http://www.siemens-stiftung.org/ Presse de http://www.siemens-stiftung.org/typo3conf/ext/tt_news/ext_icon.gif http://www.siemens-stiftung.org/ 18 16 Presse TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:28:00 +0200 http://www.siemens-stiftung.org/en/press-news/press-release/article/Siemens-Stiftung-Annual-Report-2011.html?no_cache=1&cHash=e314371e3b2994233b82765b33291792 In its third business year, network-oriented cooperation was the watchword at the Siemens Stiftung. Read the Annual Report for more details.]]> Foundation Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:43:00 +0200 http://www.siemens-stiftung.org/en/press-news/press-release/article/A-good-education-the-foundation-for-sustainable-rural-development-in-Colombia.html?no_cache=1&cHash=64817161d80f04f1098d2c62e50da11a In the east of the Antioquia department in Colombia, the Siemens Stiftung is involved in the... At the Technical College for Fruit Growing and Horticulture young people are trained to become young agricultural entrepreneurs and agricultural consultants. The course program is certified by the Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA) and imparts agricultural knowledge for modern, environmentally compatible cultivation methods in fruit growing, organizational skills, marketing know-how and commercial expertise to open up attractive career paths and promising prospects for the young people as agricultural entrepreneurs and consultants in the region. Alongside the technical know-how, the course also covers social skills such as community work. The young people have set themselves a special challenge of setting up a self-supporting social enterprise which provides consulting services for agriculture in the region. With the foundation of the "Asociación LIDERA" the young people have taken the first step toward tackling this difficult task. The young people's enterprise will be continued, with the ongoing support of the Fundación el Cinco, primarily in the areas of strategy, design, logistics and implementation of marketing plans.]]> Basic Needs & Social Entrepreneurship Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:27:00 +0200 http://www.siemens-stiftung.org/en/press-news/press-release/article/Siemens-Stiftung-zeichnet-Gewinner-des-Schuelerwettbewerbs-2012-aus-1.html?no_cache=1&cHash=29fdb1fc4395c206f640b34ab0f85b39 In the Siemens Stiftung Student Competition in Math, Science and Technology, Tobias Pickert and... About the student competition
The annual Siemens Stiftung student competition in math, science and technology is open to upper-level secondary school students in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and at German schools elsewhere in Europe. The competition gives the young students an opportunity to become actively involved in current social policy challenges. The Siemens Stiftung has partnered with the esteemed universities RWTH Aachen, TU Berlin and TU Munich to ensure the scientific quality of project submissions. Another key concern is that the partici-pants receive long-term support. The Siemens Stiftung helps the talented young students define their own future through earmarked prize money, infor-mation seminars at the partner universities and tutors who provide individual college counseling. As of 2011, the Siemens Stiftung student competition is also a member of Germany’s National Consortium of Student Competitions (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der bundesweiten Schülerwettbewerbe).

The jurors of this year’s student competition were Prof. Dr. Armin Schnettler (RWTH Aachen), Prof. Dr. André Bardow (RWTH Aachen), Prof. Dr. Martina Ziefle (RWTH Aachen) Prof. Dr. Frank Behrendt (TU Berlin), Prof. Dr. Susanne Rotter (TU Berlin), Prof. Dr. Dr. Martina Schaefer (TU Berlin), Prof. Dr. Oliver Junge (TU Muenchen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Nerdel (TU Muenchen), Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schreiber (TU Muenchen), Dr. Jeanne Rubner (Bayerischer Rundfunk).


