Austausch e.V.

Austausch e.V. Der DRA trägt mit vielfältigen Aktivitäten zur Sicherung und Weiterentwicklung dieser Werte bei.
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Für eine europäische Zivilgesellschaft-For a European civil society: NGO-development, exchange, climate/environmental protection, conflict resolution, education, youth, human rights www.austausch.org Bürgerengagement, Zugang zu Bildung, ein solidarisches Gemeinwesen, unabhängige Medien und die Beteiligung aller Bevölkerungsgruppen an politischen Entscheidungsprozessen gehören zu den Grundvorausset

zungen jeder demokratischen Gesellschaft. Der DRA wurde 1992 in Berlin zur Unterstützung demokratischer Prozesse in Russland gegründet. Heute ist er insbesondere in der Ukraine, Georgien, Belarus und Deutschland aktiv. Gemeinsam mit zahlreichen internationalen Partnern verwirklicht der DRA Projekte zur Stärkung der Zivilgesellschaft und zu den Themen Umwelt, Medien, Bildung, Menschenrechte, ethnische Aussöhnung, Integration. Mit Austauschprogrammen zwischen Ost und West, so für junge Freiwillige, JournalistInnen, Fachkräfte der Sozialarbeit und SchülerInnen, leistet er einen Beitrag zum gesamteuropäischen Dialog.

Trainings for Inclusive Workplace Culture and Disability Inclusion These trainings are designed for companies, employers...
28/05/2026

Trainings for Inclusive Workplace Culture and Disability Inclusion
These trainings are designed for companies, employers, HR professionals, managers, team leaders, recruiters, customer-facing staff, NGOs, social enterprises, and anyone interested in creating more inclusive workplaces and services.

🤝 Why does it matter? Inclusive practices improve not only teamwork and workplace culture, but also communication with customers, clients, and partners. Companies that understand diverse needs create stronger teams, better services, and more welcoming environments for everyone.

Our trainings help participants:
✨ build inclusive and respectful teams
✨ improve communication with people with disabilities and diverse backgrounds
✨ create accessible and welcoming customer experiences
✨ strengthen employee retention and motivation
✨ develop modern leadership and recruitment practices

🛠️ Concrete tools, templates, and 30–90 day action plans for direct implementation in your company
💬 Interactive case studies, peer exchange, and practice-oriented solutions

❇️ Why participate?
✨ Access to motivated and often overlooked talent
✨ Immediately applicable measures for employee recruitment and retention
✨ Greater confidence through non-discriminatory and inclusive business practices
✨ Strengthening your employer attractiveness and company culture

📅 Dates & target groups
🏢 Programme A – for large companies and larger organisations
3 training days | approx. 2 hours per day
08–10 June 2026, 16:00-18:00
🏢 Programme B – for SMEs and smaller organisations
2 training days | approx. 2 hours per day
11–12 June 2026, 16:00-18:00
📍 Venue - Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte
Seminar Room VH 1, Vorderhaus, 1st floor
⚠️ Please note: the venue is not wheelchair accessible.

🌐 Format & languages: In-person workshops with a maximum of 15 participants per group. Languages: German / English / Ukrainian

🫂 Trainer: Iryna Fedorovych – internationally experienced programme developer and trainer in disability inclusion, accessible business practices, and responsible business conduct.

Participation is free, register now https://tally.so/r/2E1ldL
❇️ Contact / short briefing in advance: Contact person for questions and 10–15 minute briefings: Irina Bukharkina - [email protected]

Organised by Austausch e.V. and INKuLtur (Germany) with the support of Berliner Sparkasse. This event is organised within the framework of the project “It’s Ability! – Fostering the Integration of Caregivers for Persons with Disabilities among Ukrainian Refugees in Germany, Poland, and Lithuania.”
It is part of the Social Innovation+ Initiative funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Social Fund Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Russia continues to cause damage not only to Ukrainian cities and infrastructure - but also to the environment. On May 8...
25/05/2026

Russia continues to cause damage not only to Ukrainian cities and infrastructure - but also to the environment. On May 8, sunflower oil pollution - caused by a Russian strike on the port infrastructure of Chornomorsk on April 26 - reached the coastline of Tuzlivski Estuaries National Nature Park.

Park staff reported that oil was washed onto sandy spits and protected areas. These are the very places where hundreds of migratory bird species stop to rest. Rare species make their home here - and in recent years, pink flamingos began nesting in the Tuzlivski Estuaries for the first time in Ukraine.

For many, this is just a stretch of coastline on the map of Odesa Oblast. In reality, it is a unique natural territory that deserves protection.

Sadly, the destruction of protected areas has become a systemic problem of this war. Since the full-scale invasion began, nature reserves have regularly suffered from fires, water pollution, ecosystem destruction, and the fallout from attacks on critical infrastructure.

