International Academy Berlin for Innovative Pedagogy, Psychology and Economics gGmbH (INA)
STATEMENT
The Internationale Akademie Berlin für innovative Pädagogik, Psychologie und Ökonomie gGmbH stands for peace and security in the world.
These days we reflect on the past year and express our solidarity here and now with people worldwide who are affected by war, displacement and flight.
Given our geographical proximity, we were particularly affected by two military conflicts.
We condemn in the strongest possible terms the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, which has now been going on for 22 months, and call for an immediate end to the violence.
Furthermore, we are appalled by the cruel attacks by Hamas on Israel, which have affected children, young people, families and people in every way, and we condemn this. We also condemn and demand an immediate stop to the violence against children, young people, families and people in Gaza.
Our thoughts are with the innocent victims and their families in all wars around the world, and we are committed to finding just and lasting peace solutions.
It is important to the employees of INA gGmbH that we are committed to a world We want to strengthen a world in which peace and compassion prevail and in which we condemn any kind of military conflict.
The Internationale Akademie Berlin für innovative Pädagogik, Psychologie und Ökonomie gGmbH stands for peace and security in the world.
These days we are reflecting on the past year and expressing our solidarity here and now with people worldwide who are affected by war, displacement and flight.
Given our geographical proximity, two military conflicts have particularly affected us.
We condemn in the strongest possible terms the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, which has now been going on for 22 months, and call for an immediate end to the violence.
Furthermore, we are appalled by the cruel attacks by Hamas on Israel, which have affected children, young people, families and people in every way, and we condemn this. We also condemn and demand an immediate end to the violence against children, young people, families and people in Gaza.
Our thoughts are with the innocent victims and their families in all wars around the world, and we are committed to just and lasting peace solutions.
It is important to the employees of INA gGmbH that we stand up for a world in which peace and compassion prevail and in which we condemn any kind of military conflict.
Central points
Who we are
The International Academy Berlin (INA) for Innovative Pedagogy, Psychology and Economics is a non-profit organisation that has been carrying out development, practical and research projects as well as further education and training since 1996. It works nationally and internationally on the development of an interdisciplinary discourse between education, psychology and economics.
INA's central concern is the realisation of interdisciplinary cooperation in education, research and practice development with reference to scientific findings on key social problems and participation in changes to the education system from kindergarten to university. Through communication and co-operation across the boundaries of disciplines and national specialist traditions, it promotes free scientific discourse, co-construction and knowledge transfer on an equal footing.
It initiates innovative projects and developments. With its mission statement "Science in the service of people", it is guided by the principles of concepts such as lifelong learning, social entrepreneurship, empowerment, diversity competence and – most importantly – the situational approach.
It is a member of the Paritätische Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin and a signatory to the Diversity Charter.
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Services to people
Education
Counselling and process support
In the area of professional counselling and support, INA gGmbH is broadly positioned in accordance with its interdisciplinarity and the diversity of the institutes. Working as a team enables us to combine different formats of professional communication.
Training, specialist and policy advice achieve the needs- and resource-orientated transfer or training of skills and abilities, methodological or content-related know-how.
Process support includes professional communication formats such as coaching, supervision, mediation, moderation and evaluation.
Research and development
INA gGmbH is committed to the generally recognised standards of scientific work in compliance with the ethical standards of (social) research. It is recognised by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and in the course of this has recognised the DFG's recommendations for safeguarding good scientific practice, as developed by the commission "Self-regulation in science" in 1997 and subsequently adopted by all scientific institutions. The INA is a member of the German Society for Evaluation (DeGEval), the renowned association for scientific and internationally active organisations and institutions in Germany.
What sets us apart
INA in facts and figures
Our Songs for Rights workshop took place in Berlin from 18 to 22 July 2022. Over the course of 5 days, we intensively
"Young Climate Action for World Heritage" is an educational project of the Institute Heritage Studies and the German Commission for UNESCO. It combines in an innovative way
(2019 – 2021) The project "INCLUSION! Actions across boundaries" seeks to raise awareness of young people of the subject inclusion. The current
(2018 – 2020) The project FAKE OFF! is an Erasmus+ project funded by the European Union. The aim of the project is
(2018 – 2020) Short description The overall goal of the project was to develop, implement, and test the "Welcomeship" model" – a
The Institute for Qualitative Research regularly offers workshops on qualitative social research. The programme includes workshops on ethnography, the documentary method, the
FQS is an online journal for qualitative social research. Since its launch in 2000, over 2,100 articles have been published by authors from all over the world. All
Every summer, around 500 people accept the IQF's invitation to take part in the BMT, the largest German-language
In this project, pupils and teachers from UNESCO project schools in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Denmark explored their cross-border World Heritage sites. In
50 years of the World Heritage Convention: Shared responsibility – conflict and reconciliation
This project marks the 50th anniversary of the most successful international convention for the protection of the heritage of mankind – the World Heritage Convention,
Since 2016, we, Audrey Hoffmann (Managing Director of INA gGmbH, coach and active in adult education for over 25 years) and Ines
(since 2016) Since autumn 2016, we have been conducting external evaluations in the Elbkinder Vereinigung Hamburger Kitas daycare centres in accordance with QuaSi on the quality promises
(2020 – 2025) Together with the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk e. V., the Kinderwelten/ISTA specialist unit will form the "Competence Network for Early Childhood Education and Education at Primary Level" from 1 January 2020.
(as of 2020) The KiDs counselling centre is aimed at all children in Berlin aged 0 to 12 who have experienced discrimination(s).
In June 2018, the City of Cologne launched a "quality offensive" in all municipal daycare centres and commissioned the ISTA's Quality Development & Evaluation department with this task.