ENCOURAGE. empowering people. The Siemens Stiftung seeks to empower people to actively address today’s social challenges and is dedicated to the values held by Werner von Siemens. Together with its partners, the foundation designs and implements local and international projects with the aim of promot-ing individual responsibility and personal initiative. It is active in the areas of expanding basic services and social entrepreneurship, promoting education, and strengthening culture. The Siemens Stiftung pursues an integrative approach and stands for responsible, impact-oriented, and innovative project work. The foundation was established in 2008 and cooperates with the other six Siemens foundations established by the company in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany and the U.S. The project work of the foundation is concentrated on the focus regions Africa, Latin America and Germany/Europe.]]> Education Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:27:00 +0200 http://www.siemens-stiftung.org/en/press-news/press-release/article/World-Water-Day-The-Siemens-Stiftung-and-its-partners-join-forces-to-build-additional-water-kiosks.html?no_cache=1&cHash=e050ebdab41897ee750f01a8157df06d There are still some 780 million people without access to clean drinking water. Much has been... Here you find the joint monitoring programs: 2012 progress report ]]> Basic Needs & Social Entrepreneurship Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:07:00 +0100 http://www.siemens-stiftung.org/en/press-news/press-release/article/Dual-distinction-for-Siemens-Stiftungs-educational-efforts.html?no_cache=1&cHash=235fd9111bcfac396565b88b716a7fb2 The Siemens Stiftung media portal, which provides digital teaching materials to help educators with...
Media portal supports education for sustainable development The Siemens Stiftung media portal has once again been recognized by the German UNESCO Commission as a project of the “Education for Sustainable Development” World Decade for 2012/13. The free online platform currently offers over 3,000 materials for teaching basic science and technology and addressing social, ecological, and cultural issues. The international media portal promotes global learning – a shining example of the objectives of the United Nations global educational initiative. The online portal was already an official entry of the UN Decade in 2010/2011. The jury acknowledged the project as an impressive example of forward-looking education offering a clear picture of how people can act sustainably. The UN Decade “Education for Sustainable Development” is a global educational initiative. The United Nations member states proclaimed the decade for 2005 through 2014, thereby committing to incorporate the concepts of sustainable development into their educational systems. The certificates will be presented during the UNESCO Day ceremonies at the didacta trade show in Hanover on February 15, 2012. The media portal and its teaching materials were first honored as highly recommended for educational use at the international MEDEA Awards in November 2011. Click here to go to UN Decade “Education for Sustainable Development” 

KIKUS helps promote Germany’s future viability The competition “365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas” has demonstrated the shared commitment of the Siemens Stiftung and zkm when it comes to promoting language instruction in young children. The partnership focuses on spreading the KIKUS language development method for children of various backgrounds ages three and up. The KIKUS method was developed by zkm. The jury honored the project with the title of “Selected Landmark 2012” in the Land of Ideas. The nation-branding initiative “Germany – Land of Ideas”, under the patronage of the German President and in cooperation with Deutsche Bank, honors 365 innovative and influential ideas each year that generate passion and have a lasting impact on the future viability of Germany. Even amid a competitive field of over 2,000 submissions, the KIKUS language development partnership greatly impressed the independent jury. The official awards ceremony will take place on September 25 on the occasion of zkm’s tenth anniversary. On this day, KIKUS will be the “selected landmark 2012.” Click here to go to “365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas” 


ENCOURAGE. empowering people. The Siemens Stiftung wants to empower people to actively address today’s social challenges and is dedicated to the values of Werner von Siemens. Together with partners, the foundation designs and implements local and international projects with the aim of promoting individual responsibility and self-initiative. The foundation is committed to enlarging basic services and social entrepreneurship, promoting education and strengthening of culture. The Siemens Stiftung pursues an integrative approach and stands for responsible, impact-oriented and innovative project work. 