For places like this, recovery cannot wait until the war is over. The more we invest in their protection now, the greater the chance of saving these ecosystems from irreversible loss.

This is why we support local initiatives working toward the long-term protection of vulnerable ecosystems.

One of the projects that received our grant support through Resilient Roots and GreenRoots Hub is focused on restoring protective forest belts around Tuzlivski Estuaries National Nature Park. It will create a natural barrier that helps reduce agricultural chemical runoff into waterways, provides habitat for birds, insects, and small mammals, and strengthens the area's resilience to climate change.

We are glad we could support this initiative. Stories like this serve as a reminder of why investing in environmental protection during wartime is a necessity - not an option.

The more local initiatives work to preserve vulnerable ecosystems right now, the greater the chance of keeping these territories alive for future generations. 🌿

22/05/2026

What does it mean to rebuild your life while caring for someone else? Natalia and Anastasiia are doing exactly that. After fleeing the war in Ukraine, they are building new lives in Berlin while caring for their children with disabilities. Their stories speak of strength, responsibility, and everyday resilience - often unseen.

This video is part of our awareness raising campaign on Ukrainian refugee caregivers across Europe.

Safety is not enough. Real integration means access to support, clear information, and systems that work - so that no family has to navigate this alone.

This video was created by Austausch e.V. as part of the INKuLtur-programme (Berlin), Lietuvos negalios organizacijų forumas, the Polskie Forum Osób z Niepełnosprawnościami Polish Forum for People with Disabilities within the framework of the project "It’s Ability!". The project is part of the Social Innovation+ Initiative funded by the European Union.

The views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union.
The European Union cannot be held responsible for them.

🎤 Meet the Moderator: Oleksandra Bienert Oleksandra ist eine ukrainische Historikerin, Fotografin und Menschenrechtsakti...
19/05/2026

🎤 Meet the Moderator: Oleksandra Bienert

Oleksandra ist eine ukrainische Historikerin, Fotografin und Menschenrechtsaktivistin aus Tscherniwzi (Ukraine), die seit vielen Jahren in Berlin lebt und arbeitet. Sie leitet CineMova Ukrainian Empowerment Network e.V. — eine Organisation, die sich mit politischer Bildung zu Antidiskriminierung, der Geschichte der ukrainischen Migration nach Deutschland und der politischen Teilhabe von Menschen mit Migrationsgeschichte befasst. Darüber hinaus ist sie Mitglied des Berliner Landesbeirats für Partizipation und schreibt ihre Dissertation über Frauen aus der Ukraine im Berlin der 1920er Jahre. Für ihren langjährigen Beitrag zur Entwicklung der deutsch-ukrainischen Beziehungen wurde sie mit dem Verdienstorden des Landes Berlin (2022) und der Pankower Bezirksmedaille (2024) ausgezeichnet.

Gemeinsam mit Oleksandra gestalten wir unsere zweitägige Veranstaltung: „Flucht, Behinderung und Pflege: Bedürfnisse, Herausforderungen und politische Prioritäten für Deutschland und Polen".

📅 28. Mai, 17:00–19:00 Uhr — Podiumsdiskussion
📅 29. Mai, 10:00–13:00 Uhr — Fachgespräch
📍 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Hiroshimastraße 28 (Haus 2), Berlin

Die Podiumsdiskussion bringt Vertreter:innen aus Politik, Praxis, Wissenschaft und Zivilgesellschaft zusammen, um konkrete Lösungsansätze zu erarbeiten. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Studie „Unsichtbare Pflege, ungedeckte Bedürfnisse: Die Situation ukrainischer Betreuungspersonen von Menschen mit Behinderungen in der EU". Am darauffolgenden Tag bietet das Fachgespräch Raum für die Entwicklung gemeinsamer nächster Schritte und die Stärkung der Interessenvertretung von geflüchteten Menschen mit Behinderungen.

✅ Eine Anmeldung ist erforderlich: https://forms.gle/VURbZxDJjuYbZAZi9

Diese Veranstaltungen werden von Austausch e.V. im Rahmen des INKuLtur-Programms, der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Warszawa Polskie Forum Osób z Niepełnosprawnościami Polinischen Forum für Menschen mit Behinderungen im Rahmen des Projekts „It’s Ability!“ organisiert und durch Europäische Union sowie Stiftung für deutsch-polnische Zusammenarbeit finanziert.
Das Projekt ist Teil der Initiative Social Innovation+, die von der Europäischen Union finanziert wird.

"Gedenken muss nicht still sein" – "Remembrance must not be silent."Last week's EVZ HISTODAY EVZ Foundation in Berlin (7...
18/05/2026

"Gedenken muss nicht still sein" – "Remembrance must not be silent."

