualScholar-

shipsfor

academic elites

[Basis: Sollzahlen aus dem WPL 2009, 3. Fassung]

Internationalisation of research and

teaching: 6.3 Mio. Euro



Marketing6%

Internationalisation of research and teaching

9%

BMBF specialized programs

5%

Export of German Higher Education

8%

EU Programs3%

One-year and semester scholarships

46%

Short-timeScholarships

6%

Group programs (study trips and practical

training) 5%

ISAP, Double Degree10%

Teacher exchange2%

78 Mio.

DAAD Programs Financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (2009)



Development of budgetary posts (Planstellen) and externally funded positions (Projekt-/Drittmittelstellen): 1989 - 2008

268,0309,0 323,5 307,5 304,0 297,5 293,0 289,0 285,0 281,0 277,0 271

36,0

53,086,0 140,0 143,6

246,7 251,4 254,4 264,2 288,0322,5

377,96

1989 1990 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008Projekt-/Drittmittelstellen Planstellen

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The DAAD Network Worldwide



26.596 28.059 29.06531.930 29.412 31.021

33.981 35.290 36.192

20.06320.061 18.703

20.03220.227

20.45721.248 21.202 21.322

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Deutsche Ausländer

Development of Number of Scholarship Holders 2000 - 2008



Origins and Destinations of DAAD Scholarship Holders in 2008

3,051

2,265

1,0533,569

4,95914,082

4,0586,510

1,733

4,220

4,7042,751

1,2323,327

North America

Latin America

Western Europe Central & Eastern

Europe/CIS

Asia/ Australia/ Oceania

Africa/Sub Sahara

North Africa/Middle East

Germans: 21,322Foreigners: 36,192*excluding EU programmes

05/09



“Higher Education Projects Abroad” Funded by the DAAD

Bangkok

Seoul

Santiago de Chile Cape Town

Hanoi

Shanghai

Singapur

Qingdao

Cairo

Kiew

Nowosibirsk

Almaty

AmmanTeheran Suzhou

Sumy

Moscow

Beppu

Rio de Janeiro

Hangzhou

Curitiba

Kolkata

KaunasRiga

Ankara

Antalya

Muscat

Tallinn St. Petersburg

Buenos Aires

Bengaluru

Bischkek

Hefei

Chiang Mai

10.000 Students38 Projects17 Projects in Asia 9 Projects in Eastern Europe 7 Projects in Middle East 4 Projects in Latin America 1 Project in Africa



2.681

3.247

3.527

3.636

3.871

4.538

5.458

5.476

6.018

6.512

6.918

8.408

10.504

11.847

13.028

21.404

25.479

2543

2.810

3.217

3.247

2.635

3.563

5.308

4.726

4.503

3.461

6.247

6.404

10.504

9.502

10.289

6.911

23.983

138

437

310

389

1.236

975

150

750

1.515

3.051

671

2.004

343

2.345

2.739

14.493

1.496

Tunisia

USA

India

Rumänia

Iran, Islam. Rep.

Spain

Cameroon

France

Austria

Italy

Marocco

Ukrania

Bulgaria

Russian Fed.

Poland

Turkey

China

Total

Bildungsausländer

Bildungsinländer

Destination Germany 2008



• Syria

• Indonesia

• Kirghizia

• Azerbaijan

• Panama

• Costa Rica

• Egypt

• Mexico

• Latin America

• Kuwait

• Chile

• Iraq

New Matching Funds Programs with Co-Financing by Governments of Other Countries

Government scholarship holders taken care of by

the DAAD in 2008:

2,135 persons

Government scholarship holders taken care of by

the DAAD in 2008:

2,135 persons



Internationalization of Universities:Marketing Campaigns since 2001

Education Marketing1.256 exhibits at education fairs,

among these 178 big fairsin more than 80 countries

50 Information Centers abroad

Research Marketing90 projects;2008/2009:

60 projects in 21 countries

GATE Seminars for Continuing Education

Testimonial Campaign63 testimonials from 35 countries

02/10

108 workshops and seminars

ECOGERMA: Leitmesse Umwelttechnologien, Sao Paulo, März 2009



DAAD Representatives in the Ukraine 2009/10


Thank you very much for your attention!

For more information see: www.daad.org.ua

Thank you very much for your attention!

For more information see: www.daad.org.ua

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