]]> Education Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:05:00 +0100 http://www.siemens-stiftung.org/en/press-news/press-release/article/IRENE-I-SEE-International-Research-Network-on-Social-Economic-Empowerment-1.html?no_cache=1&cHash=0dfe451bd243a3194209a4ea5782e1d8 Seminar on “Social Entrepreneurship” at Zeppelin University, spring 2012 From January, 24 to May, 9 2012, a spring Master’s seminar on the topic of “Social Entrepreneurship” will be held at the Institute of Corporate Management & Economics at Zeppelin University. The seminar will be led by Prof. Stephan A. Jansen, Dr. Lisa Hanley, Aline Wachner and Rieke Schües. The seminar will be taught as a ring seminar and is a discussion-based course. The students begin by drawing up an overview of social business activities in Germany and of the development of social entrepreneurship in an international context. They follow this by extending these social business concepts to include the two research programs that are currently running at Zeppelin University: Mercator German Research Network on Social Entrepreneurship and IRENE I SEE.  The seminar was held in the English language. ]]> Basic Needs & Social Entrepreneurship Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:23:00 +0100 http://www.siemens-stiftung.org/en/press-news/press-release/article/IRENE-I-SEE-International-Research-Network-on-Social-Economic-Empowerment-3.html?no_cache=1&cHash=edee75df578889c3f4d1aa2ada2f5d83 Expert Talk at Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen on January, 20 2012 At Zeppelin University’s public ‘Research Day’, which took place on January, 20 2012, an interested audience heard IRENE I SEE student Aline Wachner present her doctoral project, which is funded by the Siemens Stiftung as part of IRENE I SEE. The introduction was given by Prof. Stephan A. Jansen, the President and Managing Director of Zeppelin University. He spoke about the IRENE I SEE program, which has been founded as an initiative of the Siemens Stiftung and is managed and coordinated by the Zeppelin University.  The IRENE I SEE research program started last year with selected African and Latin American universities where the doctoral studies on particular issues of “Social Economic Empowerment” and Social Entrepreneurship of promising PhD candidates are funded. He was followed by Dr. Lisa Hanley, a postdoc member of the academic staff at Zeppelin University and science manager for IRENE I SEE, who introduced the general background, the core questions and the objectives of this project. She also described where IRENE I SEE stands in relation to the ‘Encourage. Empowering People’ program of the Siemens Stiftung and explained how IRENE I SEE represents an equally concrete contribution to scientific education. After Dr. Hanley’s contribution, Aline Wachner – incorporating the latest international research – presented her doctoral project with the title “From Accountability to Social Economic Empowerment: Locating Social Entrepreneurship in the Global South”. She demonstrated how the process of accountability and the pattern of responsibilities within a social enterprise differ from those in a purely market-oriented business. The central question of her research is: “Does the market-orientation of social businesses really increase their downward accountability?” After her presentation, Aline Wachner discussed her theses with the audience.  The event was held in the English language. ]]> Basic Needs & Social Entrepreneurship Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:59:00 +0100 http://www.siemens-stiftung.org/en/press-news/press-release/article/Language-learning-software-experiments-and-content-packages-for-interactive-whiteboards.html?no_cache=1&cHash=ec27103d78a55f38a03a8304933ca778 didacta 2012: Siemens Stiftung expands portfolio for teachers – in Hall 16, D19
The Siemens Stiftung believes that language is the key to academic success – with a focus on the STEM subjects from kindergarten to graduation. The foundation’s educational projects support teachers with language-learning programs, online teaching materials, innovative teaching methods that enable students to discover scientific phenomena, and advanced teacher training opportunities.

KIKUS digital: interactive language-learning software for primary schools
(available in German language only) At didacta, the Siemens Stiftung will present the language development method KIKUS (“Children in Cultures and Languages”), evolved by the Zentrum für kindliche Mehrsprachigkeit e.V. (“Center for Multilingualism for Children”), in its new interactive format for whiteboard or PC. The application is available for free download from the Siemens Stiftung media portal. KIKUS digital is targeted at primary school instructors and language schools. The aim is to expand, vary, and modernize language instruction. KIKUS digital – available as an online or offline Windows application – makes language-learning fun with its playful approach to vocabulary training, sentence construction, and exercises for word formation and articles. The idea is to create a level playing field, promote intercultural understanding, and achieve integration. Digital picture cards make it possible to tailor the language instruction to each individual child, so that even children with a lesser command of the language of instruction can be actively involved and make progress. KIKUS digital is based on the tried and tested KIKUS teaching materials that help preschool and primary school children learn a first or second language.

Experimento – discover, explore, explain The media portal also offers digital instructions for experiments and other materials such as worksheets and information sheets for the new Experimento project. The underlying concept of Experimento is that children best understand scientific phenomena through independent, discovery-oriented learning. Experimento encompasses a diverse, curriculum-oriented selection of experiments on the subjects of energy, the environment, and healthcare for the age groups 4–7, 8–12, and 10–18. Experimento encompasses step-by-step instructions and three experiment kits that build upon one another as well as teacher training. This part of the project is currently in the pilot phase in Chile and South Africa.

