Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Booklet - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

The central task of the Academy is political education in the spirit
of left political currents in Germany, which includes dealing with
areas of social conflict by means of participatory, emancipatory
and critical education. This does not only entail a diversity of methods
and monitoring educational process while constantly being
aware of what is new, particularly in groups, but also involves the
task of consciously creating educational space. We aim to empower
by enabling the acquisition of knowledge.
The Academy offers courses and training in the form of political
education. It also organises conferences and workshops, and plans
series of events and weekend seminars. Much of the work encompasses
advice and expertise, creating educational materials and
producing publications. The Academy also offers the opportunity
to participate in various networks and projects. Committed art is
also considered a part of political education.
The Academy’s fields of activity include:
n Politics – communication – management and providing
basic adult education for political learning. We participate
in a theoretical discourse on emancipatory political education,
in particular via the discussion group Political Education.
n The Kommunalakademie (Communal Academy) picks up on
the diversity of issues of local politics in basic workshops
and seminars as well as the accompanying publication
series «Crashkurs Kommune». In depth work is done for
example on participatory budget policy, anti-privatisation,
remunicipalisation and urban policy.
n The Jugendbildungswerk (Centre for Youth Education) offers
nationwide events on the basis of promoting projects of
youth education and a network of organisations connected
to the association of foundations. It works with a view to
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