Networks and Partner

The USable Transatlantic Idea Competition plays an active role in various networks and discussion groups:The Körber Foundation cooperates with several foundations and NGOs on both sides of the Atlantic. The main goal is to take advantage of synergies and to offer a transparent additional promotion for the USable prizewinners.

• BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
  BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt • 14th Transatlantic Forum
   
  The cooperation with the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt refers to the Transatlantic Forum. USable Prizewinner Daniel Pichert (fairdo.net) participated at the 14th Forum in Toronto and Wasan Island, Canada, in 2009.
  The BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt uses its funds primarily to carry out its own programs. In addition to international conferences and workshops on current affairs, it organizes mostly Young Leaders forums, ideas and project competitions as well as fellowship and support programs four young leaders in business, politics, administration, science, arts, the media and the third sector. These forums and programs aim to promote, develop and initiate sustainable and effective forms of non-profit and public engagement. The Foundation also enters into long-term operational sponsoring partnerships with private or public organizations, provided that the latter pursue goals similar to those of the Foundation.
   
• "Round Table USA" of Transatlantic Institutions in Germany
  www.runder-tisch-usa.de
   
  "Round Table USA" is an initiative incorporating some 30 major transatlantic institutions, including private and political foundations as well as federal and state representatives. It convenes on a regular basis to discuss themes of transatlantic cultural cooperation.
  Conferences organized in Germany and the U.S. by the members of the Round Table bring together German and American experts to discuss current transatlantic issues with the aim of promoting sustainable and personal exchange between our two cultures.
   
• New Traditions Network initiated by the U.S. Embassy in Germany
  www.newtraditions.de
   
  The New Traditions Network is a dynamic group of political, academic and cultural institutions, foundations, and corporations in Germany and the U.S. that combine efforts to promote transatlantic dialog. The network offers its members a common forum that aims to create new modes of exchange and partnership as well as new techniques for transatlantic coordination and cooperation.
   
• Positive Peer Culture Network
  Positive Peerkultur
  
  Positive Peer Culture (PPC) methods developed in the U.S. in the field of educational sciences are exacting a paradigm shift in work with children and teenagers: delinquent children and teenagers and youths displaying behavioral disorders can assume responsibility for and contribute to solving their own problems. PPC focuses on peer groups in establishing discussion groups where youths can acquire social skills. The "Positive Peer Culture Network" is a circle of German children's and youth institutions and educational experts that aim to create opportunities for sharing experiences and for the further development of Positive Peer Culture in Germany.