Media portal – register, download, use The Siemens Stiftung media portal helps teachers prepare and present their lessons with over 3,000 teaching materials on scientific, technical, social, and cultural topics. At didacta, the media portal will present not only KIKUS digital and Experimento but a variety of content packages for interactive whiteboards designed for science instruction in primary and secondary schools. The child-friendly layout offers tips for teaching science and technology in primary schools, with topics such as globalization, nutrition, optical phenomena, and stochastics. For secondary schools, media and content packages for interactive whiteboards have been developed for topics such as the cycle of water and renewable energies. The media portal content has been developed by educators for educators in a well-organized, modular structure. The media can be customized to fit your own teaching approach and are adaptable to various age groups and academic subjects. Go directly to the media portal of the Siemens Stiftung

Presentation and live sessions at Siemens Stiftung booth (Hall 16, D19) KIKUS digital: Dr. Edgardis Garlin, who developed the KIKUS method, will outline how modern media can help systematically support language proficiency in a presentation to be held in the Convention Center on February 16 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Primary school teachers can also attend daily live demonstrations at the Siemens Stiftung booth, where they’ll learn how to use KIKUS digital on the computer or whiteboard. Experimento: Selected chemistry and physics experiments for grades 9–12 will be performed live each day. Media portal: Hands-on whiteboard workshops with selected content packages for primary and secondary schools will be held all day, every day.
The presentation and live sessions are in German language.


ENCOURAGE. empowering people. The Siemens Stiftung wants to empower people to actively address today’s social challenges and is dedicated to the values of Werner von Siemens. Together with partners, the foundation designs and implements local and international projects with the aim of promoting individual responsibility and self-initiative. The foundation is committed to enlarging basic services and social entrepreneurship, promoting education and strengthening of culture. The Siemens Stiftung pursues an integrative approach and stands for responsible, impact-oriented and innovative project work. 

]]> Education Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:33:00 +0100 http://www.siemens-stiftung.org/en/press-news/press-release/article/WUNDER-Kunst-Religion-und-Wissenschaft-vom-4-Jahrhundert-bis-zur-Gegenwart-1.html?no_cache=1&cHash=2b4c75b1823a6c75eefeb34dddce5291 Exhibition starting March 4, 2012 at the Kunsthalle Krems Saturday, March 3, 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Exhibition runs from March 4, 2012 to July 1, 2012, 10:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily Kunsthalle Krems
Franz-Zeller-Platz 3
A - 3500 Krems The exhibition is curated by the Praxis für Ausstellungen und Theorie [Hürlimann | Lepp | Tyradellis], Berlin.]]> Culture Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:11:00 +0100 http://www.siemens-stiftung.org/en/press-news/press-release/article/Challenge-on-Inclusive-Business-Innovation-an-ideas-competition-for-innovative-business-models-fo.html?no_cache=1&cHash=4b833270b26e92297dca2092839e081f As a partner of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation & Development, the Siemens Stiftung... www.g20challenge.com. A jury made up of representatives from the G20 member states, international organizations, the private sector and the sciences will select up to 15 winners who will be showcased during the next G20 Summit in Mexico in 2012. In the regional workshops to be held later, the entrepreneurs will be able to exchange experiences, meet relevant stakeholders, find new partners and together learn how to transfer their business models to other markets. An important aspect of this is that the entrepreneurial approaches make an effective contribution to social and economic inclusion. Ulrike Wahl, Chief Operating Officer for the Siemens Stiftung: "The G20 Challenge on Inclusive Business Innovation provides an effective stimulus both to economic development and to strengthening social structures. In its project work the Siemens Foundation supports socio-entrepreneurial approaches which aim to provide scalability for innovative models. Our main concern is to maximize the ‘community impact’, in other words to improve the overall quality of life; we want above all to incorporate this experience into the design and content of the regional workshops". As co-facilitator of the G20 development pillars, the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation & Development is now also taking on a leading international role in promoting inclusive business models. In the G20 Challenge, the Siemens Stiftung is working hand in hand with the BMZ on the workshops for the winners which will last several days and take place after the competition.  ENCOURAGE. empowering people. The Siemens Stiftung wants to empower people to actively address the social challenges of today and thereby refers ideally to the values of Werner von Siemens. Together with cooperation partners, the foundation designs and implements local and international projects with the aim to promote individual responsibility and self-initiative. The Foundation is committed to enlarging basic services and social entrepreneurship, promoting education and strengthening of culture. The Siemens Stiftung pursues an integrative approach and stands for responsible, impact-oriented and innovative project work.]]> Basic Needs & Social Entrepreneurship Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:16:00 +0100