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CMG-AF launches its new website. Currently, the page is only available in English. German and French translations will follow.
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Canada Meets Germany
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Transatlantic Forum for Young Leaders |
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The German-Canadian leadership program Canada Meets Germany – a forum for young leaders (CMG) is an interdisciplinary network for young leaders and future innovators from Canada and Germany. The aim of CMG is to establish a solid and lasting foundation for dialogue between the two countries in order to promote mutual understanding on a societal level.
CMG provides a framework for young, dedicated people from a variety of fields including business, politics, academia, science, culture, and the media to meet and exchange ideas. United by their mutual interest in strengthening Canadian-German relations and contributing towards bilateral exchange, they actively support the network through their own personal activities and projects.
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The highlight of the program is the annual study tour. Each year six German and six Canadian young leaders from various professional fields are joining the forum. The first contact with the network will be the participation in two consecutive study tours to Germany and Canada on an alternating basis. The returning young leaders will complete their second tour with the newly selected young leaders and join the ever-growing list of alumni. The intention of this overlapping of "generations" of young leaders is to constantly have an influx of fresh stimulation and ideas for discussion.
On their trip the CMG members will meet decision makers from politics, business, science, media, academia, technology and culture to engage in a bilateral dialogue and on all societal levels. As a result the participants develop their network of personal and professional links and form friendships across the Atlantic.
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The concept of the CMG leadership forum is based on an initiative by the Embassy of Canada to Germany in Berlin. In April 2002, Canada's then Ambassador, Marie Bernard-Meunier approached Atlantik-Brücke Germany to discuss the potential for a new young professional exchange program between Canada and Germany. Supported by funding from the Canadian Embassy and recruitment by Atlantik-Brücke Germany and the Foundation for the Study of Government Processes in Canada, six German "young leaders" met six Canadian "young leaders" in Canada in October 2002 to discuss the potential for the German Canadian Young Leaders Forum building the basis for the CMG Study Tour concept.
Inspired by their fruitful disucssions on their tour the young leaders developed an approach for a long-term program. Based on this roadmap the German Embassy to Canada in Ottawa and the Canadian Embassy applied for funding from the European Recovery Program (ERP). The Foundation and the Canadian Embassy indentified the institute for cultural diplomacy (icd) as German partner supporting the proposal writing process. The successful application granted support for the young leaders forum for the coming five years through the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.
Starting with the Study Tour in 2003, icd took over the program management and rebranded the forum as Canada Meets Germany – a forum for young leaders while the overall concept was adopted. In the years 2003 through 2008 icd conducted the Study Tour program with ERP funds and the financial and organizational support of the German and Canadian Embassies as well as various private and institutional partners.
In 2009, the CMG alumni community for the first time played a central role in securing funds for the continuation of the CMG program. With the support of the German Federal Foreign Office the travel expenses of the Canadian participants of the Study Tour could be covered.
The same year the Canada Meets Germany Alumni Forum e.V. (CMG-AF) was founded as Germany-based non-profit organization to channel leadership initiatives of the CMG members and to reflect the importance of the alumni network for a sustainable CMG program. CMG-AF was founded on the premises of the Canadian Embassy in Berlin to underline the ties with its institutional partners.
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Alumni Forum
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Building a Network |
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The aim of the Canada Meets Germany Alumni Forum is to sustain a solid and lasting foundation for an exchange among CMG members and to stimulate the growth of the CMG community. With an ever-growing network and a changing framework of operations and funding the CMG alumni are stipulated to take responsibility for their leadership program.
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CMG-AF Logo:
Canada and Germany
connected through the Atlantic
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The Alumni Forum formalizes CMG membership and bonds members with the program through an explicit admission and commitment. The premise of the CMG Alumi Forum is that a strong and enduring affiliation with CMG as a program can only grow if young professionals that have shared views and experiences on a common study tour can stay connected through regular network activities with members of their own and other study tour "generations". The goal of CMG-AF is the continuation of an exchange of CMG members beyond their study tour participation and an involvement of alumni into activities of the running program.
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