Last week's EVZ HISTODAY EVZ Foundation in Berlin (7–8 May 2026) brought together participants from 15 countries to ask how memory work can stay alive – and democratic – in times of war and polarisation.

The Austausch e.V. Team presented our trilateral project Remembrance In Dialogue, implemented together with NGO Інша Освіта / Insha Osvita and Fundacja Zapomniane, in which we worked on developing a safe space for Polish, Ukrainian, and German experts to navigate difficult, sometimes diverging histories with care and respect. Our joint trip to Ivano-Frankivsk was a strong reminder of what becomes possible when memory is approached as a shared, fragile practice.

We shared the slot with Associate Professor Antal Attila from Hungary, who walked us through how the politics of memory has transformed in Hungary over time. Adding a Hungarian layer was both rewarding and challenging, especially in light of the Orbán government's instrumentalisation of historical narratives. Yet that complexity is exactly what these conversations need.

Across 30 sessions, HISTODAY ranged from "Holocaust in 60 seconds" on TikTok to remembrance under Russia's war against Ukraine, public history in business, marginalised voices, and the memory of Jewish resistance in WWII.

Many thanks to the Stiftung EVZ for the project support and the brilliant gathering.

25 years of the Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft (EVZ) – KEINE ZEIT ZU VERGESSEN.

13/05/2026

Strengthen your team with resilient, skilled talent
World Café, 22 May 2026, 10:00–13:00

Looking to strengthen your team with resilient, skilled talent? Join our World Café to meet Ukrainian caregivers of people with disabilities — a motivated, often overlooked workforce who arrived in Germany after the full-scale invasion.

⏰When: 22 May 2026, 10:00–13:00
📍Where: Robert-Havemann-Saal, House for Democracy & Human Rights, Greifswalder Str. 4, Berlin

Why attend:
· Direct access to well-qualified professionals with strong problem-solving, time-management, multitasking and social-emotional skills.
· Business value: reliable, adaptable staff who perform well under pressure — suited for operational, service and people-facing roles.
· Quick, practical format to explore internships, flexible roles, hiring pilots or tailored placements.
· Note: collaboration works best with employer openness to flexible scheduling and trauma-sensitive, inclusive onboarding.

Format & support
· Guided World Café table rotations focused on needs-matching and concrete next steps.
· On-site German↔️Ukrainian interpretation available.

Agenda (10:00–13:00)
· Registration & coffee; short project overview
· Three guided rounds (role fit, onboarding & support, pilot/hiring options)
· Action planning: matches & follow-up steps; 1:1 conversations

Please confirm your participation when registering:
Registration link https://tally.so/r/q4orK5

If you have any questions regarding the event, feel free to contact Irina Bukharkina at [email protected]. Irina is also available for a 10–15 min call if you’d like a briefing before the event.

See you at the World Café on May 22!

13/05/2026

Strengthen your team with resilient, skilled talent
World Café, 22 May 2026, 10:00–13:00

Looking to strengthen your team with resilient, skilled talent? Join our World Café to meet Ukrainian caregivers of people with disabilities — a motivated, often overlooked workforce who arrived in Germany after the full-scale invasion.

⏰When: 22 May 2026, 10:00–13:00
📍Where: Robert-Havemann-Saal, House for Democracy & Human Rights, Greifswalder Str. 4, Berlin

Why attend:
· Direct access to well-qualified professionals with strong problem-solving, time-management, multitasking and social-emotional skills.
· Business value: reliable, adaptable staff who perform well under pressure — suited for operational, service and people-facing roles.
· Quick, practical format to explore internships, flexible roles, hiring pilots or tailored placements.
· Note: collaboration works best with employer openness to flexible scheduling and trauma-sensitive, inclusive onboarding.

Format & support
· Guided World Café table rotations focused on needs-matching and concrete next steps.
· On-site German↔️Ukrainian interpretation available.

Agenda (10:00–13:00)
· Registration & coffee; short project overview
· Three guided rounds (role fit, onboarding & support, pilot/hiring options)
· Action planning: matches & follow-up steps; 1:1 conversations

Please confirm your participation when registering:
Registration link https://tally.so/r/q4orK5

If you have any questions regarding the event, feel free to contact Irina Bukharkina at [email protected]. Irina is also available for a 10–15 min call if you’d like a briefing before the event.
See you at the World Café on May 22!

This event is organised within the framework of the project “It’s Ability! – Fostering the Integration of Caregivers for Persons with Disabilities among Ukrainian Refugees in Germany, Poland, and Lithuania” (project short name: It’s Ability!). It is part of the Social Innovation+ Initiative funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Social Fund Agency. Neither the European Union nor the Granting Authority can be held responsible for them.

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